Year-End Lists

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Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

The 100 Best Albums of 2020 Noisey

Folklore - Taylor Swift

The 20 Best Albums of 2020 Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

Top 50 Albums of 2020 The Wire

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The Best Albums of 2020 Flood

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Pitchfork

May Our Chambers Be Full - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Treble

Folklore - Taylor Swift

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Billboard

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The 60 Best Albums of 2020 PopMatters

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

51 Best Albums of 2020 Gigwise

Songs Of An Unknown Tongue - Zara McFarlane

The Best Albums of 2020 NPR Music: Ann Powers

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 15 Best Albums of 2020 Entertainment Weekly

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The Best Albums of 2020 Slate: Carl Wilson

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Best Albums of 2020 Rolling Stone

Rock Sutra - Sun Araw

The Best Music of 2020 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked The Line of Best Fit

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz

Southside - Sam Hunt

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Jon Caramanica

The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Jon Pareles

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 NPR Music

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Consequence

After Hours - The Weeknd

The Best Albums of 2020 Complex

The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Our Top 100 Albums of 2020 Les Inrocks

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums Of 2020 Stereogum

Folklore - Taylor Swift

The Best Albums Of 2020 Uproxx

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