Best Albums of 2020
Explore the best albums of 2020, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts
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"The Strokes are among the handful of bands to blame for the new rise of indie rock in the early 2000s. Their debut album Is This It is one of the best rock albums of the naughties, and the band also released a couple of nearly as good follow-ups. After slowly disappearing from the rock music rada..." Reply
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""If I want a sound, I usually feel better if I've chased it and killed it, skinned it and cooked it. Most things you can get with a button nowadays. So if I was trying for a certain drum sound, my engineer would say, 'Oh, for Christ's sake, why are we wasting our time? Let's just hit this little ..." Reply
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"Phoebe Bridgers is really smart. She’s made a career of consistently surrounding herself with super talented like minded musicians blurring the lines between Bridgers the solo artist and Bridgers the collaborator. 2017’s debut ‘Stranger In The Alps’ featured Connor Oberst AKA Bright Eyes, 2018’s ..." Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"First listen I thought this isn't for me at all I'm 40 year old , came home from work next day grabbed some beers and stuck it on headphones loud and the score went from a 5 to an 8 , some absolute bangers on this , proof not to give up on any album after a single listen" Reply
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"Welcome to the Saturday night of your dreams - you catch Jessie's eyes as she brushes past you going into the doorway of some hidden nightclub. You know that beyond that door lies dancefloor heaven, and a soundtrack that reworks the sound of early 80s dance - the tail end of Disco, the peak of Bo..." Reply
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DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This is a beautiful album. For the first time in a while, I feel like Abel has found his rythym. Starboy was all over the place, and although there were some awesome tracks, the album didn’t feel like it flowed. There were different moods on each song, but there is something about After Hours tha..." Reply
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"Much better than Cats." Reply
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Hayden | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +14 votes (15 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"This year has been so shitty. And while an album like Fetch the Bolt Cutters recognizes our turmoil and frustration, Shore is a great complement. This is a work of love, joy, and hope that has come at not a moment too soon. But even musically, it's making a strong claim as the best Fleet Foxes al..." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Couldn’t put out anything less than stellar if they tried" Reply
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"As easy listening as Tame Impala can be, Kevin Parker never seems afraid to lose old listeners, gain new ones and recycle that process on every new record. After falling in love with Lonerism he lost me a little with Currents. The album was promoted with the lead single and opened with "Let It Ha..." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2020 composition
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 4 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
| Nicolas Jaar | 3 | 0% | |
| Adrianne Lenker | 3 | 0% | |
| 青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] | 2 | 0% | |
| Oh Sees | 2 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 0% | |
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467 | 47% | |
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199 | 20% | |
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57 | 6% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 2020 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 8 from 101st to 93rd |
Up 3 from 76th to 73rd |
Up 3 from 70th to 67th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 7 from 90th to 97th |
Down 3 from 93rd to 96th |
Down 2 from 42nd to 44th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 8 from 101st to 93rd |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
Best Ever
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The Beatles
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Radiohead
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Pink Floyd
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David Bowie
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Bob Dylan
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Led Zeppelin
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Arcade Fire
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Neil Young
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Nirvana
