Year-End Lists

Andrew Barker: The Best Albums of 2020, as published by Variety

[see also 2019]

1. Run the Jewels
   RTJ4
2. Waxahatchee
   Saint Cloud
3. Shabazz Palaces
   The Don Of Diamond Dreams
4. Taylor Swift
   Folklore
5. Open Mike Eagle
   Anime, Trauma and Divorce
6. Soccer Mommy
   color theory
7. Kylie Minogue
   DISCO
8. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
   Reunions
9. Jay Electronica
   A Written Testimony
10. Roc Marciano
    Mt. Marci

Other stuff I liked

• Lucinda Williams
  Good Souls Better Angels
• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
  Alfredo
• The Mountain Goats
  Songs for Pierre Chuvin
• Carly Rae Jepsen
  Dedicated Side B
• Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder
  Dinner Party