Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2020

The albums that got us through this chaotic year, featuring Fiona Apple, Bad Bunny, Lil Uzi Vert, Phoebe Bridgers, and more

Published: December 08, 2020 14:03 Source

# 1

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 2

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 3

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 4

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 5

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 6

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 7

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 8

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 9

What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco

# 10

YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny

Album • Feb 29 / 2020

# 11

songs by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 12

Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap

# 13

Microphones in 2020 by The Microphones

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

# 14

Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) by Jay Electronica

Album • Oct 05 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Drumless

# 15

Heavy Light by U.S. Girls

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Art Pop Pop Soul

# 16

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 17

Róisín Machine by Róisín Murphy

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Nu-Disco

# 18

Have We Met by Destroyer

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop

# 19

THE ANGEL YOU DON'T KNOW by Amaarae

Album • Nov 12 / 2020 Afrobeats Alternative R&B

# 20

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 21

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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

# 22

Forever, Ya Girl by KeiyaA

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 23

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 24

Miss Anthropocene by Grimes

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic

# 25

SOURCE by Nubya Garcia

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 26

color theory by Soccer Mommy

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

# 27

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 28

Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 29

folklore by Taylor Swift

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 30

Live Forever by Bartees Strange

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 31

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? by The Soft Pink Truth

Album • May 01 / 2020 Ambient Ambient Techno

# 32

Thank You For Using GTL by Drakeo the Ruler + JoogSzn

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Nervous Music

# 33

Workaround by Beatrice Dillon

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Electroacoustic IDM

# 34

Melee by Dogleg

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Emo Post-Hardcore

# 35

Descendants of Cain by KA

Album • May 07 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Drumless

# 36

The Passion Of by Special Interest

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Synth Punk Industrial Rock

# 37

Hannah by Lomelda

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 38

Help by Duval Timothy

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Nu Jazz

# 39

Flower of Devotion by Dehd

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 40

KiCk i by Arca

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Deconstructed Club

# 41

SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama

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

# 42

Room for the Moon by Kate NV

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 43

Good News by Megan Thee Stallion

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap

# 44

Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 45

Fountain by Lyra Pramuk

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Ambient A cappella

# 46

Twice As Tall by Burna Boy

Album • Aug 13 / 2020 Afrobeats

# 47

My Turn (Deluxe) by Lil Baby

Album • Feb 28 / 2020

# 48

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 49

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 by Yaeji

Album • Apr 02 / 2020 Hip House Ambient House UK Bass

# 50

Silver Ladders by Mary Lattimore

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Ambient New Age