1000 Albums, 2020: The Big Lists
Hey folks, I’ve written up my top albums and my top tracks of 2020, but there’s so much music released in a year, and restricting myself to just 30 albums, and 50 tracks is a difficult task.
As a result, I’ve compiled a longer list of my top tracks and albums (without write-ups), for your perusal. This is obviously more for the sake of completeness, but are here in case you’re interested in finding out if I at all rated something you liked this year (or, if you’re Sam, if you want to actually do a detailed comparison).
Want playlists? I’ve got playlists for you too:
My Top 50 Countdown - which I posted yesterday. This provides a sorted countdown of my top tracks from #1 to #50. (50 tracks)
My Top Tracks - a longer list of all the tracks I really rated highly this year. This accounts for a much larger number of artists, and includes most of the tracks I’ve listed below. (169 tracks)
My Top Tracks & Albums - a playlist containing all my top tracks, plus selections from all of my favourite albums of the year. (216 tracks)
My Top Tracks, Albums + Much, Much More - Are you game? Contains a huge, varied collection of music that we listened to this year. I really enjoyed all these tracks, and they provide a much broader collection of albums, artists and genres. (1,014 tracks)
Anyway, without further ado here’s my Top 200 Tracks, and Top 100 Albums:
Top Albums of 2020
100. Winnetka Bowling League - Congratulations (power pop)
99. Locate S, 1 - Personalia (art pop)
98. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (pop)
97. LukHash - Transient Offworld (synthwave)
96. The Drowns - Under Tension (street punk)
95. The Mystic Underground - Wrapped in Riddles (electro disco)
94. Jonathan Wilson - Dixie Blur (Americana noir folk)
93. Mighty Oaks - All Things Go (indie folk rock)
92. Kiesza - Crave (synthpop)
91. Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner (post hardcore)
90. The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats - Dogs on the Leash (Celtic punk)
89. Warm Digits - Flight of Ideas (krautrock)
88. Dandelion Wine - Le Cœur (Australio dreamfolktronica)
87. Marc Scibilia - Seed of Joy (indie singer-songwriter)
86. Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings (Scottish indie rock)
85. Savant - Void (complextro)
84. Cordovas - Destiny Hotel (Americana folk)
83. TTRRUUCES - TTRRUUCES (wonky pop)
82. The Claudettes - High Times in the Dark (Chicago piano blues)
81. Dustbowl Revival - Is It You, Is It Me (post country)
80. Sea Wolf - Through a Dark Wood (indie folk rock)
79. Cory Wong - The Striped Album (funk rock)
78. Someone - ORBIT II (psych pop)
77. Days N’ Daze - Show Me The Blueprints (H-town thrashgrass)
76. Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces (indie pop)
75. Kyros - Celexa Dreams (prog synth rock)
74. Dub Pistols - Addict (dub)
73. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (dreampop)
72. The Hanging Stars - A New Kind of Sky (psychedelic folk)
71. Neon Trees - I Can Feel You Forgetting Me (indie pop)
70. The Corner Laughers - Temescal Telegraph (folk pop)
69. 3D Stas - Eleven (soiltronica)
68. Pantayo - Pantayo (kulingtang gong pop)
67. The National Parks - Wildflower (folk rock)
66. Pigeon John - Gotta Good Feeling (underground rap)
65. Novo Amor - Cannot Be, Whatsover (indie folk rock)
64. The Explorers Club - The Explorers Club (sunshine pop)
63. Poppy - I Disagree (bubblegum metal)
62. Overcoats - The Fight (indie pop)
