Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2020

The best albums of 2020, featuring Grimes, Bad Bunny, Roza Terenzi, Dua Lipa, Duval Timothy and more

Source

# 1

Help by Duval Timothy

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Nu Jazz

# 2

Indigo Dream by E.M.M.A

Album • Jul 29 / 2020 Progressive Electronic

# 3

Mas Amable by DJ Python

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Ambient House Ambient Techno

# 4

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 5

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco

# 6

Big Conspiracy by J Hus

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 UK Hip Hop

# 7

Duma by Duma

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Industrial Post-Industrial Cybergrind

# 8

Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 9

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 10

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 11

Metal Preyers by Metal Preyers

Album • Mar 05 / 2020 Post-Industrial

# 12

From Avoca Hills to the World by Citizen Boy & Mafia Boyz

Album • Jan 31 / 2020

# 13

Miss Colombia by Lido Pimienta

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Latin Electronic Art Pop

# 14

Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 15

To Feel Embraced by SPARKLE DIVISION

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Nu Jazz Glitch Hop

# 16

Workaround by Beatrice Dillon

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Electroacoustic IDM

# 17

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 18

Miss Anthropocene by Grimes

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic

# 19

YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny

Album • Feb 29 / 2020

# 20

A Written Testimony by Jay Electronica

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 21

Man Alive! by King Krule

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Rock Post-Punk Neo-Psychedelia

# 22

Healing Is A Miracle by Julianna Barwick

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Ambient

# 23

Snoopy by CS + Kreme

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Electronic

# 24

Dark Matter by Moses Boyd

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Nu Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 25

Pain Olympics by Crack Cloud

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Art Punk Post-Punk

# 26

Ho, why is you here ? by Flo Milli

Album • Jul 24 / 2020

# 27

Cape Cira by K-LONE

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Balearic Beat Ambient House

# 28

Róisín Machine by Róisín Murphy

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Nu-Disco

# 29

Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap

# 30

Microphones in 2020 by The Microphones

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Avant-Folk

# 31

Untitled (Black Is) by Sault

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 32

Chromatica by Lady Gaga

Album • May 29 / 2020 Dance-Pop Euro House

# 33

Modern Bliss by Roza Terenzi

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Progressive House Outsider House

# 34

Ten Billion Angels by Zora Jones

Album • Sep 08 / 2020 UK Bass

# 35

Pray 4 Love by Rod Wave

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 36

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 37

Modus Vivendi by 070 Shake

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Alternative R&B Pop Rap Alt-Pop

# 38

Cenizas by Nicolas Jaar

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Ambient Electronic

# 39

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop

# 40

Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry by Speaker Music

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Post-Industrial Industrial Techno IDM

# 41

Pray for Paris by Westside Gunn

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Drumless Boom Bap

# 42

Second Language by Minor Science

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 IDM UK Bass

# 43

Forever, Ya Girl by KeiyaA

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 44

Crabs in a Bucket by Nines

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 UK Hip Hop Trap

# 45

Deep Technik by MoMa Ready

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Deep House

# 46

Live Forever by Bartees Strange

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 47

Send Them To Coventry by Pa Salieu

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Afroswing UK Hip Hop

# 48

Pillowland by Jam City

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Electropop Neo-Psychedelia

# 49

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin by Eartheater

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Avant-Folk Chamber Folk

# 50

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk