Best of 2020: LPs & EPs

I’ve compiled my list of favorite albums below and some of the best tracks of the year above. It’s 40+ albums in total and 251 songs that soundtracked 2020.

Check out all my favorite songs here.

Without any more preamble, here is the best music in 2020…

…for fucking shit up.

Run The Jewels – RTJ4

Sharptooth – Transitional Forms

Dogleg – Melee

…that sounds nothing like their bands names.

Skullcrusher – Skullcrusher

Destroyer – Have We Met

Goth Babe – North Coast

…representing Chicago.

Mike Dunn – Defected Presents House Masters

Knox Fortune – Stock Child Wonder

Slow Pulp – Moveys

Dehd – Flower of Devotion

…for long drives on country roads with blue skies.

Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1

Fleet Foxes – Shore

The Lil Smokies – Tornillo

Real Estate – The Main Thing

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Reunions

Tyler Childers – Long Violent History

Tom Petty – Wildflowers & All the Rest

Colter Wall – Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

Chris Stapleton – Starting Over

…to never forget how amazing Sharon Jones was.

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition is In)

…for smoking some weed and doing whatever happens next.

Om Records – 25 Years

Thundercat – It Is What It is

Blue in Green – Gravity

Dinner Party – Dinner Party

Black Thought – Streams of Thought Vol. 3

Tame Impala – The Slow Rush

Khruangbin – Mordechai & Texas Sun

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – What Kinda Music

…for dancing away the rave plague.

Franc Moody – Dream in Colour

Love Regenerator – 1-3, Moving EPs

Disclosure – ENERGY

…for chilling and contemplating.

Bibio – Sleep on the Wing

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Kyle Forester – Hearts in Gardens

Dirty Projectors – 5EPs

Flock of Dimes – Like So Much Desire

Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

Kaki King – Modern Yesterdays

North Americans – Roped In

Kevin Morby – Sundowner

Widowspeak – Plum

…for remembering what concerts feel like.

The War on Drugs – Live Drugs

The Postal Service – Everything Will Change

Here’s the full list:

Top 9

  • Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1
  • Widowspeak – Plum
  • Khruangbin – Mordechai & Texas Sun
  • Tom Misch – What Kinda Music
  • Run the Jewels – RTJ4
  • Fleet Foxes – Shore
  • Franc Moody – Dream in Color
  • Bibio – Sleep on the Wing
  • Om Records – 25 Years

Everything else

  • Colter Wall – Western Swing & Waltzes & Other Punchy Songs
  • Dinner Party – Dinner Party
  • The Postal Service – Everything Will Change
  • The War on Drugs – Live Drugs
  • Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
  • Mike Dunn – Defected Presents House Masters (Chicago)
  • Kaki King – Modern Yesterdays
  • North Americans – Roped In
  • Kevin Morby – Sundowner
  • Tom Petty – Wildflowers & All the Rest
  • Disclosure – Energy
  • Blue in Green – Gravity
  • Skullcrusher – Skullcrusher
  • Dirty Projectors – 5EPS
  • Flock of Dimes – Like So Much Desire
  • Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
  • Dogleg – Melee
  • Love Regenerator – EPs 1-3, Moving
  • Destroyer – Have We Met

Honorable Mentions

  • The Lil Smokies – Tornillo
  • Thundercat – It is What it Is
  • Kyle Forester – Hearts in Gardens
  • Tame Impala – Slow Rush
  • Steve Gunn – Eyes on the Lines
  • Real Estate – The Main Thing
  • Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Reunions
  • Tyler Childers – Long Violent History
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition is In)
  • Goth Babe – North Coast
  • Black Thought – Streams of Thought Vol. 3
  • Slow Pulp – Moveys
  • Dehd – Flower of Devotion
  • Sharptooth – Transitional Forms
  • Knox Fortune – Stock Child Wonder

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