The top 50 albums of 2020, as chosen by WYEP’s music staff. Below the text list is a Spotify playlist in descending order.
1 | Devon Gilfillian | Black Hole Rainbow |
2 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways |
3 | Kathleen Edwards | Total Freedom |
4 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher |
5 | Mac Miller | Circles |
6 | My Morning Jacket | The Waterfall II |
7 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud |
8 | Fantastic Negrito | Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? |
9 | Fleet Foxes | Shore |
10 | Marcus King | El Dorado |
11 | Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters |
12 | Michael Kiwanuka | KIWANUKA |
13 | Laura Marling | Song For Our Daughter |
14 | The Killers | Imploding The Mirage |
15 | Taylor Swift | folklore |
16 | Haim | Women In Music Pt. III |
17 | Nathaniel Rateliff | And It's Still Alright |
18 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush |
19 | The Chicks | Gaslighter |
20 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately |
21 | Peter Cottontale | Catch |
22 | Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit | Reunions |
23 | Mt. Joy | Rearrange Us |
24 | Margo Price | That's How Rumors Get Started |
25 | Bahamas | Sad Hunk |
26 | Bruce Springsteen | Letter To You |
27 | Katie Pruitt | Expectations |
28 | Flaming Lips | American Head |
29 | Sylvan Esso | Free Love |
30 | Lucinda Williams | Good Souls Better Angels |
31 | Sufjan Stevens | The Ascension |
32 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas |
33 | The Strokes | The New Abnormal |
34 | Songhoy Blues | Optimisme |
35 | The War and Treaty | Hearts Town |
36 | Beabadoobee | Fake It Flowers |
37 | Pearl Jam | Gigaton |
38 | Soccer Mommy | Color Theory |
39 | Alanis Morissette | Such Pretty Forks in the Road |
40 | Nicole Atkins | Italian Ice |
41 | Khruangbin | Mordechai |
42 | Hazel English | Wake Up! |
43 | Early James & The Latest | Singing For My Supper |
44 | Future Islands | As Long as You Are |
45 | Ray Lamontagne | Monovision |
46 | Dawes | Good Luck With Whatever |
47 | Norah Jones | Pick Me Up Off The Floor |
48 | Jealous Of the Birds | Peninsula |
49 | Low Cut Connie | Private Lives |
50 | The Jayhawks | XOXO |