SPIN's 30 Best Albums of 2020

# 1

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 2

Live Forever by Bartees Strange

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 3

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 4

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 5

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 6

YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny

Album • Feb 29 / 2020

# 7

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 8

The Slow Rush by Tame Impala

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 9

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 10

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 11

Petals For Armor by Hayley Williams

Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance

# 12

Ohms by Deftones

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 13

Descendants of Cain by KA

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

# 14

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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

# 15

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

Album • May 01 / 2020 Ambient Ambient Techno

# 16

Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 17

The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Indietronica Art Pop

# 18

SAVAGE MODE II by 21 Savage + Metro Boomin

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Trap Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 19

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

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

# 20

As Long As You Are by Future Islands

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Synthpop

# 21

American Head by The Flaming Lips

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 22

Fake It Flowers by beabadoobee

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 23

I Disagree by Poppy

Album • Jan 09 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 24

Mordechai by Khruangbin

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock

# 25

Songs for the General Public by The Lemon Twigs

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Glam Rock Pop Rock

# 26

The Great Dismal by Nothing

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Shoegaze

# 27

color theory by Soccer Mommy

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

# 28

Thats How Rumors Get Started by Margo Price

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Contemporary Country Roots Rock

# 29

The Ghost of Orion by My Dying Bride

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Doom Metal

# 30

What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco