MOJO's 75 Best Albums of 2020

The latest MOJO magazine features The White Stripes, the year’s 75 Best Albums, a covermount Best Of 2020 CD, and more!

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# 1

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 2

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 3

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 4

Gold Record by Bill Callahan

Album • Oct 21 / 2020 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 6

England is a Garden by Cornershop

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Indie Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 7

Beyond the Pale by Jarvis Cocker

Album • Jul 17 / 2020

# 8

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 9

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 10

American Head by The Flaming Lips

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 11

On Sunset (Deluxe) by Paul Weller

Album • Jul 03 / 2020

# 12

Ultra Mono by IDLES

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 13

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 14

Rejoice by Hugh Masekela + Tony Allen

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Afro-Jazz

# 15

U kin B the Sun by Frazey Ford

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Country Soul

# 16

Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave alone at Alexandra Palace by Nick Cave

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter

# 17

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Got to Be Tough by Toots & The Maytals

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Reggae

# 19

Untitled (Black Is) by Sault

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 20

SOURCE by Nubya Garcia

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 21

Straight Songs Of Sorrow by Mark Lanegan

Album • May 08 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folktronica

# 22

Thanks for the Dance by Leonard Cohen

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter

# 23

We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Afro-Jazz Spiritual Jazz

# 24

Dark Matter by Moses Boyd

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Nu Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 25

A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip by Sparks

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 26

Mordechai by Khruangbin

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock

# 27

Traditional Techniques by Stephen Malkmus

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Psychedelic Folk Folk Rock

# 28

Heart's Ease by Shirley Collins

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 English Folk Music

# 29

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

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

# 30

Old Wow by Sam Lee

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Contemporary Folk English Folk Music

# 31

folklore by Taylor Swift

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 32

Coriky by Coriky

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 33

Three by The Necks

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 34

La Vita Nuova by Maria McKee

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 35

Summerlong by Rose City Band

Album • May 15 / 2020 Country Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 36

The Unraveling by Drive-By Truckers

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Alt-Country Americana

# 37

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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

# 38

Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Blues Rock Americana

# 39

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 40

By The Fire by Thurston Moore

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Noise Rock Alternative Rock

# 41

The Slow Rush by Tame Impala

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 42

Countless Branches (Deluxe Edition) by Bill Fay

Album • Jan 17 / 2020

# 43

Mutable Set by Blake Mills

Album • May 08 / 2020 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 44

Gigaton by Pearl Jam

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 45

Letter To You by Bruce Springsteen

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heartland Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 46

Live at the Roundhouse by Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock

# 47

Fall to Pieces by Tricky

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Trip Hop

# 48

Out of My Province by Nadia Reid

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 49

Lianne La Havas by Lianne La Havas

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 50

The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Indietronica Art Pop