The Vinyl Factory's 50 Favorite Albums of 2020

Vinyl Factory's favourite albums of 2020 – the fifty records that the editorial team loved during the past 12 months.

Published: December 11, 2020 14:17 Source

# 1
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 2
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock
# 3
Peel by KMRU
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Ambient Drone
# 4
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Avant-Folk Chamber Folk
# 5
Duma by Duma
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Industrial Post-Industrial Cybergrind
# 6
Album • May 22 / 2020 Batida Tarraxinha
# 7
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Nu Jazz
# 8
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Kuduro Post-Industrial
# 9
EP • Feb 07 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 10
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Microhouse Ambient
# 11
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 12
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 13
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco
# 14
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Electroacoustic IDM
# 15
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Avant-Folk
# 16
Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap
# 17
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Ambient Electroacoustic
# 18
Album • Jan 24 / 2020 UK Hip Hop
# 19
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 20
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Post-Industrial Industrial Techno IDM
# 21
Alterity by Various Artists
Album • Aug 28 / 2020
# 22
Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Nu Jazz Afro-Jazz
# 23
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Electro Tech House
# 24
Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Afro-Jazz
# 25
Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Taarab
# 26
Album • Feb 12 / 2021 UK Bass
# 27
Album • Apr 02 / 2020 Hip House Ambient House UK Bass
# 28
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 House Minimal Techno
# 29
Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Jazz Fusion
# 30
Album • Feb 04 / 2020 Chicago House
# 31
Album • May 29 / 2020 Ambient Electroacoustic
# 32
Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Ambient A cappella
# 33
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Ambient
# 34
Album • Oct 22 / 2020 Ambient Dub Batida
# 35
Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Ambient
# 36
Album • Nov 10 / 2020 Fula Music
# 37
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Neo-Soul Hypnagogic Pop
# 38
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Minimal Wave Post-Industrial
# 39
Album • Oct 31 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz
# 40
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Ambient Pop Electronic Indietronica
# 41
Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Qaraami Somali Music
# 42
Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Ambient
# 43
Album • Oct 22 / 2020 Ambient Contemporary Folk
# 44
Blue Note Re:imagined by Various Artists
Album • Oct 16 / 2020
# 45
Album • May 08 / 2020 Chamber Music Modern Classical
# 46
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Industrial Techno
# 47
Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Ambient
# 48
Album • Nov 27 / 2020 Hindustani Classical Music
# 49
EP • Sep 18 / 2020 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 50
Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock