Recordstore's Albums of the Year 2020

# 1

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Bedroom by bdrmm

Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Dream Pop Post-Punk Revival Post-Punk

# 3

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 4

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 5

Morning Pageants by Delmer Darion

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Art Pop Folktronica

# 6

SOURCE by Nubya Garcia

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 7

Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was by Bright Eyes

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Indie Folk

# 8

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 9

Beyond the Pale by Jarvis Cocker

Album • Jul 17 / 2020

# 10

Keleketla! by Keleketla! + Coldcut

Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Afro-Jazz Afrobeat

# 11

Kuarahy by White Stones

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Progressive Metal Death Metal

# 12

Safe from Me by Laura Fell

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Songs of an Unknown Tongue by Zara McFarlane

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul Vocal Jazz

# 14

Sister by Ultraísta

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Art Pop Indietronica Downtempo

# 15

Zombie by El Goodo

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Folk Rock Pop Rock

# 16

Renegade Breakdown by Marie Davidson + L’Œil Nu

Album • Sep 25 / 2020

# 17

Violet Waves by Jeremy Tuplin

Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Indie Pop

# 18

Land of No Junction by Aoife Nessa Frances

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Chamber Folk Indie Folk

# 19

Call in the Crash Team by LYR

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Poetry Indietronica Chamber Pop

# 20

Kitchen Sink by Nadine Shah

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Art Rock

# 21

My Enemy, My Love by Mentrix

Album • Apr 02 / 2020 Art Pop

# 22

Deep Down Happy by Sports Team

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 23

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 24

Running Tracks by Total Wkts

Album • Sep 18 / 2020

# 25

Eyelet by Islet

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop Dream Pop

# 26

The Universal Want by Doves

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 27

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 28

instrumentals by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 22 / 2020 Ambient Contemporary Folk

# 29

Debris by Keeley Forsyth

Album • Apr 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Avant-Folk

# 30

Generations by Will Butler

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Indie Rock Alternative Dance

# 31

I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep by Ghostpoet

Album • May 01 / 2020 Art Pop Art Rock

# 32

None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive by The Streets

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 UK Hip Hop UK Garage

# 33

Optimisme by Songhoy Blues

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Afro-Rock Songhai Music

# 34

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 35

Now Heres An Echo From Your Future by Girls In Synthesis

Album • Aug 28 / 2020

# 36

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 37

Whole New Mess by Angel Olsen

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 38

Melanie C by Melanie C

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Dance-Pop

# 39

Suite for Max Brown by Jeff Parker

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Jazz Fusion

# 40

Floatr by Happyness

Album • May 01 / 2020 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 41

The Cool Greenhouse by The Cool Greenhouse

Album • May 29 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 42

Positive Mental Health Music by Tiña

Album • Nov 06 / 2020 Indie Rock Psychedelic Pop

# 43

E3 AF by Dizzee Rascal

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 UK Hip Hop

# 44

Heavy Light by U.S. Girls

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Art Pop Pop Soul

# 45

Mordechai by Khruangbin

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock

# 46

Ultra Mono by IDLES

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 47

Pure Luxury by NZCA LINES

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Synthpop Synth Funk Funktronica Britfunk

# 48

RE-ANIMATOR by Everything Everything

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 49

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

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

# 50

Forgotten Days by Pallbearer

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Doom Metal