SPIN's 30 Best Albums of 2020



Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#2 Live Forever Bartees Strange Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock
#3 RTJ4 Run The Jewels Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop
#4 Set My Heart On Fire Immediately Perfume Genius May-15-2020, Art Pop
#5 Suddenly Caribou Feb-28-2020, Indietronica
#6 YHLQMDLG Bad Bunny Feb-29-2020,
#7 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#8 The Slow Rush Tame Impala Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop
#9 Saint Cloud Waxahatchee Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#10 Shore Fleet Foxes Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk
#11 Petals For Armor Hayley Williams May-08-2020, Art Pop
#12 Ohms Deftones Sep-25-2020, Alternative Metal
#13 Descendants of Cain KA May-07-2020, East Coast Hip Hop
#14 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop
#15 Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? The Soft Pink Truth May-01-2020, Ambient
#16 Alfredo Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist May-29-2020, Gangsta Rap
#17 The Ascension Sufjan Stevens Sep-25-2020, Indietronica
#18 SAVAGE MODE II 21 Savage, Metro Boomin Oct-02-2020, Trap
#19 It Is What It Is Thundercat Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul
#20 As Long As You Are Future Islands Oct-09-2020, Synthpop
#21 American Head The Flaming Lips Sep-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#22 Fake It Flowers beabadoobee Oct-16-2020, Alternative Rock
#23 I Disagree Poppy Jan-09-2020, Alternative Metal
#24 Mordechai Khruangbin Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock
#25 Songs for the General Public The Lemon Twigs Aug-21-2020, Glam Rock
#26 The Great Dismal Nothing Oct-30-2020, Shoegaze
#27 color theory Soccer Mommy Feb-28-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#28 Thats How Rumors Get Started Margo Price Jul-10-2020, Contemporary Country
#29 The Ghost of Orion My Dying Bride Mar-06-2020, Doom Metal
#30 What's Your Pleasure? Jessie Ware Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #2 | Live Forever | Bartees Strange | Album, Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock |
| #3 | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Album, Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #4 | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | Perfume Genius | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #5 | Suddenly | Caribou | Album, Feb-28-2020, Indietronica |
| #6 | YHLQMDLG | Bad Bunny | Album, Feb-29-2020,  |
| #7 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #9 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #10 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Album, Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk |
| #11 | Petals For Armor | Hayley Williams | Album, May-08-2020, Art Pop |
| #12 | Ohms | Deftones | Album, Sep-25-2020, Alternative Metal |
| #13 | Descendants of Cain | KA | Album, May-07-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #14 | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | Album, Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #15 | Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? | The Soft Pink Truth | Album, May-01-2020, Ambient |
| #16 | Alfredo | Freddie GibbsThe Alchemist | Album, May-29-2020, Gangsta Rap |
| #17 | The Ascension | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Sep-25-2020, Indietronica |
| #18 | SAVAGE MODE II | 21 SavageMetro Boomin | Album, Oct-02-2020, Trap |
| #19 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #20 | As Long As You Are | Future Islands | Album, Oct-09-2020, Synthpop |
| #21 | American Head | The Flaming Lips | Album, Sep-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #22 | Fake It Flowers | beabadoobee | Album, Oct-16-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #23 | I Disagree | Poppy | Album, Jan-09-2020, Alternative Metal |
| #24 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Album, Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #25 | Songs for the General Public | The Lemon Twigs | Album, Aug-21-2020, Glam Rock |
| #26 | The Great Dismal | Nothing | Album, Oct-30-2020, Shoegaze |
| #27 | color theory | Soccer Mommy | Album, Feb-28-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #28 | Thats How Rumors Get Started | Margo Price | Album, Jul-10-2020, Contemporary Country |
| #29 | The Ghost of Orion | My Dying Bride | Album, Mar-06-2020, Doom Metal |
| #30 | What's Your Pleasure? | Jessie Ware | Album, Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop |