Year-End Lists

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God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - Backxwash

50 Best Albums of 2020 Exclaim

Someone New - Helena Deland

Albums of 2020 Gorilla vs. Bear

God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - Backxwash

Best Music of 2020 Artforum: Sasha Geffen

20 Best Albums of 2020 Glide

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 10 Albums of 2020 The Skinny

Dances / Curses - Hey Colossus

Albums of the Year 2020 Quietus

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Paste

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Best Albums of 2020 Time

No. 1 - Etran de L'Aïr

The Best Music of 2020 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Ohms - Deftones

25 Best Albums of 2020 Revolver

Best Music of 2020 Artforum: Perfume Genius

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Best Albums of 2020 BBC Culture: Nick Levine

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

75 Best Albums of 2020 Mojo

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

75 Best Albums of 2020 Uncut

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism - Napalm Death

Top 40 Albums of 2020 Decibel

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Albums of the Year 2020 Rough Trade

Anti - Rihanna

The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish

Dean's List 2019 Robert Christgau

Goodness - The Hotelier

50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s Jordan Cronk

Shea Butter Baby - Ari Lennox

The 30 Best Albums of 2019 Vibe

Remind Me Tomorrow - Sharon Van Etten

Best Albums of 2019 NPR Music: Robin Hilton

Two Hands - Big Thief

Best Albums of 2019 NPR Music: Bob Boilen

The Oracle - Angel Bat Dawid

Favorite Albums of 2019 NPR Music: Ann Powers

Kentucky - Panopticon

100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade A.A. Dowd

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