61. Chemtrails - The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable (psychedelic garage pop)
60. Joywave - Possession (indie pop)
59. Heart Bones - Hot Dish (indie pop)
58. Mitochondrial Sun - Mitochondrial Sun (darktronica)
57. L.A. Salami - The Cause of Doubt & A Reason To Have Faith (post blues)
56. Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open (alt rock)
55. Tunng - Dead Club (folktronica)
54. Butch Walker - American Love Story (glam rock)
53. Polly Scattergood - In This Moment (experimental pop)
52. The Beautiful Fear - The Waltz of the Moonshine Blind (prog rock)
51. The Altogether - Silo (acoustic pop rock)
50. KES - We Home (Trinidadian soca)
49. Man Man - Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between (experimental rock)
48. Creeper - Sex, Death & The Infinite Void (horror punk)
47. Darlingside - Fish Pond Fish (indie folk)
46. Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible (electronicore)
45. Trixie Mattel - Barbara (drag country)
44. City Mouth - Coping Machine (indie pop rock)
43. Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was (indie rock)
42. The Texas Gentlemen - Floor It!!! (heartland rock)
41. Will Wood - The Normal Album (cabaret rock)
40. Maeve Gilchrist - The Harpweaver (harp folk)
39. rook&nomie - me&you (experimental pop)
38. Steep Canyon Rangers & Asheville Symphony - Be Still Moses (orchestral bluegrass)
37. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (art pop)
36. Sea Girls - Open Up Your Head (indie pop rock)
35. Michael Franti & Spearhead - Work Hard & Be Nice (reggae fusion)
34. Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (experimental electronica)
33. Ultrahappyalarm - Critical Daydream (happy hardcore)
32. The Living Tombstone - zero_one (Israeli electro rock)
31. The Flaming Lips - American Head (psychedelic rock)
30. Saint Saviour - Tomorrow Again (experimental folk)
29. Post Animal - Forward Motion Godyssey (psychedelic rock)
28. The Jerry Cans - Echoes (Inuit neo-folk)
27. Aloud - Sprezzaturra (blues rock)
26. The Phenomenal Handclap Band - PHB (psychedelic soul)
25. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions (alt country)
24. Badly Drawn Boy - Banana Skin Shoes
23. MOBS - Cinema Paradiso (80s pastiche pop)
22. Jason Wilson - Sumach Roots (eclectic folk)
21. DMA’s - The Glow (Australio indie rock)
20. Cornershop - England Is A Garden (chamber psych)
19. Igorrr - Spirituality and Distortion (baroque breakcore)
18. Eleventyseven - Basic Glitches (synthpunk)
17. Kate Rusby - Hand Me Down (indie folk)
16. Indigo Girls - Look Long (folk rock)
15. Another Sky - I Slept On The Floor (indie rock)
14. Courteeners - More. Again. Forever (post britpop)
13. Dutty Moonshine Big Band - City of Sin (jazztronica)
12. Nelson Kempf - Family Dollar (art folk)
11. Beans on Toast - The Inevitable Train Wreck (drunken folk rock)
10. Joe Wong - Nite Creatures (baroque pop)
9. Luis Pestana - Rosa Pano (experimental electronica)
8. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension (art pop)
7. MisterWives - Superbloom (indie pop)
6. Lola Marsh - Someday Tomorrow Maybe (Israeli noir pop)
5. Dyble Longdon - Between a Breath and a Breath (chamber folk)
4. Hugo Kant - Far From Home (downtempo nu-jazz)
3. The Lemon Twigs - Songs For The General Public (alt rock)
2. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - K.G. (microtonal psychedelic rock)
1. Ada Rook - 2,020 Knives (electropop concrète)
Top Tracks of 2020
200. Sea Wolf - Forever Nevermore (indie rock)
199. Steep Canyon Rangers & The Asheville Symphony - Easy to Love (orchestral bluegrass)
198. Dandelion Wine - Too Late She Cried (experimental pop)
197. Aloud - Oh Danny (blues rock)
196. Car Seat Headrest - Weightlifters (anti-folk)
195. Michael Franti & Spearhead - I Can Still Feel You (reggae fusion)
194. Dance Gavin Dance - Lyrics Lie (post hardcore)
193. Post Animal - Post Animal (psychedelic rock)
192. La Oreja de Van Gogh - Menos Tú (Spanish indie folk)
191. The Hanging Stars - Heavy Blue (cosmic country)
190. Oneohtrix Point Never - Long Road Home (experimental electronica)
189. Will Wood - I / Me / Myself (cabaret rock)
188. Butch Walker - You Gotta Be Just Who You Are (glam rock)
187. Brothers Osborne - Muskrat Greene (country)
186. Tycho - Easy (downtempo IDM)
185. The Altogether - Brown of Gold (acoustic pop rock)
184. Dua Lipa - Cool (pop)
183. Circa Waves - Jacqueline (indie dance rock)
182. Sangatsu No Phantasia - Rendezvous (Japanese pop rock)
181. Moonchild Sanelly - Bashiri (South African future ghetto punk)
180. Needshes - Love (Uzbek indie pop)
179. The Explorers Club - Ruby (sunshine pop)
178. Osi & the Jupiter - Appalachia (pagan folk)
177. Thievery Corporation - The Forgotten People (Symphonik Version) (orchestral world triphop)
176. Enter Shikari - Marionettes (I. The Discover of Strings) (electronicore)
175. Zuzu - How It Feels (pop rock)
174. Los Mocosos - Viva Los Mocosos (latin funk)
173. DJ Plead - Going For It (mahraganat)
172. Igorrr - Camel Dancefloor (baroque breakcore)
171. Someone - Pull It Together (psych pop)
170. Dizzee Rascal - You Don’t Know (grime)
169. The Corner Laughers - The Accepted Time (power pop)
168. The Claudettes - 24/5 (rock and/or roll)
167. The Ballroom Thieves - Tenebrist (neo Americana)
166. Joe Wong - Day After Day (baroque pop)
165. Porter Robinson - Something Comforting (complextro)
164. Jason Wilson - Happy Little Sisyphus (indie folk)
163. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Be Afraid (alt country)
162. Hayley Williams - Dead Horse (indie pop)
161. Badly Drawn Boy - I Need Somebody to Trust (indie pop rock)
160. Bleached - Stupid Boys (bubblegrunge)
159. Man Man - Lonely Beuys (experimental rock)
158. Dustbowl Revival - Dreaming (neo Americana)
157. The Texas Gentlemen - Easy St. (neo Americana)
156. Maeve Gilchrist - The Storm (harp folk)
155. The Drowns - Them Rats (street punk)
154. Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer - Frolicholic (chap hop)
153. Zutomayo - Obenkyou Shitoiteyo (Japanese jazz rock)
152. Jonathan Wilson feat. Mark O’Connor - ‘69 Corvette (Americana noir folk)
151. Dub Pistols feat. Natty Campbell - Sound Sweet (dub DnB)
150. Cordovas - I’ma Be Me (Americana folk)
149. The Birthday Massacre - Enter (gothic darkwave)
148. KIDS - The Mourn (indie rock)
147. Kyros - Rumour (prog synth rock)
146. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - A Good Day Is Hard To Find (pop rock)
145. The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats - James Brian (Celtic punk)
144. The Fizz - The World We Left Behind (MOR pop)
143. Beans on Toast - World Gone Crazy (indie folk)
142. Liraz - Shab Gerye (arab groove)
141. 47 Soul feat. Shadia Mansour & Fedzilla - Border Ctrl (Palestinian shamstep)
140. 3D Stas - Dislocated Minds (soiltronica)
139. Bright Eyes - Tilt-A-Whirl (indie folk rock)
138. Darlingside - Ocean Bed (indie folk)
137. Once and Future Band - Freaks (psych pop)
136. Prizm - We Were Young (synthpop)
135. Z Berg - To Forget You (dreamfolk)
134. L.A. Salami - Things Ain’t Changed (post blues)
133. Kero Kero Bonito - It’s Bugsnax! (hyperpop)
132. Days N’ Daze - Addvice (thrashgrass)
131. Sufjan Stevens - Tell Me You Love Me (art pop)
130. Fiona Apple - Shameika (art rock)
129. Dutty Moonshine Big Band feat. HypeMan Sage - Big Band Fam (jazztronica)
128. Five Finger Death Punch - Leave It All Behind (nu metal)
127. Sundara Karma - Artifice (art pop)
126. TTRRUUCES - Lost Boy (wonky pop)
125. Theory of a Deadman - Ted Bundy (post grunge)
124. The National Parks - I Can Feel It (folk pop)
123. The Innocence Mission - John As Well (ambient folk)
122. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - The Hungry Wolf of Fate (microtonal indie rock)
121. The Jerry Cans - Atauttikkut (Inuit folk rock)
120. Sufjan Stevens - Lamentations (art pop)
119. Pigeon John - They Don’t Make Em Like Me (jazz hip hop)
118. Michael Franti & Spearhead - Lay It All Down (reggae fusion)
117. ARASHI - Party Starters (J-pop)
116. Neon Trees - Used To Like (indie pop)
115. Savant feat. Jahari Medina - Zealot (complextro)
114. Alestorm - Tortuga (pirate metal)
113. MisterWives - Valentine’s Day (indie pop)
112. Alex the Astronaut - Happy Song (indie folk pop)
111. Big Freedia feat. Kesha - Chasing Rainbows (bounce)
110. Cory Wong feat. The Hornheads - Click Bait (instrumental funk)
109. Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche - I Think I Am a Soul (neo Americana)
108. Victoria Anthony - Temporary Tattoo (synthpop)
107. Novo Amor - I Feel Better (indie folk rock)
106. Harper Bloom - Walk My Way (indie folk pop)
105. Badly Drawn Boy - Is This a Dream? (indie pop rock)
104. Bywater Call - Arizona (blues rock)
103. Mitochondrial Sun - Chronotopes (voidgaze)
102. Kronkel Dom - Giftig (Deutsch rap house)
101. The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Riot (nu disco)
100. Woodlock - Collateral (indie folk rock)
99. SKIES - It’s Alright (pop rock)
98. Pinguini Tattici Nucleari - Ringo Starr (Italian indie pop)
97. Warm Digits - False Positive (neo-krautrock)
96. Winnetka Bowling League - Come To The Beach (power pop)
95. ViVii - Whistle (folk pop)
94. Fame on Fire - Roxanne (post-screamo)
93. Tunng - Death Is The New Sex (folktronica)
92. Feuerschwanz feat. Melissa Bonny - Ding (neue Deutsche härte)
91. Jamie Cullum - Don’t Give Up On Me (jazz pop)
90. The Living Tombstone - What I Want (Israeli electro rock)
89. Walk Off The Earth - What’s Love Got To Do With It? (indie pop cover)
88. Hildegard von Blingin’ & Cornelius Link feat. Friar Funk - Pumped Up Kicks (bardcore)
87. Loma - Don’t Shy Away (ambient rock)
86. Pantayo - Heto Na (kulingang gong pop)
85. Gin Wigmore - H B I C (indie rock)
84. Dyble Longdon - Crossbones (chamber folk)
83. DMA’s - Never Before (Australian indie rock)
82. Mighty Oaks - Tell Me What You’re Thinking (indie folk rock)
81. Circles Around the Sun - Landline Memories (instrumental prog rock)
80. Blossoms - Your Girlfriend (indie pop rock)
79. Grimes - 4ÆM (industrial pop)
78. Ada Rook - 2,020 Knives (electropop concrète)
77. Walk Off The Earth - Oh What A Feeling (indie pop)
76. AWOLNATION - Radical (stomp pop)
75. Little Big Town - Bluebird (alt country)
74. Dutty Moonshine Big Band feat. HypeMan Sage - Outlaws (jazztronica)
73. Hugo Kant - Everything Is Transformed (downtempo nu-jazz)
72. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Intrasport (microtonal indie pop)
71. Stuck On Planet Earth - Higher Than The Drugs (dance rock)
70. Kesha - Potato Song (Cuz I Want To) (pop)
69. joan - want u back (indie pop)
68. MisterWives - Love Me True (indie pop)
67. Butch Walker - Fuck It (I Don’t Like Love) (glam rock)
66. Heart Bones - This Time It’s Different (indie pop)
65. Anamanaguchi feat. meesh - Pop It (glitchhop)
64. Poppy - Concrete (bubblegum metal)
63. Creeper - Cyanide (alt rock)
62. The Lemon Twigs - Only a Fool (alt rock)
61. Purity Ring - stardew (dreampop)
60. Curt Cannabis - Falling Sensation (indie rock)
59. Custard - Funky Again (Bluey’s dad rock)
58. Ryan Hamilton and the Harlequin Ghosts - Newcastle Charm (power pop)
57. Indigo Girls - Howl at the Moon (ectofolk)
56. Cornershop - Highly Amplified (chamber psych)
55. ShockOne - Follow Me (drum n bass)
54. Yelle - Karaté (French hip hop)
53. Ultrahappyalarm - Wanna Cam??? (hyperpop)
52. Biffy Clyro - Tiny Indoor Fireworks (Scottish alt rock)
51. Heaven Pegasus feat. rook&nomie - Nomi (pop rock)
50. L.E.J. - Pas Peur (French chamber folk)
49. Avec Sans - Altitude (vapor pop)
48. Trixie Mattel - Malibu (pop rock)
47. Beans on Toast - Logic Bomb (jazz folk)
46. Nelson Kempf - Family Dollar (art folk)
45. Marcelyn - Guilloteens (experimental folk rock)
44. Little Big - Hypnodancer (funeral rave)
43. Walk Off The Earth feat. Harm & Ease - Toxic (eclectic pop cover)
42. Stormzy feat. Aitch - Pop Boy (grime)
41. The Fratellis - Six Days in June (pop rock)
40. MOBS - Big World (80s pastiche pop)
39. The Lemon Twigs - The One (alt rock)
38. The Cuckoos - Weekend Lover (glam rock)
37. MisterWives - It’s My Turn (indie pop)
36. Sammy Brue - Pendulum Thieves (alt country)
35. TheFatRat feat. Laura Brehm - We’ll Meet Again (pop EDM)
34. Starbenders - Holy Mother (glam rock)
33. Minh Beta - Let’s Fight COVID! (Vietnamese coronavirus pop)
32. Kiesza feat. Lick Drop, Cocanina & Shan Vincent De Paul - Dance With Your Best Friend (pop)
31. Ultrahappyalarm - Messy Gyaru (happy hardcore)
30. Saint Saviour - Taurus (chamber folk)
29. Kate Rusby - Love of the Common People (indie folk cover)
28. Seazoo - Honey Bee (indie pop rock)
27. City Mouth - Sanity For Summer (indie pop rock)
26. Cory Wong & Chris Thile - Bluebird (jazz-bluegrass crossover)
25. rook&nomie - soft atrocity (hyperpop)
24. Will Joseph Cook - Something To Feel Good About (indie pop)
23. Courteeners - Better Man (britpop)
22. MOBS - School’s Out (80s pastiche pop)
21. Luis Pestana - Sangra (experimental electronica)
20. Hugo Kant - High Gravity (downtempo nu-jazz)
19. The Flaming Lips - Mother I’ve Taken LSD (psychedelic rock)
18. eleventyseven - Battlecats (synthpop punk)
17. Igorrr - Lost in Introspection (baroque breakcore)
16. Polly Scattergood - In This Moment (spoken word triphop)
15. Dent May - Hotel Stationery (indie fuzzpop)
14. Another Sky - Fell In Love With The City (indie prog rock)
13. Lola Marsh - Like In The Movies (Israeli pop rock)
12. Ada Rook - Reverie (JH Ligation Experiment 1) (breakbeat electropop)
11. Trixie Mattel - Video Games (country folk cover)
10. KES - Na let go / (when ah) Jamdong / (with d) Boss Lady (soca)
9. Emerson Hart - Lucky One (heartland rock)
8. Uncanny Valley - Beautiful the World (AI dance pop)
7. Villagers - Did You Know? (indie folk)
6. Chemtrails - Uncanny Valley (psychedelic garage pop)
5. Andy Shauf - Try Again (indie pop)
4. Lola Marsh - Echoes (Israeli pop rock)
3. Sea Girls - Do You Really Want To Know? (indie pop rock)
2. Kishi Bashi - Never Ending Dream (indie pop)
1. Dyble Longdon - Obedience (chamber folk)
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