Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud
- Run the Jewels — RTJ4
- Sault — Untitled (Rise)
- Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
- Porridge Radio — Every Bad
- Soccer Mommy — color theory
- Rina Sawayama — Sawayama
- Adrianne Lenker — songs
- Moses Sumney — Græ
- Caribou — Suddenly
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — Reunions
- Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo
- Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher
- Thundercat — It Is What It Is
- Backxwash — God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
- Sault — Untitled (Black Is)
- Kelly Lee Owens — Inner Song
- U.S. Girls — Heavy Light
- Yves Tumor — Heaven to a Tortured Mind
- Nothing — The Great Dismal
- Young Jesus — Welcome to Conceptual Beach
- Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways
- Julianna Barwick — Healing Is a Miracle
- Ben Seretan — Youth Pastoral
- The Microphones — Microphones in 2020
- Fleet Foxes — Shore
- Hum — Inlet
- Thanya Iyer — KIND
- Lido Pimienta — Miss Colombia
- ela minus — acts of rebellion
- Protomartyr — Ultimate Success Today
- Open Mike Eagle — Anime, Trauma and Divorce
- Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman
- Chubby & The Gang — Speed Kills
- Bartees Strange — Live Forever
- Cafe Racer — Shadow Talk
- Nubya Garcia — SOURCE
- Jessie Ware — What's Your Pleasure?
- Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death
- Nation of Language — Introduction, Presence
- Haim — Women in Music Pt. III
- Samia — The Baby
- KeiyaA — Forever, Ya Girl
- illuminati hotties — FREE I.H: This Is Not The One You've Been Waiting For
- Catholic Action — Celebrated By Strangers
- Lianne La Havas — Lianne La Havas
- Dehd — Flower of Devotion
- Ganser — Just Look At That Sky
- Gum Country — Somewhere