Stereogum's 50 Best Albums Of 2020 So Far

Maybe when we do this again in six months, the world will look a little less dark.

Published: June 10, 2020 13:30 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

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 4

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 5

Notes On A Conditional Form by The 1975

Album • May 22 / 2020 Electronic Art Pop Pop Rock

# 6

color theory by Soccer Mommy

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

# 7

925 by Sorry

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 8

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 9

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 10

Descendants of Cain by KA

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

# 11

Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country

# 12

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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

# 13

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 14

NO DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • May 20 / 2020 Pop Punk Power Pop

# 15

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

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

# 16

Sideways to New Italy by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 17

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 18

27 Miles Underwater by Higher Power

Album • Jan 24 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 19

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 20

Skuba Sada 2 by Sada Baby

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Detroit Trap Gangsta Rap

# 21

KiCk i by Arca

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Deconstructed Club

# 22

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 23

Your Hero Is Not Dead by Westerman

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Art Pop Sophisti-Pop

# 24

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 25

2017 - 2019 by Against All Logic

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Post-Industrial House

# 26

Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 27

The Neon Skyline by Andy Shauf

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 28

Shadow Offering by Braids

Album • Jun 20 / 2020 Art Pop Indietronica

# 29

Empty Country by Empty Country

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 30

Making a Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest

Album • May 01 / 2020 Indietronica Indie Rock

# 31

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

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Gangsta Rap

# 32

Miss Anthropocene by Grimes

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic

# 33

SOUTHSIDE by Sam Hunt

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Bro-Country

# 34

The Slow Rush by Tame Impala

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

# 35

The Fallen Crimson by envy

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Screamo Post-Rock

# 36

Likewise by Frances Quinlan

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 37

Introduction, Presence by Nation of Language

Album • May 22 / 2020 Synthpop

# 38

A Written Testimony by Jay Electronica

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 39

Agitprop Alterna by Peel Dream Magazine

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Shoegaze Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 40

Underneath by Code Orange

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal

# 41

Warnings by I Break Horses

Album • May 08 / 2020 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 42

Have We Met by Destroyer

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop

# 43

Taken Away by Moodymann

Album • May 21 / 2020 Deep House

# 44

Never Will by Ashley McBryde

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Contemporary Country Singer-Songwriter

# 45

Tearless by Amnesia Scanner

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Deconstructed Club Glitch Pop Post-Industrial

# 46

Speed Kills by Chubby and the Gang

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Garage Punk Punk Rock

# 47

Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap

# 48

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 by Yaeji

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

# 49

It Was Good Until It Wasn't by Kehlani

Album • May 08 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 50

parted/departed/apart by Frail Hands

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Screamo