Year-End Lists

Hanif Abdurraqib: 93 Favorite Albums Of 2020, posted with links to good writing and a list of favorite EPs

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. The Passion Of
   Special Interest
2. Whatever, Man
   Blackstarkids
3. May Our Chambers Be Full
   Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou
4. There's Only Being Yourself
   Radiant Children
5. Girlhood
   Girlhood
6. The Great Dismal
   Nothing
7. Forever, Ya Girl
   KeiyaA
8. Muthaland
   Bbymutha
9. Punisher
   Phoebe Bridgers
10. Positions
    Ariana Grande
11. Morning Matters
    Yazmin Lacey
12. Who Are the Girls?
    Nova Twins
13. Ultra Mono
    Idles
14. El Dorado
    Marcus King
15. Fetch the Bolt Cutters
    Fiona Apple
16. Jaguar
    Victoria Monét
17. Lianne La Havas
    Lianne La Havas
18. Græ
    Moses Sumney
19. SOURCE
    Nubya Garcia
20. Untitled (Black Is)
    Sault
21. Giver Taker
    Anjimile
22. The Sharecropper's Daughter
    Sa-Roc
23. Live Forever
    Bartees Strange
24. What We Drew
    yaeji
25. What's Your Pleasure?
    Jessie Ware
26. Alphabetland
    X
27. Ungodly Hour
    Chloe x Halle
28. FlySiifu's
    Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin
29. Ideal Corners
    Candace
30. Do You Wonder About Me?
    Diet Cig
31. Mama, You Can Bet!
    Jyoti
32. City on Lock
    City Girls
33. Home for Now
    Babehoven
34. Tough Love
    Chief State
35. Mandala of Fear
    Huntsmen
36. Heavy Light
    U.S. Girls
37. Alfredo
    Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
38. Madison Tapes
    yaya bey
39. Jazz Is Dead 001
    Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
40. Beyond Bulletproof
    Mozzy
41. Spider Tales
    Jake Blount
42. Life Works Out... Usually
    Demae
43. FREE I.H: This Is Not The One You've Been Waiting For
    illuminati hotties
44. Shrines
    Armand Hammer
45. I'm Your Empress Of
    Empress Of
46. Brave Faces Everyone
    Spanish Love Songs
47. Sad Girls Club
    Veda Black
48. Wunna
    Gunna
49. Moe Dert
    Moe Dirdee & Dert Beats
50. Sleepless
    Palm Reader
51. how I'm feeling now
    Charli XCX
52. I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone
    Wednesday
53. The World Is in Your Way
    Dragged Under
54. Ho, Why Is You Here?
    Flo Milli
55. Underneath
    Code Orange
56. Honey For Wounds
    Ego Ella May
57. Just Look At That Sky
    Ganser
58. Rocket to Nebula
    Killah Priest
59. Fantasize Your Ghost
    Finom
60. Good News
    Megan Thee Stallion
61. Gaslighter
    The Chicks
62. Eleventh Wind
    AKAI SOLO
63. Personalia
    Locate S,1
64. Pass Like Pollen
    Cartalk
65. Time Out
    Blaque Dynamite
66. Self Worth
    Mourn
67. Oakland Nights
    Kamaiyah & Capolow
68. Gentrifried Chicken
    The Muslims
69. Burden of Proof
    Benny the Butcher
70. Forgotten Days
    Pallbearer
71. songs
    Adrianne Lenker
72. Shamir
    Shamir
73. Jp4
    Junglepussy
74. KIND
    Thanya Iyer
75. The Caretaker
    Half Waif
76. Serpentine Prison
    Matt Berninger
77. Send Them to Coventry
    Pa Salieu
78. Expectations
    Katie Pruitt
79. Descendants of Cain
    Ka
80. All The Good Times Are Past & Gone
    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
81. I Let It in and It Took Everything
    Loathe
82. Mordechai
    Khruangbin
83. Innocent Country 2
    Quelle Chris & Chris Keys
84. color theory
    Soccer Mommy
85. Stygian
    Atramentus
86. Thank You for Using GTL
    Drakeo the Ruler
87. Sawayama
    Rina Sawayama
88. The Price of Tea in China
    Boldy James & The Alchemist
89. Keep Everything Your Self
    Jerreau
90. Ballet Of Apes
    Brigid Dawson & The Mothers Network
91. Every Bad
    Porridge Radio
92. Anime, Trauma and Divorce
    Open Mike Eagle
93. I Love You Say it Back
    Mungbean