PopMatters' 50 Best Albums of 2020 So Far

Ambrose Akinmusire - on the tender spot of every calloused moment [Blue Note]Ambrose Akinmusire seems particularly mature as an artist and particularly...

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# 1

on the tender spot of every calloused moment by Ambrose Akinmusire

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Post-Bop

# 2

Tearless by Amnesia Scanner

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Deconstructed Club Glitch Pop Post-Industrial

# 3

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 4

Making a Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest

Album • May 01 / 2020 Indietronica Indie Rock

# 5

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 6

APKÁ! by Céu

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Indie Pop MPB

# 7

Hardly A Day, Hardly A Night by Cubicolor

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Progressive House Deep House

# 8

Haut by Die Wilde Jagd

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Krautrock Progressive Electronic

# 9

Good Songs For Bad People by Drab City

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Trip Hop Dream Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 10

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 11

Sixteen Oceans by Four Tet

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Microhouse Ambient

# 12

Seeking Thrills by Georgia

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Synthpop Electropop

# 13

Random Desire by Greg Dulli

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 14

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 15

Atomic by Helen Money

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Post-Rock Chamber Music

# 16

The Common Task by Horse Lords

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Experimental Rock Math Rock Totalism

# 17

Continuous Portrait by Inventions

Album • May 29 / 2020 Post-Rock Progressive Electronic

# 18

Outland by Ital Tek

Album • May 01 / 2020 UK Bass

# 19

Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country

# 20

TO LOVE IS TO LIVE by Jehnny Beth

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Art Pop

# 21

What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco

# 22

Amazones Power by Les Amazones d'Afrique

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Mande Music

# 23

Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Blues Rock Americana

# 24

Dust by Marla Hansen

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Chamber Folk

# 25

The Piano Equation by Matthew Shipp

Album • May 22 / 2020 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 26

The Cycle by Mourning [A] BLKstar

Album • May 15 / 2020 Neo-Soul Trip Hop

# 27

Lapse in Passage by Mute Duo

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Post-Rock

# 28

Folkesange by Myrkur

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Nordic Folk Music

# 29

Cenizas by Nicolas Jaar

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Ambient Electronic

# 30

We No Be Machine by Onipa

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Akan Music

# 31

Conference of Trees by Pantha du Prince

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Microhouse Ambient

# 32

Gigaton by Pearl Jam

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 33

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 34

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 35

Rock Bottom Rhapsody by Pokey LaFarge

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Rhythm & Blues Old-Time

# 36

Sam Doores by Sam Doores

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Americana

# 37

aloha by Son Little

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 38

Patience by Sondre Lerche

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 39

Be Up A Hello by Squarepusher

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Drill and Bass

# 40

Wild Wild East by Sunny Jain

Album • Feb 21 / 2020

# 41

Nomad by Tengger

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 New Age Ambient

# 42

Swimmer by Tennis

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Indie Pop

# 43

Is It You, Is It Me by Dustbowl Revival

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Americana

# 44

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

Album • May 01 / 2020 Ambient Ambient Techno

# 45

Rejoice by Hugh Masekela + Tony Allen

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Afro-Jazz

# 46

Silver Tongue by TORRES

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Indie Rock Art Pop

# 47

Ohms by Trees Speak

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Krautrock

# 48

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 49

We Still Go to Rodeos by Whitney Rose

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Country Pop Contemporary Country

# 50

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock