Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 by buzzdainer

I don't need to tell you that 2020 was a tumultuous year, both for myself and for everyone. In addition to the stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the tense political situation in the United States, I've also had my share of work-related drama and struggles with my own emotional health. But there have been good things, too. I am grateful to remain gainfully employed, to have some wonderful students and colleagues, and to have rid myself of a co-worker who had decided to make me her nemesis. I live pretty simply, but I am so thankful for my quiet little apartment where, from the place I'm sitting, I can look to my right over acres of pasture, and beyond that the foothills of the Gallatin Range, and farther still, the beautiful snowy summit of Mount Blackmore. For a time in the spring, while we were all hunkered down and following the governor's shelter-in-place mandate, I found comfort in daily walks with my dog in the area around Spanish Creek, a piece of land owned by billionaire Ted Turner, where I could regularly see the bison that graze on his property, as well as the owls, eagles, coyotes, deer, elk, sandhill cranes, and other wildlife who make their homes there. It wasn't an easy year, but daily walks in such a beautiful landscape were the medicine I needed. This list, probably more than in a typical year, represents the musical comfort food that made 2020 tolerable. These are the songs that ran through my head on those long walks along Spanish Creek.

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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 01/24/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 12/03/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 12/20/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 12/05/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 12/27/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 12/22/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 12/13/2020]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 composition

Artist Albums %


Josh Ritter 2 2%
Drive-By Truckers 2 2%
Sault 2 2%
M. Ward 2 2%
The Dirty Knobs (Band) 1 1%
Sa-Roc 1 1%
Bob Dylan 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 82 82%
United Kingdom 7 7%
New Zealand 2 2%
Iceland 1 1%
Colombia 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Puerto Rico 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Live? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 46 from 49th to 3rd
Bonny Light Horseman
by Bonny Light Horseman
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 3rd to 4th
Reunions
by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Faller Down 1 from 4th to 5th
Serpentine Prison
by Matt Berninger
Faller Down 1 from 5th to 6th
LP5
by John Moreland

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