Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2020
The albums that helped us get through a difficult year
Published: December 09, 2020 06:30
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #2 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #3 | Crossover | Emma Donovan, The Putbacks | Nov-06-2020, Soul |
| #4 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #5 | Untitled (Rise) | Sault | Sep-18-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #6 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #8 | What's Your Pleasure? | Jessie Ware | Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #9 | The Sharecropper's Daughter | Sa-Roc | Oct-02-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #10 | Sideways to New Italy | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Jun-05-2020, Jangle Pop |
| #11 | Sixteen Oceans | Four Tet | Mar-13-2020, Microhouse |
| #12 | Chosen Line | Benny Walker | Jun-05-2020, |
| #13 | SOUTH WEST | L-FRESH The LION | Jul-17-2020, |
| #14 | Far Enough | Cable Ties | Mar-27-2020, Post-Punk |
| #15 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Nyaaringu | Miiesha | May-29-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #17 | You Be the Lightning | Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife | Feb-14-2020, |
| #18 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #19 | Suddenly | Caribou | Feb-28-2020, Indietronica |
| #20 | Our Two Skins | Gordi | Jun-26-2020, Indie Pop |
| #21 | Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was | Bright Eyes | Aug-21-2020, Indie Folk |
| #22 | græ | Moses Sumney | May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #23 | Distance | Jess Cornelius | Jul-24-2020, Indie Pop |
| #24 | King's Disease | Nas | Aug-21-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #25 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk |
| #26 | Batflowers | Meg Washington | Aug-28-2020, |
| #27 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #28 | Thats How Rumors Get Started | Margo Price | Jul-10-2020, Contemporary Country |
| #29 | ENERGY | Disclosure | Aug-28-2020, House |
| #30 | The Ascension | Sufjan Stevens | Sep-25-2020, Indietronica |
| #31 | Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | May-15-2020, Americana |
| #32 | Paid Salvation | A. Swayze & the Ghosts | Sep-18-2020, Garage Punk |
| #33 | songs | Adrianne Lenker | Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #34 | Ohms | Deftones | Sep-25-2020, Alternative Metal |
| #35 | Unity | Gordon Koang | Aug-14-2020, Northeastern African Music |
| #36 | A Hero's Death | Fontaines D.C. | Jul-31-2020, Post-Punk |
| #37 | Child In Reverse | Kate Miller-Heidke | Oct-30-2020, Pop |
| #38 | K.G. | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Nov-20-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #39 | aloha | Son Little | Jan-31-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #40 | The Modern Medieval | Something for Kate | Nov-20-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #41 | II - The Next Wave | Quakers | Nov-13-2020, |
| #42 | Rome | Josh Pyke | Aug-28-2020, Indie Pop |
| #43 | Fallow | Fanny Lumsden | Mar-13-2020, |
| #44 | Optimisme | Songhoy Blues | Oct-23-2020, Afro-Rock |
| #45 | Original Cast Recording | Braille Face | Sep-16-2020, |
| #46 | Colour By Number | Leah Flanagan | Oct-16-2020, |
| #47 | Ultra Mono | IDLES | Sep-25-2020, Post-Punk |
| #48 | What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? | Public Enemy | Sep-25-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #49 | Feral | RVG | Apr-24-2020, Jangle Pop |
| #50 | Róisín Machine | Róisín Murphy | Oct-02-2020, Nu-Disco |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Album, Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #2 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #3 | Crossover | Emma DonovanThe Putbacks | Album, Nov-06-2020, Soul |
| #4 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #5 | Untitled (Rise) | Sault | Album, Sep-18-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #6 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Album, Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #8 | What's Your Pleasure? | Jessie Ware | Album, Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #9 | The Sharecropper's Daughter | Sa-Roc | Album, Oct-02-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #10 | Sideways to New Italy | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, Jun-05-2020, Jangle Pop |
| #11 | Sixteen Oceans | Four Tet | Album, Mar-13-2020, Microhouse |
| #12 | Chosen Line | Benny Walker | Album, Jun-05-2020, |
| #13 | SOUTH WEST | L-FRESH The LION | Album, Jul-17-2020, |
| #14 | Far Enough | Cable Ties | Album, Mar-27-2020, Post-Punk |
| #15 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Nyaaringu | Miiesha | Album, May-29-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #17 | You Be the Lightning | Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife | Album, Feb-14-2020, |
| #18 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Album, Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #19 | Suddenly | Caribou | Album, Feb-28-2020, Indietronica |
| #20 | Our Two Skins | Gordi | Album, Jun-26-2020, Indie Pop |
| #21 | Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was | Bright Eyes | Album, Aug-21-2020, Indie Folk |
| #22 | græ | Moses Sumney | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #23 | Distance | Jess Cornelius | Album, Jul-24-2020, Indie Pop |
| #24 | King's Disease | Nas | Album, Aug-21-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #25 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Album, Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk |
| #26 | Batflowers | Meg Washington | Album, Aug-28-2020, |
| #27 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #28 | Thats How Rumors Get Started | Margo Price | Album, Jul-10-2020, Contemporary Country |
| #29 | ENERGY | Disclosure | Album, Aug-28-2020, House |
| #30 | The Ascension | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Sep-25-2020, Indietronica |
| #31 | Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, May-15-2020, Americana |
| #32 | Paid Salvation | A. Swayze & the Ghosts | Album, Sep-18-2020, Garage Punk |
| #33 | songs | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #34 | Ohms | Deftones | Album, Sep-25-2020, Alternative Metal |
| #35 | Unity | Gordon Koang | Album, Aug-14-2020, Northeastern African Music |
| #36 | A Hero's Death | Fontaines D.C. | Album, Jul-31-2020, Post-Punk |
| #37 | Child In Reverse | Kate Miller-Heidke | Album, Oct-30-2020, Pop |
| #38 | K.G. | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Album, Nov-20-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #39 | aloha | Son Little | Album, Jan-31-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #40 | The Modern Medieval | Something for Kate | Album, Nov-20-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #41 | II - The Next Wave | Quakers | Album, Nov-13-2020, |
| #42 | Rome | Josh Pyke | Album, Aug-28-2020, Indie Pop |
| #43 | Fallow | Fanny Lumsden | Album, Mar-13-2020, |
| #44 | Optimisme | Songhoy Blues | Album, Oct-23-2020, Afro-Rock |
| #45 | Original Cast Recording | Braille Face | Album, Sep-16-2020, |
| #46 | Colour By Number | Leah Flanagan | Album, Oct-16-2020, |
| #47 | Ultra Mono | IDLES | Album, Sep-25-2020, Post-Punk |
| #48 | What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? | Public Enemy | Album, Sep-25-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #49 | Feral | RVG | Album, Apr-24-2020, Jangle Pop |
| #50 | Róisín Machine | Róisín Murphy | Album, Oct-02-2020, Nu-Disco |