Our Culture's 50 Best Albums of 2020

Published: December 14, 2020 20:32 Source

# 1

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 2

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 3

songs by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 4

evermore by Taylor Swift

Album • Dec 11 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 5

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 6

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 7

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 8

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 9

Live Forever by Bartees Strange

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 10

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 11

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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

# 12

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 13

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 14

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 15

The Baby by Samia

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Bedroom Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 16

What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco

# 17

SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama

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

# 18

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 19

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 20

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 21

After Hours by The Weeknd

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Alternative R&B Synthpop

# 22

Hannah by Lomelda

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 23

Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 24

Miss Anthropocene by Grimes

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic

# 25

Our Two Skins by Gordi

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Indie Pop

# 26

color theory by Soccer Mommy

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

# 27

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 28

Microphones in 2020 by The Microphones

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

# 29

Visions of Bodies Being Burned by clipping.

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

# 30

Weirdo by Carla J Easton

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Synthpop Indie Pop

# 31

Modus Vivendi by 070 Shake

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Alternative R&B Pop Rap Alt-Pop

# 32

BREACH by Fenne Lily

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 33

Chaotic Good by Johanna Warren

Album • May 01 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 34

Failures by Katie Malco

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 35

Circles by Mac Miller

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 36

Mutable Set by Blake Mills

Album • May 08 / 2020 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 37

Lament by Touché Amoré

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Post-Hardcore Screamo

# 38

Violence in a Quiet Mind by Haux

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 39

Sundowner by Kevin Morby

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 40

Inlet by Hum

Album • Jun 24 / 2020 Shoegaze Alternative Metal

# 41

Heavy Light by U.S. Girls

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Art Pop Pop Soul

# 42

Healing Is A Miracle by Julianna Barwick

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Ambient

# 43

Gold Record by Bill Callahan

Album • Oct 21 / 2020 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 44

Don't Shy Away by Loma

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 45

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 46

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 47

TO LOVE IS TO LIVE by Jehnny Beth

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Art Pop

# 48

Close but Not Too Close by Niika

Album • May 15 / 2020 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B

# 49

UNLOCKED by Denzel Curry + Kenny Beats

EP • Feb 07 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 50

Petals For Armor by Hayley Williams

Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance