Stereogum's 50 Best Albums Of 2020

Stereogum's 50 best albums of 2020.

Published: December 01, 2020 15:00 Source

# 1

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 2

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 3

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 4

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 5

folklore by Taylor Swift

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 6

Manger on McNichols by Boldy James + Sterling Toles

Album • Jul 22 / 2020 Jazz Rap Gangsta Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 7

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Progressive Electronic Neo-Psychedelia

# 8

Lament by Touché Amoré

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Post-Hardcore Screamo

# 9

Untitled (Rise) by Sault

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 10

color theory by Soccer Mommy

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

# 11

Inlet by Hum

Album • Jun 24 / 2020 Shoegaze Alternative Metal

# 12

Hannah by Lomelda

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 13

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 14

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 15

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 16

Live Forever by Bartees Strange

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 17

Notes On A Conditional Form by The 1975

Album • May 22 / 2020 Electronic Art Pop Pop Rock

# 18

Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 19

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 20

925 by Sorry

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 21

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 22

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 23

World House by Mil-Spec

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Melodic Hardcore

# 24

NO DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • May 20 / 2020 Pop Punk Power Pop

# 25

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 26

What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco

# 27

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

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

# 28

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 29

Viewing by Stay Inside

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Emo Post-Hardcore

# 30

Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress by Gulch

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Metalcore

# 31

Microphones in 2020 by The Microphones

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Avant-Folk

# 32

KiCk i by Arca

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Deconstructed Club

# 33

2017 - 2019 by Against All Logic

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Post-Industrial House

# 34

The Neon Skyline by Andy Shauf

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 35

The Price Of Tea In China by Boldy James + The Alchemist

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 36

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 37

Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country

# 38

SIGN by Autechre

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Ambient Electronic IDM

# 39

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 40

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 41

SOUTHSIDE by Sam Hunt

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Bro-Country

# 42

Descendants of Cain by KA

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

# 43

Introduction, Presence by Nation of Language

Album • May 22 / 2020 Synthpop

# 44

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 45

FREE I.H: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For by illuminati hotties

Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Indie Rock Art Punk Noise Rock

# 46

Take a Chance on Rock 'n' Roll by Couch Slut

Album • May 01 / 2020 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 47

May Our Chambers Be Full by Emma Ruth Rundle + Thou

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal

# 48

It Was Good Until It Wasn't by Kehlani

Album • May 08 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 49

As We Suffer from Memory & Imagination by Nuvolascura

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Screamo Emoviolence

# 50

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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