Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2020

Published: November 10, 2020 11:06 Source

# 1

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 2

Shore by Fleet Foxes

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop

# 3

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 4

The New OK by Drive-By Truckers

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Southern Rock Country Rock Alt-Country

# 5

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

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

# 6

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

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

# 7

Gold Record by Bill Callahan

Album • Oct 21 / 2020 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Beyond the Pale by Jarvis Cocker

Album • Jul 17 / 2020

# 9

Heart's Ease by Shirley Collins

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 English Folk Music

# 10

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 11

Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country

# 12

Dark Matter by Moses Boyd

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Nu Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 13

The Slow Rush by Tame Impala

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

# 14

Old Flowers by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter

# 15

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk

# 16

Traditional Techniques by Stephen Malkmus

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Psychedelic Folk Folk Rock

# 17

Untitled (Black Is) by Sault

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 18

U kin B the Sun by Frazey Ford

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Country Soul

# 19

Head Above The Water by Brigid Mae Power

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 20

Letter To You by Bruce Springsteen

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heartland Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 21

Ever-Roving Eye by James Elkington

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Contemporary Folk

# 22

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 23

On Sunset (Deluxe) by Paul Weller

Album • Jul 03 / 2020

# 24

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 25

SOURCE by Nubya Garcia

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Afro-Jazz

# 26

Sideways to New Italy by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 27

Sundowner by Kevin Morby

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 28

Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Blues Rock Americana

# 29

Optimisme by Songhoy Blues

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Afro-Rock Songhai Music

# 30

England is a Garden by Cornershop

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Indie Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 31

Lindé by Afel Bocoum

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Songhai Music

# 32

American Head by The Flaming Lips

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 33

The True Story of Bananagun by Bananagun

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Afrobeat

# 34

Summerlong by Rose City Band

Album • May 15 / 2020 Country Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 35

We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Afro-Jazz Spiritual Jazz

# 36

Have We Met by Destroyer

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop

# 37

A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip by Sparks

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 38

Bonny Light Horseman by Bonny Light Horseman

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Americana

# 39

Made of Rain by The Psychedelic Furs

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 40

Ballet of Apes by Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network

Album • May 22 / 2020

# 41

Debris by Keeley Forsyth

Album • Apr 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Avant-Folk

# 42

Róisín Machine by Róisín Murphy

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Nu-Disco

# 43

Cantus, Descant by Sarah Davachi

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Drone Ambient

# 44

Pleasure, Joy and Happiness by Eddie Chacon

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Smooth Soul Neo-Soul

# 45

Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was by Bright Eyes

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Indie Folk

# 46

Mixing Colours by Roger Eno + Brian Eno

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Ambient

# 47

Working Men's Club by Working Men's Club

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Synthpop Dance-Punk New Rave

# 48

Three by The Necks

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Avant-Garde Jazz

# 49

Strange Lights over Garth Mountain by Gwenifer Raymond

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 American Primitivism

# 50

Thats How Rumors Get Started by Margo Price

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Contemporary Country Roots Rock