Best Albums of 2020
Listed below are the best albums of 2020 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
"It’s a golden era for women in music 2018 saw incredible albums from Mitski and Boygenius feat Phoebe Bridgers 2019 was even better with Lana Del Rey , Uboa , Big Theif and Sharon Van Etten smashing it out of the park And in 2020 we’ve already had Fiona Apple , Waxahatche, Phoebe Bridgers and Bea..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The Quietus don’t like IDLES, so eager were the noise-drone-loving-blur-hating online UK equivalent of Pitchfork that they published their review of the new record a month early. They hated it. The most exciting band in the UK and they were found with their pants round their ankles. It seems the ..." [+] Reply
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"Like a lot of great recent albums from Radiohead (A Moon Shaped Pool) and Bon Iver (i,i), American Head combines a number of elements from some of the bands best works. Yoshimi and At War With the Mystics are probably the most identifiable, with a side of Soft Bulletin. This is the album I was ho..." [+] Reply
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"This album demands time and attention, but my goodness it rewards it. Some songs initially sound like aimless wailing and take time to reveal their melodies, but when they do they're absolutely gorgeous. Indeed the whole album is transcendent. The person who described it as sounding like Coldplay..." [+] Reply
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"Caribou has always been a slow burner for me. 'Our Love' took me a year or two to fully appreciate (and now is on my short list for best albums of the decade). I've gone through 'Suddenly' at least 3 times now, and have yet to notice a track I don't like. Bottom line, Caribou is keeping up with t..." [+] Reply
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"An undeniably powerful collection of songs, but god, do you feel that length." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Hot take, but this is the better album between this and Folklore. Dessner's production and writing grounds the album, lots of fantastic collaborators, and just more fulfilling. The final track, Evermore, is Swift at her all-time best." Reply
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ledaero | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"wow, this would've smashed the charts in the 90s and maybe early 2000s. lyrically sophie takes us to the strange mess of her mind, and it's not easy to swallow, to be honest. sometimes it hurts, how true it is and how one can relate. but somehow it's not a fully depressing album, because you hear..." [+] Reply
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"The most fun a Jeff Rosenstock album has ever been--which is saying something." Reply
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"Such a refreshing album. I needed this record right now and the sound of this new offering from one of my favorite bands was well worth the wait. The band sounds so tight here with the keyboards and guitar right up in front with Chino's voice and I love it! This band keeps getting better, a fine ..." [+] Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100
Best Albums of 2020 composition
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 4 | 0% | |
| Adrianne Lenker | 3 | 0% | |
| Bad Bunny | 2 | 0% | |
| Drive-By Truckers | 2 | 0% | |
| Four Tet | 2 | 0% | |
| Old Man Gloom | 2 | 0% | |
| Sturgill Simpson | 2 | 0% | |
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469 | 47% | |
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197 | 20% | |
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57 | 6% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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