The Key's Best Albums of 2020

WXPN Radio

Published: December 02, 2020 05:00 Source

# 1

Pleasure Vision by Bacchae

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Post-Punk Indie Rock Post-Hardcore

# 2

Live Forever by Bartees Strange

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 3

b7 by Brandy

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B

# 4

Making a Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest

Album • May 01 / 2020 Indietronica Indie Rock

# 5

Old Flowers by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Patience or Fear by Deep Tissue

Album • Jun 13 / 2020

# 7

Black Hole Rainbow by Devon Gilfillian

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 8

Collector by Disq

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 9

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 10

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 11

Likewise by Frances Quinlan

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 12

Hot Dish by Heart Bones

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Indie Pop Indietronica

# 13

Spider Tales by Jake Blount

Album • May 29 / 2020 Bluegrass

# 14

Spirit Groove by Kahil El'Zabar

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 15

Mordechai by Khruangbin

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock

# 16

Hannah by Lomelda

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 17

Private Lives by Low Cut Connie

Album • Oct 13 / 2020 Rock & Roll Pop Rock

# 18

Good News by Megan Thee Stallion

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap

# 19

Hold Space For Me by Orion Sun

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B

# 20

Please Leave Your Light On by Paul Kelly + Paul Grabowsky

Album • Jul 31 / 2020

# 21

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 22

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 23

Mirage on the Meadow by Pine Barons

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop

# 24

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 25

Free Love by Sylvan Esso

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Electropop Indietronica

# 26

The Slow Rush by Tame Impala

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

# 27

The New Abnormal by The Strokes

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 28

Right Now by Twisted Pine

Album • Aug 14 / 2020

# 29

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 30

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock