FLOOD's Best Albums of 2020

Here are our picks for the 25 albums that kept our spirits up in 2020.

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# 1

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 2

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 3

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 4

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 5

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 6

color theory by Soccer Mommy

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Bedroom Pop

# 7

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Progressive Electronic Neo-Psychedelia

# 8

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 9

After Hours by The Weeknd

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Alternative R&B Synthpop

# 10

Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 11

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 12

Visions of Bodies Being Burned by clipping.

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Horrorcore Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 13

SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 14

What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco

# 15

Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 16

My Agenda by Dorian Electra

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 17

Live Forever by Bartees Strange

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 18

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin by Eartheater

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Avant-Folk Chamber Folk

# 19

Shrines by Armand Hammer

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 20

Thats How Rumors Get Started by Margo Price

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Contemporary Country Roots Rock

# 21

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk

# 22

American Head by The Flaming Lips

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 23

Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ by Kali Uchis

Album • Dec 04 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 24

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) by Gorillaz

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop

# 25

Moveys by Slow Pulp

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Indie Rock