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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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan Jun-19-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#2 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#3 A Hero's Death Fontaines D.C. Jul-31-2020, Post-Punk
#4 Gold Record Bill Callahan Oct-21-2020, Americana
#5 Shore Fleet Foxes Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk
#6 England is a Garden Cornershop Mar-06-2020, Indie Pop
#7 Beyond the Pale Jarvis Cocker Jul-17-2020,
#8 RTJ4 Run The Jewels Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop
#9 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#10 American Head The Flaming Lips Sep-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#11 On Sunset (Deluxe) Paul Weller Jul-03-2020,
#12 Ultra Mono IDLES Sep-25-2020, Post-Punk
#13 græ Moses Sumney May-15-2020, Art Pop
#14 Rejoice Hugh Masekela, Tony Allen Mar-20-2020, Afro-Jazz
#15 U kin B the Sun Frazey Ford Feb-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#16 Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave alone at Alexandra Palace Nick Cave Nov-20-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#17 Song For Our Daughter Laura Marling Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk
#18 Got to Be Tough Toots & The Maytals Aug-28-2020, Reggae
#19 Untitled (Black Is) Sault Jun-19-2020, Neo-Soul
#20 SOURCE Nubya Garcia Aug-21-2020, Spiritual Jazz
#21 Straight Songs Of Sorrow Mark Lanegan May-08-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#22 Thanks for the Dance Leonard Cohen Nov-22-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#23 We Are Sent Here By History Shabaka and the Ancestors Mar-13-2020, Afro-Jazz
#24 Dark Matter Moses Boyd Feb-14-2020, Nu Jazz
#25 A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip Sparks May-15-2020, Art Pop
#26 Mordechai Khruangbin Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock
#27 Traditional Techniques Stephen Malkmus Mar-06-2020, Psychedelic Folk
#28 Heart's Ease Shirley Collins Jul-24-2020, English Folk Music
#29 It Is What It Is Thundercat Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul
#30 Old Wow Sam Lee Jan-31-2020, Contemporary Folk
#31 folklore Taylor Swift Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#32 Coriky Coriky Jun-12-2020, Indie Rock
#33 Three The Necks Mar-27-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz
#34 La Vita Nuova Maria McKee Mar-13-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#35 Summerlong Rose City Band May-15-2020, Country Rock
#36 The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers Jan-31-2020, Alt-Country
#37 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop
#38 Good Souls Better Angels Lucinda Williams Apr-24-2020, Blues Rock
#39 Women In Music Pt. III HAIM Feb-19-2021, Indie Pop
#40 By The Fire Thurston Moore Sep-25-2020, Noise Rock
#41 The Slow Rush Tame Impala Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop
#42 Countless Branches (Deluxe Edition) Bill Fay Jan-17-2020,
#43 Mutable Set Blake Mills May-08-2020, Chamber Folk
#44 Gigaton Pearl Jam Mar-27-2020, Alternative Rock
#45 Letter To You Bruce Springsteen Oct-23-2020, Heartland Rock
#46 Live at the Roundhouse Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets Sep-18-2020, Psychedelic Rock
#47 Fall to Pieces Tricky Sep-04-2020, Trip Hop
#48 Out of My Province Nadia Reid Mar-06-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#49 Lianne La Havas Lianne La Havas Jul-17-2020, Neo-Soul
#50 The Ascension Sufjan Stevens Sep-25-2020, Indietronica
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | Album, Jun-19-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #3 | A Hero's Death | Fontaines D.C. | Album, Jul-31-2020, Post-Punk |
| #4 | Gold Record | Bill Callahan | Album, Oct-21-2020, Americana |
| #5 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Album, Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk |
| #6 | England is a Garden | Cornershop | Album, Mar-06-2020, Indie Pop |
| #7 | Beyond the Pale | Jarvis Cocker | Album, Jul-17-2020,  |
| #8 | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Album, Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #9 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #10 | American Head | The Flaming Lips | Album, Sep-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #11 | On Sunset (Deluxe) | Paul Weller | Album, Jul-03-2020,  |
| #12 | Ultra Mono | IDLES | Album, Sep-25-2020, Post-Punk |
| #13 | græ | Moses Sumney | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #14 | Rejoice | Hugh MasekelaTony Allen | Album, Mar-20-2020, Afro-Jazz |
| #15 | U kin B the Sun | Frazey Ford | Album, Feb-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave alone at Alexandra Palace | Nick Cave | Album, Nov-20-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #17 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Album, Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #18 | Got to Be Tough | Toots & The Maytals | Album, Aug-28-2020, Reggae |
| #19 | Untitled (Black Is) | Sault | Album, Jun-19-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #20 | SOURCE | Nubya Garcia | Album, Aug-21-2020, Spiritual Jazz |
| #21 | Straight Songs Of Sorrow | Mark Lanegan | Album, May-08-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #22 | Thanks for the Dance | Leonard Cohen | Album, Nov-22-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #23 | We Are Sent Here By History | Shabaka and the Ancestors | Album, Mar-13-2020, Afro-Jazz |
| #24 | Dark Matter | Moses Boyd | Album, Feb-14-2020, Nu Jazz |
| #25 | A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip | Sparks | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #26 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Album, Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #27 | Traditional Techniques | Stephen Malkmus | Album, Mar-06-2020, Psychedelic Folk |
| #28 | Heart's Ease | Shirley Collins | Album, Jul-24-2020, English Folk Music |
| #29 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #30 | Old Wow | Sam Lee | Album, Jan-31-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #31 | folklore | Taylor Swift | Album, Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #32 | Coriky | Coriky | Album, Jun-12-2020, Indie Rock |
| #33 | Three | The Necks | Album, Mar-27-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #34 | La Vita Nuova | Maria McKee | Album, Mar-13-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #35 | Summerlong | Rose City Band | Album, May-15-2020, Country Rock |
| #36 | The Unraveling | Drive-By Truckers | Album, Jan-31-2020, Alt-Country |
| #37 | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | Album, Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #38 | Good Souls Better Angels | Lucinda Williams | Album, Apr-24-2020, Blues Rock |
| #39 | Women In Music Pt. III | HAIM | Album, Feb-19-2021, Indie Pop |
| #40 | By The Fire | Thurston Moore | Album, Sep-25-2020, Noise Rock |
| #41 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #42 | Countless Branches (Deluxe Edition) | Bill Fay | Album, Jan-17-2020,  |
| #43 | Mutable Set | Blake Mills | Album, May-08-2020, Chamber Folk |
| #44 | Gigaton | Pearl Jam | Album, Mar-27-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #45 | Letter To You | Bruce Springsteen | Album, Oct-23-2020, Heartland Rock |
| #46 | Live at the Roundhouse | Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets | Album, Sep-18-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #47 | Fall to Pieces | Tricky | Album, Sep-04-2020, Trip Hop |
| #48 | Out of My Province | Nadia Reid | Album, Mar-06-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #49 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Album, Jul-17-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #50 | The Ascension | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Sep-25-2020, Indietronica |