Gothamist's Best Albums of 2020

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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#2 Gold Record Bill Callahan Oct-21-2020, Americana
#3 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan Jun-19-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#4 Saint Cloud Waxahatchee Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#5 The Neon Skyline Andy Shauf Jan-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#6 Suddenly Caribou Feb-28-2020, Indietronica
#7 songs Adrianne Lenker Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#8 Untitled (Black Is) Sault Jun-19-2020, Neo-Soul
#9 Have We Met Destroyer Jan-31-2020, Art Pop
#10 Women In Music Pt. III HAIM Feb-19-2021, Indie Pop
#11 Traditional Techniques Stephen Malkmus Mar-06-2020, Psychedelic Folk
#12 Mirrored Aztec Guided By Voices Aug-21-2020,
#13 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#14 Your Hero Is Not Dead Westerman Jun-05-2020, Art Pop
#15 Likewise Frances Quinlan Jan-31-2020, Indie Pop
#16 The Slow Rush Tame Impala Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop
#17 Sixteen Oceans Four Tet Mar-13-2020, Microhouse
#18 græ Moses Sumney May-15-2020, Art Pop
#19 Suite for Max Brown Jeff Parker Jan-24-2020, Jazz Fusion
#20 We Will Always Love You The Avalanches Dec-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#21 Agitprop Alterna Peel Dream Magazine Apr-03-2020, Shoegaze
#22 Letter To You Bruce Springsteen Oct-23-2020, Heartland Rock
#23 The Loves of Your Life Hamilton Leithauser Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock
#24 Song For Our Daughter Laura Marling Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk
#25 Mutable Set Blake Mills May-08-2020, Chamber Folk
#26 Set My Heart On Fire Immediately Perfume Genius May-15-2020, Art Pop
#27 Swimmer Tennis Feb-14-2020, Indie Pop
#28 Live Forever Bartees Strange Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock
#29 All The Time Jessy Lanza Jul-24-2020, Alternative R&B
#30 Every Bad Porridge Radio Mar-13-2020, Indie Rock
#31 Man Alive! King Krule Feb-21-2020, Art Rock
#32 Room for the Moon Kate NV Jun-12-2020, Art Pop
#33 The New Abnormal The Strokes Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock
#34 Purple Moonlight Pages R.A.P. Ferreira Mar-06-2020, Jazz Rap
#35 What's Your Pleasure? Jessie Ware Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop
#36 2017 - 2019 Against All Logic Feb-07-2020, Post-Industrial
#37 After Hours The Weeknd Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B
#38 It Is What It Is Thundercat Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul
#39 Workaround Beatrice Dillon Feb-07-2020, Electroacoustic
#40 Heaven To a Tortured Mind Yves Tumor Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#41 Styles We Paid For Guided By Voices Dec-11-2020,
#42 Surrender Your Poppy Field Guided By Voices Feb-20-2020,
#43 Untitled (Rise) Sault Sep-18-2020, Neo-Soul
#44 instrumentals Adrianne Lenker Oct-22-2020, Ambient
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #2 | Gold Record | Bill Callahan | Album, Oct-21-2020, Americana |
| #3 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | Album, Jun-19-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #5 | The Neon Skyline | Andy Shauf | Album, Jan-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | Suddenly | Caribou | Album, Feb-28-2020, Indietronica |
| #7 | songs | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | Untitled (Black Is) | Sault | Album, Jun-19-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #9 | Have We Met | Destroyer | Album, Jan-31-2020, Art Pop |
| #10 | Women In Music Pt. III | HAIM | Album, Feb-19-2021, Indie Pop |
| #11 | Traditional Techniques | Stephen Malkmus | Album, Mar-06-2020, Psychedelic Folk |
| #12 | Mirrored Aztec | Guided By Voices | Album, Aug-21-2020,  |
| #13 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #14 | Your Hero Is Not Dead | Westerman | Album, Jun-05-2020, Art Pop |
| #15 | Likewise | Frances Quinlan | Album, Jan-31-2020, Indie Pop |
| #16 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #17 | Sixteen Oceans | Four Tet | Album, Mar-13-2020, Microhouse |
| #18 | græ | Moses Sumney | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #19 | Suite for Max Brown | Jeff Parker | Album, Jan-24-2020, Jazz Fusion |
| #20 | We Will Always Love You | The Avalanches | Album, Dec-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #21 | Agitprop Alterna | Peel Dream Magazine | Album, Apr-03-2020, Shoegaze |
| #22 | Letter To You | Bruce Springsteen | Album, Oct-23-2020, Heartland Rock |
| #23 | The Loves of Your Life | Hamilton Leithauser | Album, Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock |
| #24 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Album, Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #25 | Mutable Set | Blake Mills | Album, May-08-2020, Chamber Folk |
| #26 | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | Perfume Genius | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #27 | Swimmer | Tennis | Album, Feb-14-2020, Indie Pop |
| #28 | Live Forever | Bartees Strange | Album, Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock |
| #29 | All The Time | Jessy Lanza | Album, Jul-24-2020, Alternative R&B |
| #30 | Every Bad | Porridge Radio | Album, Mar-13-2020, Indie Rock |
| #31 | Man Alive! | King Krule | Album, Feb-21-2020, Art Rock |
| #32 | Room for the Moon | Kate NV | Album, Jun-12-2020, Art Pop |
| #33 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | Album, Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock |
| #34 | Purple Moonlight Pages | R.A.P. Ferreira | Album, Mar-06-2020, Jazz Rap |
| #35 | What's Your Pleasure? | Jessie Ware | Album, Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #36 | 2017 - 2019 | Against All Logic | Album, Feb-07-2020, Post-Industrial |
| #37 | After Hours | The Weeknd | Album, Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B |
| #38 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #39 | Workaround | Beatrice Dillon | Album, Feb-07-2020, Electroacoustic |
| #40 | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Yves Tumor | Album, Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #41 | Styles We Paid For | Guided By Voices | Album, Dec-11-2020,  |
| #42 | Surrender Your Poppy Field | Guided By Voices | Album, Feb-20-2020,  |
| #43 | Untitled (Rise) | Sault | Album, Sep-18-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #44 | instrumentals | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-22-2020, Ambient |