Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2020



Published: November 10, 2020 11:06 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan Jun-19-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#2 Shore Fleet Foxes Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk
#3 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#4 The New OK Drive-By Truckers Oct-02-2020, Southern Rock
#5 It Is What It Is Thundercat Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul
#6 Saint Cloud Waxahatchee Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Gold Record Bill Callahan Oct-21-2020, Americana
#8 Beyond the Pale Jarvis Cocker Jul-17-2020,
#9 Heart's Ease Shirley Collins Jul-24-2020, English Folk Music
#10 Song For Our Daughter Laura Marling Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk
#11 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit May-15-2020, Americana
#12 Dark Matter Moses Boyd Feb-14-2020, Nu Jazz
#13 The Slow Rush Tame Impala Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop
#14 Old Flowers Courtney Marie Andrews Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#15 A Hero's Death Fontaines D.C. Jul-31-2020, Post-Punk
#16 Traditional Techniques Stephen Malkmus Mar-06-2020, Psychedelic Folk
#17 Untitled (Black Is) Sault Jun-19-2020, Neo-Soul
#18 U kin B the Sun Frazey Ford Feb-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#19 Head Above The Water Brigid Mae Power Jun-05-2020, Contemporary Folk
#20 Letter To You Bruce Springsteen Oct-23-2020, Heartland Rock
#21 Ever-Roving Eye James Elkington Apr-03-2020, Contemporary Folk
#22 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#23 On Sunset (Deluxe) Paul Weller Jul-03-2020,
#24 græ Moses Sumney May-15-2020, Art Pop
#25 SOURCE Nubya Garcia Aug-21-2020, Spiritual Jazz
#26 Sideways to New Italy Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Jun-05-2020, Jangle Pop
#27 Sundowner Kevin Morby Oct-16-2020, Folk Rock
#28 Good Souls Better Angels Lucinda Williams Apr-24-2020, Blues Rock
#29 Optimisme Songhoy Blues Oct-23-2020, Afro-Rock
#30 England is a Garden Cornershop Mar-06-2020, Indie Pop
#31 Lindé Afel Bocoum Sep-04-2020, Songhai Music
#32 American Head The Flaming Lips Sep-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#33 The True Story of Bananagun Bananagun Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Pop
#34 Summerlong Rose City Band May-15-2020, Country Rock
#35 We Are Sent Here By History Shabaka and the Ancestors Mar-13-2020, Afro-Jazz
#36 Have We Met Destroyer Jan-31-2020, Art Pop
#37 A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip Sparks May-15-2020, Art Pop
#38 Bonny Light Horseman Bonny Light Horseman Jan-24-2020, Contemporary Folk
#39 Made of Rain The Psychedelic Furs Jul-31-2020, Art Rock
#40 Ballet of Apes Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network May-22-2020,
#41 Debris Keeley Forsyth Apr-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#42 Róisín Machine Róisín Murphy Oct-02-2020, Nu-Disco
#43 Cantus, Descant Sarah Davachi Sep-18-2020, Drone
#44 Pleasure, Joy and Happiness Eddie Chacon Jul-31-2020, Smooth Soul
#45 Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Bright Eyes Aug-21-2020, Indie Folk
#46 Mixing Colours Roger Eno, Brian Eno Mar-20-2020, Ambient
#47 Working Men's Club Working Men's Club Oct-02-2020, Synthpop
#48 Three The Necks Mar-27-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz
#49 Strange Lights over Garth Mountain Gwenifer Raymond Nov-13-2020, American Primitivism
#50 Thats How Rumors Get Started Margo Price Jul-10-2020, Contemporary Country
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | Album, Jun-19-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Album, Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk |
| #3 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | The New OK | Drive-By Truckers | Album, Oct-02-2020, Southern Rock |
| #5 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #6 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Gold Record | Bill Callahan | Album, Oct-21-2020, Americana |
| #8 | Beyond the Pale | Jarvis Cocker | Album, Jul-17-2020,  |
| #9 | Heart's Ease | Shirley Collins | Album, Jul-24-2020, English Folk Music |
| #10 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Album, Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #11 | Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, May-15-2020, Americana |
| #12 | Dark Matter | Moses Boyd | Album, Feb-14-2020, Nu Jazz |
| #13 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #14 | Old Flowers | Courtney Marie Andrews | Album, Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #15 | A Hero's Death | Fontaines D.C. | Album, Jul-31-2020, Post-Punk |
| #16 | Traditional Techniques | Stephen Malkmus | Album, Mar-06-2020, Psychedelic Folk |
| #17 | Untitled (Black Is) | Sault | Album, Jun-19-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #18 | U kin B the Sun | Frazey Ford | Album, Feb-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #19 | Head Above The Water | Brigid Mae Power | Album, Jun-05-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #20 | Letter To You | Bruce Springsteen | Album, Oct-23-2020, Heartland Rock |
| #21 | Ever-Roving Eye | James Elkington | Album, Apr-03-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #22 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #23 | On Sunset (Deluxe) | Paul Weller | Album, Jul-03-2020,  |
| #24 | græ | Moses Sumney | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #25 | SOURCE | Nubya Garcia | Album, Aug-21-2020, Spiritual Jazz |
| #26 | Sideways to New Italy | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, Jun-05-2020, Jangle Pop |
| #27 | Sundowner | Kevin Morby | Album, Oct-16-2020, Folk Rock |
| #28 | Good Souls Better Angels | Lucinda Williams | Album, Apr-24-2020, Blues Rock |
| #29 | Optimisme | Songhoy Blues | Album, Oct-23-2020, Afro-Rock |
| #30 | England is a Garden | Cornershop | Album, Mar-06-2020, Indie Pop |
| #31 | Lindé | Afel Bocoum | Album, Sep-04-2020, Songhai Music |
| #32 | American Head | The Flaming Lips | Album, Sep-11-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #33 | The True Story of Bananagun | Bananagun | Album, Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #34 | Summerlong | Rose City Band | Album, May-15-2020, Country Rock |
| #35 | We Are Sent Here By History | Shabaka and the Ancestors | Album, Mar-13-2020, Afro-Jazz |
| #36 | Have We Met | Destroyer | Album, Jan-31-2020, Art Pop |
| #37 | A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip | Sparks | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #38 | Bonny Light Horseman | Bonny Light Horseman | Album, Jan-24-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #39 | Made of Rain | The Psychedelic Furs | Album, Jul-31-2020, Art Rock |
| #40 | Ballet of Apes | Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network | Album, May-22-2020,  |
| #41 | Debris | Keeley Forsyth | Album, Apr-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #42 | Róisín Machine | Róisín Murphy | Album, Oct-02-2020, Nu-Disco |
| #43 | Cantus, Descant | Sarah Davachi | Album, Sep-18-2020, Drone |
| #44 | Pleasure, Joy and Happiness | Eddie Chacon | Album, Jul-31-2020, Smooth Soul |
| #45 | Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was | Bright Eyes | Album, Aug-21-2020, Indie Folk |
| #46 | Mixing Colours | Roger EnoBrian Eno | Album, Mar-20-2020, Ambient |
| #47 | Working Men's Club | Working Men's Club | Album, Oct-02-2020, Synthpop |
| #48 | Three | The Necks | Album, Mar-27-2020, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #49 | Strange Lights over Garth Mountain | Gwenifer Raymond | Album, Nov-13-2020, American Primitivism |
| #50 | Thats How Rumors Get Started | Margo Price | Album, Jul-10-2020, Contemporary Country |