Treble's Top 50 Albums of 2020

Published: December 08, 2020 06:42 Source

# 1

May Our Chambers Be Full by Emma Ruth Rundle + Thou

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

# 2

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 3

Heaven To a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 4

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 6

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 7

Mestarin kynsi by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal Psychedelic Rock

# 8

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 9

Visions of Bodies Being Burned by clipping.

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Horrorcore Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 10

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 11

Suite for Max Brown by Jeff Parker

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Jazz Fusion

# 12

songs by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 13

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 14

Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop

# 15

The Caretaker by Half Waif

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop

# 16

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 17

Microphones in 2020 by The Microphones

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

# 18

Inlet by Hum

Album • Jun 24 / 2020 Shoegaze Alternative Metal

# 19

Birthmarks by Hilary Woods

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Ambient Pop Neoclassical Darkwave

# 20

No by Boris

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Crust Punk Sludge Metal

# 21

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 22

Róisín Machine by Róisín Murphy

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Nu-Disco

# 23

Likewise by Frances Quinlan

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 24

We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Afro-Jazz Spiritual Jazz

# 25

Silver Ladders by Mary Lattimore

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Ambient New Age

# 26

Ohms by Deftones

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 27

SOURCE by Nubya Garcia

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 28

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 29

The Passion Of by Special Interest

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Synth Punk Industrial Rock

# 30

Wanderers: Astrology of The Nine by Mare Cognitum + Spectral Lore

Album • Apr 01 / 2020 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 31

Persian Pillars of the Gasoline Era by Vatican Shadow

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Industrial Techno Ambient Techno

# 32

Person by P.E.

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Post-Industrial Art Punk

# 33

Descendants of Cain by KA

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

# 34

on the tender spot of every calloused moment by Ambrose Akinmusire

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Post-Bop

# 35

Have We Met by Destroyer

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop

# 36

Skeleton by Skeleton

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Hardcore Punk Black Metal

# 37

Just Look At That Sky by Ganser

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 38

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? by The Soft Pink Truth

Album • May 01 / 2020 Ambient Ambient Techno

# 39

Welcome to Conceptual Beach by Young Jesus

Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Art Rock Indie Rock

# 40

The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Indietronica Art Pop

# 41

Who Sent You? by Irreversible Entanglements

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Jazz Poetry Avant-Garde Jazz

# 42

SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 43

Polysomn by Kairon; IRSE!

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Shoegaze Space Rock Neo-Psychedelia Space Rock Revival

# 44

Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! by Vile Creature

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 45

May You Be Held by Sumac

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 46

Shame by Uniform

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Industrial Metal Noise Rock

# 47

KiCk i by Arca

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Deconstructed Club

# 48

Manger on McNichols by Boldy James + Sterling Toles

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

# 49

Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country

# 50

Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs + The Alchemist

Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap