Loud and Quiet's Best Albums of 2020

There’s been something for every angle of 2020’s singular mood, Loud And Quiet's top 40 albums of the year as voted for by our contributors.

Source

# 1

Winterreise by Jerskin Fendrix

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic

# 2

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 3

To Feel Embraced by SPARKLE DIVISION

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Nu Jazz Glitch Hop

# 4

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 5

Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2 by Tkay Maidza

EP • Aug 07 / 2020 Pop Rap

# 6

Free Humans by Hen Ogledd

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Art Pop

# 7

Dark Matter by Moses Boyd

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Nu Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 8

Ultimate Success Today by Protomartyr

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 9

Seeking Thrills by Georgia

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Synthpop Electropop

# 10

Second Language by Minor Science

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 IDM UK Bass

# 11

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 12

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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

# 13

Visions of Bodies Being Burned by clipping.

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

# 14

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 15

Debris by Keeley Forsyth

Album • Apr 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Avant-Folk

# 16

925 by Sorry

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 17

The Long Goodbye by Riz Ahmed

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Political Hip Hop South Asian Music

# 18

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 19

Pain Olympics by Crack Cloud

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Art Punk Post-Punk

# 20

Suga by Megan Thee Stallion

EP • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 21

Morning Pageants by Delmer Darion

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Art Pop Folktronica

# 22

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 23

Microphones in 2020 by The Microphones

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

# 24

Wicked City by Jockstrap

EP • Jun 12 / 2020 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 25

instrumentals by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 22 / 2020 Ambient Contemporary Folk

# 26

Insomnia by Skepta + Chip + Young Adz

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 UK Hip Hop Trap

# 27

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 28

Bent Arcana by Bent Arcana

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Jazz Fusion Psychedelic Rock

# 29

Couldnt Wait to Tell You... by Liv.e

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Neo-Soul Hypnagogic Pop

# 30

Anime, Trauma and Divorce by Open Mike Eagle

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Abstract Hip Hop

# 31

Renegade Breakdown by Marie Davidson + L’Œil Nu

Album • Sep 25 / 2020

# 32

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 33

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 34

Man Alive! by King Krule

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

# 35

Type II by Sex Swing

Album • May 15 / 2020 Noise Rock

# 36

EDNA by Headie One

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 UK Drill UK Hip Hop Trap

# 37

Transmissions: The Music Of Beverly Glenn-Copeland by Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Ambient Pop

# 38

Mama, You Can Bet! by Jyoti + Georgia Anne Muldrow

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Nu Jazz Psychedelic Soul Avant-Garde Jazz

# 39

Room for the Moon by Kate NV

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 40

Heart's Ease by Shirley Collins

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 English Folk Music

# 41

songs by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk