Year-End Lists

Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2020, as published by Rolling Stone

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1. Taylor Swift
   Folklore
2. Bob Dylan
   Rough and Rowdy Ways
3. Fiona Apple
   Fetch the Bolt Cutters
4. Chloe x Halle
   Ungodly Hour
5. Taylor Swift
   Evermore
6. Rina Sawayama
   Sawayama
7. Jessie Ware
   What's Your Pleasure?
8. City Girls
   City on Lock
9. Lomelda
   Hannah
10. BTS
    Map of the Soul: 7
11. Stephen Malkmus
    Traditional Techniques
12. Phoebe Bridgers
    Punisher
13. Moses Sumney
    Græ
14. Miley Cyrus
    Plastic Hearts
15. Lil Uzi Vert
    Eternal Atake
16. Dua Lipa
    Future Nostalgia
17. Jarv Is
    Beyond the Pale
18. 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band
    Live at Tubby's
19. Waxahatchee
    Saint Cloud
20. Paul McCartney
    McCartney III