Rough Trade's Albums of the Year 2020

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# 1

Untitled (Black Is) by Sault

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 2

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 3

SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama

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

# 4

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Beyond the Pale by Jarvis Cocker

Album • Jul 17 / 2020

# 6

So When You Gonna... by Dream Wife

Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 7

Viscerals by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych

# 8

Bedroom by bdrmm

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

# 9

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 10

Sideways to New Italy by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 11

England is a Garden by Cornershop

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Indie Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 12

Galore by Oklou

Album • Sep 24 / 2020 Ambient Pop Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 13

Protean Threat by Thee Oh Sees

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock Garage Punk

# 14

Ultra Mono by IDLES

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 15

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 16

What Kinda Music by Tom Misch + Yussef Dayes

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk

# 17

By The Fire by Thurston Moore

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Noise Rock Alternative Rock

# 18

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 19

Wu Hen by Kamaal Williams

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Nu Jazz Jazz-Funk

# 20

Wake UP! by Hazel English

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Indie Pop

# 21

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 22

Jump Rope Gazers by The Beths

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 23

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 24

Seeking Thrills by Georgia

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Synthpop Electropop

# 25

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 26

There is No Other… by Isobel Campbell

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Chamber Pop Folk Pop

# 27

Head Above The Water by Brigid Mae Power

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 28

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 29

Old Flowers by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter

# 30

Sixteen Oceans by Four Tet

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Microhouse Ambient

# 31

ACR Loco by A Certain Ratio

Album • Sep 25 / 2020

# 32

UMMON by SLIFT

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Heavy Psych Space Rock

# 33

Coriky by Coriky

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 34

Keleketla! by Keleketla! + Coldcut

Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Afro-Jazz Afrobeat

# 35

Thats How Rumors Get Started by Margo Price

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Contemporary Country Roots Rock

# 36

Introduction, Presence by Nation of Language

Album • May 22 / 2020 Synthpop

# 37

some kind of peace by Ólafur Arnalds

Album • Nov 06 / 2020 Ambient Modern Classical

# 38

Walking Like We Do by The Big Moon

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Indie Pop Pop Rock

# 39

Bug On Yonkers by Damaged Bug

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock

# 40

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 by Yaeji

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

# 41

Home by Romare

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Deep House UK Bass

# 42

Infinity of Now by The Heliocentrics

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 43

3D Routine by Mush

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Art Punk Post-Punk

# 44

All or Nothing by Shopping

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 45

Fading by Pole

Album • Nov 06 / 2020 Ambient Dub Dub Techno

# 46

Flower of Devotion by Dehd

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 47

Heritage of the Invisible II by Aquiles Navarro + Tcheser Holmes

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Avant-Garde Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 48

Blue Hearts by Bob Mould

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 49

All The Time by Jessy Lanza

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Alternative R&B Synthpop UK Bass

# 50

WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD by Nick Hakim

Album • May 15 / 2020 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul