Your Top Ten Albums of 2020 Thread

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  1. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident

    Uncut Albums Of The Year 2020
    Issue #284

    1. Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways
    2. Fleet Foxes - Shore
    3. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
    4. Drive-By Truckers - The New OK
    5. Thundercat - It Is What It Is
    6. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
    7. Bill Callahan - Gold Record
    8. Jarv Is… - Beyond The Pale
    9. Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease
    10. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
    11. Jason Isbell - Reunions
    12. Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
    13. Tame Impala - Slow Rush
    14. Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers
    15. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death
    16. Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques
    17. Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
    18. Frazey Ford - Ukin B The Sun
    19. Brigid Mae Power - Head Above The Water
    20. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
    21. James Elkington - Ever-Roving Eye
    22. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
    23. Paul Weller - On Sunset
    24. Moses Sumney - Grae
    25. Nubya Garcia - Source
    26. Rolling Blacouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy
    27. Kevin Morby - Sundowner
    28. Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels
    29. Songhoy Blues - Optimisme
    30. Cornershop - England Is A Garden
    31. Afel Bocoum - Linde
    32. The Flaming Lips - American Head
    33. Bananagun - The True Story Of Bananagun
    34. Rose City Band - Summerlong
    35. Shabaka & The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
    36. Destroyer - Have We Met
    37. Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
    38. Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman
    39. The Psychedelic Furs - Made Of Rain
    40. Brigid Dawson & The Mothers Network - Ballet Of Apes
    41. Keely Forsyth - Debris
    42. Roisin Murphy - Roisin Machine
    43. Sarah Davachi - Cantus, Descant
    44. Eddie Chacon - Pleasure, Joy And Happiness
    45. Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was
    46. Roger & Brian Eno - Mixing Colours
    47. Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club
    48. The Necks - Three
    49. Gwenifer Raymond - Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
    50. Margo Price - That's How Rumours Get Started
    51. Haim - Women In Music Pt. Iii
    52. Hen Ogledd - Free Humans
    53. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
    54. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
    55. Khruangbin - Mordechai
    56. The Lemon Twigs - Songs For The General Public
    57. Tony Allen And Hugh Masekela - Rejoice
    58. BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff
    59. Julianna Barwick - Healing Is A Miracle
    60. Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
    61. Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface
    62. Aoifenessa Frances - Land Of No Junction
    63. HC McEntire - Eno Axis
    64. Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink
    65. Garcia Peoples - Nightcap At Wit's End
    66. Six Organs Of Admittance - Companion Rises
    67. Matt Berry - Phantom Birds
    68. Steve Earle And The Dukes - Ghosts Of West Virginia
    69. Honey Harper - Starmaker
    70. Bill Fay - Countless Branches
    71. Andy Bell - The View From Halfway Down
    72. Tamikrest - Tamotait
    73. Doves - The Universal Want
    74. Jeff Parker - Suite For Max Brown
    75. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song

    Uncut Reissues/Live/Compilations 2020

    1. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times [Super Deluxe Edition]
    2. Neil Young - Homegrown
    3. Richard And Linda Thompson - Hard Luck Stories 1972-1982
    4. Trees - Trees
    5. Iggy Pop - The Bowie Years
    6. Lou Reed - New York [Deluxe Edition]
    7. New Order - Power Corruption And Lies [Definitive Edition]
    8. Gillian Welch - Boots 2: The Lost Songs
    9. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
    10. Beverly Glen-Copeland - Transmissions: The Music Of Beverly Glen-Copeland
    11. Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All The Rest
    12. Bobby Gentry - The Delta Sweete [Expanded Edition]
    13. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me [Deluxe Edition]
    14. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
    15. Joni Mitchel - Archives Vol.1: The Early Years (1963-1967)
    16. Pylon - Pylon Box
    17. Oneness Of Juju - African Rhythms 1970-1982
    18. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
    19. Aretha Franklin - Aretha
    20. Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox
    21. Nina Simone - Fodder On My Wings
    22. John Coltrane - Giant Steps 60th Anniversary
    23. Solomon Burke - The Kings Of Rock 'N' Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (1962-1968)
    24. Global Communication - Transmissions
    25. The Bo-Betweens - G Stands For Go-Betweens Vol.2 1985-1989
    26. Kevin Rowland - My Beauty
    27. Robert Wyatt - His Greatest Misses
    28. Bessie Jones - Get In Union
    29. Brian Eno - Film Music 1976-2020
    30. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump [20th Anniversary Collection]

    Any thoughts on their list?
     
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  2. Parachute Woman

    Parachute Woman Forum Resident

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    I read the list three times to make sure I didn't miss it: Not including Taylor Swift's Folklore in the top 75 albums of the year is a serious blow to their credibility, in my opinion.

    I'd say that hints at serious bias against Taylor specifically or pop music generally.
     
  3. ghoulsurgery

    ghoulsurgery House Ghost

    Location:
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    It took me a little bit of time to get into the Bright Eyes album. Some of the shorter songs like “tilt a whirl” eventually wormed into my brain and then I got obsessed with “stairwell song.” “Calais to dover” is a real gem hidden near the end of the album. It’s worth revisiting!
     
  4. Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
    Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks
    Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt-Cutters
    Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
    Run The Jewels: RTJ4
    The Weeknd: After Hours
    Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure
    Soccer Mommy: Color Theory
    Poor Clare Sisters Arundel: Light For The World
    Paul McCartney: III
     
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  5. Kiss73

    Kiss73 Forum Resident

    Location:
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    I have only bought 11 new albums this year so I guess its simply a case of putting them in order.

    1 - Chris Leslie - Fiddle Back This has been my favourite album of this year by a long shot. Came
    2 - Fairport Convention - Shuffle & Go
    3 - Huey Lewis & The News - Weather
    4 - Mandy Moore Silver Linings
    5 -Teddy Thompson Heartbreaker Please
    6 - Rufus Wainwright Unfollow The Rules
    7 - Stone Temple Pilots - Perdida
    8 - Carla Bruni - Carla Bruni
    9 - Dan Penn Living On Mercy
    10 -Bob Dylan Rough & Rowdy Ways
    11 - Fish Weltchmerz

    I have a couple of archival sets still to come this week so I will come back to list those.
     
  6. Steve G

    Steve G Senior Member

    Location:
    los angeles
    I can't answer yet because I have two albums in the house that we just got and that I haven't had time to sit down with yet, but if Jennifer Castle's monarch Season doesn't make my list I will be shocked. Same for Fiona. What an amazing year for music. Already we have milestone records from Dylan and Swift that would be on any list. I just read a McCartney review that makes me think that will be on there too. I've contributed to two records myself that I'm pretty proud of: the Wild Stares automatic writing machine and Lavender Diamond now is the time (which will be out December 4) and my friend and former bandmate's Less Bells record has made lists in this thread - I don't have that yet either and am psyched to hear it. I don't count Homegrown as a new release but I've been digging it a lot. This is just a great year for music and I can't possibly make a list until December but I guess adversity breeds good art. I have never been busier and it seems like most else has either. I'm sure I'm missing lots of things in this post.
     
  7. Kiss73

    Kiss73 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Scotland

    **** Edit - reading through other lists I realised I also bought Haim Women In Music III, however I simply haven't played it enough. I put it on a USB to play in the car, and due to the current situation, I am rarely in the car. Forgot to put it on my Ipod for dog walking. Will need to sort that and give it a better listen.
     
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  8. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident

    Good point. Mojo rank it at #31 in their top #75.
     
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  9. Andy Whibberley

    Andy Whibberley Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Derby, UK
    Bob Dylan, Rough And Rowdy Ways
    Emma Swift, Blonde On The Tracks,
    Lavinia Blackwell, Muggington Lane End
    Naomi Randall, Tepid On My Trippin Heels
    Matt Berry, Phantom Birds
    Rose City Band, Summerlong
    Sylvie Simmons, Blue On Blue
    Courtney Marie Andrews, Old Flowers
    Margo Price, That's How Rumors Get Started
    Rumer, Nashville Tears.
     
  10. Exitmusic

    Exitmusic Forum Resident

    Location:
    Leicester U.K
    Run The Jewels is a huge omission from that list
     
  11. wino14

    wino14 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Edenton, NC
    3 -The Weeklings
    Father Of All Mother****ers-Green Day
    Lay It on Me ep-Nick Lowe
    The Mike & Micky Show-The Monkees
    Threesome vol.1 -The Lickurish Quartet
    Homegrown -Neil Young
    The Capitol Singles 1949-1958 (4cd)-Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Second Album-The Empty Hearts
    Be True To Yourself -Joey Molland
    The Best of The White Stripes-The White Stripes
    McCartney III -Paul McCartney

    I bought tons of reissue and old stock sealed vinyl this year. Kinda stayed away from new stuff which I'm finding hard to find anything I really care about. Anyways thats my list in order of release date. The Weeklings was my absolute favorite but The Empty Hearts was very good also.
     
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  12. Dunedin

    Dunedin Forum Resident

    Location:
    Maryland
    Paul Weller - On Sunset
    Laura Marling - Songs For Our Daughter
    Emma Swift - Blonde On The Tracks
    Margo Price - That's How Rumors Get Started
    Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
    Lilly Hiatt - Walking Proof
    The Moons - Pocket Melodies
    Joan Osborne - Trouble and Strife
    Kate Rusby - Hand Me Down
    Secret Sisters - Saturn Return
     
  13. Hush

    Hush "Fate, up against your will"

    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    My Top Ten new releases this year in order are...

    1. Man of Moon - Dark Sea
    2. Doves - The Universal Want
    3. The Blinders - Fantasies of a Stay at Home Psychopath
    4. Fontaines DC - A Hero's Death
    5. Humanist - Humanist
    6. Bambara - Strays
    7. The Strokes - The New Abnormal
    8. Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink
    9. James Dean Bradfield - Even In Exile
    10. The Waterboys - Good Luck, Seeker
     
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  14. HenryFly

    HenryFly Forum Resident

    Location:
    Germany
    Basing this on which 2020 releases I've played most often:
    1 La Passione: Nono, Haydn, Grisey
    Barbara Hannigan & Ludwig Orchestra
    2 Gold Record – Bill Callahan
    3 Nuits – Véronique Gens, Il Giardinieri
    4 Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 1: Early Years
    5 Personal Effects – Jóhann Jóhannsson
    6 Paradise Lost – Anna Prohaska, Julius Drake
    7 A Temporary Soothing – Siv Jakobsen
    8 Some kind of Peace – Ólafur Arnalds
    9 Mi Specchio e Rifletto - Silvia Tarozzi
    10 The Man in the Mountain – Bróna McVittie
     
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  15. Davey

    Davey NP: Hania Rani/Dobrawa Czocher ~ Inner Symphonies

    Location:
    SF Bay Area, USA
    That does seem odd, they gave it a good little review in the October issue, though it wasn't highlighted like they often do. There's always albums like that where a magazine or site will seeming love a record on release, then completely ignore it at the end of the year. And I've a feeling this year it will be even moreso just due to the times we are in now, I don't see much of a consensus on any of the albums this year in the lists showing up here so far, people are living more in isolation from each other, and many of course have more weighty considerations on their minds ...


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  16. Gaslight

    Gaslight ⎧⚍⎫⚑

    Location:
    Northeast USA
    Watching this thread as I know I've missed a few albums here and there I might want to re-sample. Thanks OP

    Mine (so far)

    Run The Jewels - RTJ4
    Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
    HAIM - Women in Music Pt III
    The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
    Morrissey - I Am Not a Dog on a Chain
    Westerman - Your Hero Is Not Dead
    Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
    Kathleen Edwards - Total Freedom
    Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess
    Fleet Foxes - Shore

    Honorable mentions

    Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova EP
    Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By
    Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow the Rules
    Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
    Owen Pallett - Island
    Okay Kaya - Watch This Liquid Pour Itself
    The Lemon Twigs - Songs For The General Public
    Soccer Mommy - color theory
    Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
    Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
    RJD2 - The Fun Ones
    Loma - Don't Shy Away [this one's moving up however]
     
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  17. gazzaa2

    gazzaa2 Forum Resident

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    Certainly a glaring oversight, as it's one of the best albums of the year IMO and more folk than pop anyway. I can relate to that list a lot more than the typical end of year compilations of Pitchfork and Rolling Stone though, where half of these albums listed will be lucky to feature at all and it'll all be rap and pop.
     
  18. Daniel Plainview

    Daniel Plainview God's Lonely Man

    1. FIONA APPLE - FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS

    2. NEIL YOUNG HOMEGROWN

    3.MIKE & MICKEY MONKEES LIVE

    4.PEARL JAM GIGATON

    5. MR BUNGLE EASTER BUNNY
     
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  19. Gaslight

    Gaslight ⎧⚍⎫⚑

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    Northeast USA
    Lydia Loveless has a new album out? Time to get that one on deck, didn't realize.

    Why I like these types of threads. :)
     
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  20. WHMusical

    WHMusical Chameleon Comedian Corinthian & Caricature Thread Starter

    Yes, "Calais to Dover" was my first fave song on the BE album, it and "America" I liked the most. But I Will check out the other two you mentioned--thanks.

    I tend to like the second half of longer albums like these, deep album tracks and Epic Endings and such. But this record is, overall, a bit too produced and drum-machine-y and synth-heavy for me.
     
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  21. WHMusical

    WHMusical Chameleon Comedian Corinthian & Caricature Thread Starter


    I'm curious about the Joan and Kate albums. I like both artists, but can't buy everything. Are they FANTASTIC new albums or just the latest records by fave artists you collect--I'm hoping the former. Like the new Margo and Secret Sisters I like a lot, but are they 'just another good record' from both or really REALLY goo? Both are not "Top Ten" for me, obviously YMMV. But I'd love to hear more about these records, please.
     
  22. WHMusical

    WHMusical Chameleon Comedian Corinthian & Caricature Thread Starter

    Lots of stuff on your list Keam that I need to check out, especially the Richard Thompson!!! I had no idea that had a come out, a must buy ASAP. Your #1 pick too looks right up my alley!
     
  23. zen

    zen Senior Member

    ....
    Deep Purple~Whoosh!
    Rick Wakeman~Red Planet
    Angel Olsen~Whole New Mess
     
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  24. WHMusical

    WHMusical Chameleon Comedian Corinthian & Caricature Thread Starter

    To Dav'es Gilmour' s Cat, thanks much for posting Uncut's list at the top of this page; it will be interesting to compare to MOJO's list and maybe our own compiled top 25?

    Most impressed Shirley Collins made the Top Ten. Not bad for an 80+ year Olde Folkie who didn't released an album for almost 40 years!
     
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  25. cybercats

    cybercats Active Member

    Location:
    TX
    Blue October- This Is What I Live For
    Jayhawks- xoxo
    HAIM- Women In Music III
    Mondo Cozmo - New Medicine
    Reckless Kelly - American Jackpot/American Girls
    Vanessa Carlton- Love Is An Art
    The 1975- Notes on a Conditional Form
    The Lone Bellow- Half Moon Light
    Gone West - Canyons
    Dixie Chicks- Gaslighter
     

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