Year-End Lists

Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2020

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1. Róisín Machine
   Róisín Murphy
2. Lianne La Havas
   Lianne La Havas
3. Untitled (Black Is)
   Sault
4. What's Your Pleasure?
   Jessie Ware
5. Folklore
   Taylor Swift
6. Untitled (Rise)
   Sault
7. DISCO
   Kylie Minogue
8. Hotspot
   Pet Shop Boys
9. Fetch the Bolt Cutters
   Fiona Apple
10. The Universal Want
    Doves
11. Future Nostalgia
    Dua Lipa
12. B7
    Brandy
13. Punisher
    Phoebe Bridgers
14. All Blessed
    Faithless
15. Such Pretty Forks in the Road
    Alanis Morissette
16. RTJ4
    Run the Jewels
17. Silver Landings
    Mandy Moore
18. Græ
    Moses Sumney
19. color theory
    Soccer Mommy
20. Notes on a Conditional Form
    The 1975
21. Love is an Art
    Vanessa Carlton
22. Don't Look Too Close
    Natalie Schlabs
23. Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able
    Black Thought
24. Honey For Wounds
    Ego Ella May
25. Old Time Feeling
    S.G. Goodman
26. Djesse Vol. 3
    Jacob Collier
27. Truth or Consequences
    Yumi Zouma
28. Fun City
    Bright Light Bright Light
29. Seeking Thrils
    Georgia
30. Making a Door Less Open
    Car Seat Headrest
31. Boombox Eternal
    Sam Sparro
32. Album No. 8
    Katie Melua
33. Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God
    Busta Rhymes
34. Circles
    Mac Miller
35. In Waves
    The Dirty Clergy
36. Dedicated Side B
    Carly Rae Jepsen
37. Country Westerns
    Country Westerns
38. Together
    The Vapors
39. Song for Our Daughter
    Laura Marling
40. Black Country Disco
    Tom Aspaul
41. Listen
    Kyshona
42. to feel love/d
    Luke James
43. Myopia
    Agnes Obel
44. Through Water
    Låpsley
45. A Written Testimony
    Jay Electronica
46. Apart
    Léon
47. Melanie C
    Melanie C
48. What Kinda Music
    Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
49. Storm Damage
    Ben Watt
50. Superstar
    Caroline Rose
51. Chromatica
    Lady Gaga
52. Blue Hearts
    Bob Mould
53. All the Space That There Is
    The Adobe Collective
54. Brazil305
    Gloria Estefan
55. Die Midwestern
    Arlo Mckinley
56. New Me, Same Us
    Little Dragon
57. HIGHTIDE
    Leven Kali
58. Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In​-​Between
    Man Man
59. Rough and Rowdy Ways
    Bob Dylan
60. Ignatius
    Jadakiss
61. Shine
    the Danberrys
62. What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
    Public Enemy
63. Heartbreaker Please
    Teddy Thompson
64. How I'm Feeling
    Lauv
65. The Women Who Raised Me
    Kandace Springs
66. XOXO
    The Jayhawks
67. Pick Me Up Off the Floor
    Norah Jones
68. King's Disease
    Nas
69. A Simple Trick to Happiness
    Lisa Loeb
70. Shore
    Fleet Foxes
71. Saint Cloud
    Waxahatchee
72. The Slow Rush
    Tame Impala
73. Old Flowers
    Courtney Marie Andrews
74. SOURCE
    Nubya Garcia
75. A Hero's Death
    Fontaines D.C.
76. Anime, Trauma and Divorce
    Open Mike Eagle
77. After Hours
    The Weeknd
78. Reunions
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
79. Shamir
    Shamir
80. American Head
    The Flaming Lips
81. Good Souls Better Angels
    Lucinda Williams
82. Alicia
    Alicia Keys
83. Imploding the Mirage
    The Killers
84. Gaslighter
    The Chicks
85. The New Abnormal
    The Strokes
86. Suddenly
    Caribou
87. Television's Golden Age
    P.J. O'Connor
88. Dark Hearts
    Annie
89. Unfollow the Rules
    Rufus Wainwright
90. A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 1)
    Common
91. Kitchen Sink
    Nadine Shah
92. The Sharecropper's Daughter
    Sa-Roc
93. Only Child
    Sasha Sloan
94. Gigaton
    Pearl Jam
95. Warnings
    I Break Horses
96. Shelby Lynne
    Shelby Lynne
97. Things We Do For Love
    The Sounds
98. Dinner Party
    Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder
99. Loud Is Not Enough
    Enemy Radio
100. Energy
     Disclosure