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2020 Music

Ultimate Classic Rock: 25 Best Rock Albums of 2020

17 December 2020

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

Ultimate Classic Rock: 25 Best Rock Albums of 2020

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019]

  1. Rough and Rowdy Ways
    Bob Dylan
  2. McCartney III
    Paul McCartney
  3. Power Up
    AC/DC
  4. Homegrown
    Neil Young
  5. Letter to You
    Bruce Springsteen
  6. Gigaton
    Pearl Jam
  7. Ghosts V: Together
    Nine Inch Nails
  8. Ghosts VI: Locusts
    Nine Inch Nails
  9. Ordinary Man
    Ozzy Osbourne
  10. Hey Clockface
    Elvis Costello
  11. Reunions
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
  12. Hate for Sale
    The Pretenders
  13. The Unraveling
    Drive-By Truckers
  14. Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
    various artists
  15. Shapeshifting
    Joe Satriani
  16. Love Is The King
    Jeff Tweedy
  17. The Symbol Remains
    Blue Öyster Cult
  18. Tea for the Tillerman 2
    Yusuf / Cat Stevens
  19. The New Abnormal
    The Strokes
  20. Cyr
    Smashing Pumpkins
  21. We Are Chaos
    Marilyn Manson
  22. Origins Vol. 2
    Ace Frehley
  23. Whoosh!
    Deep Purple
  24. The New OK
    Drive-By Truckers
  25. American Standard
    James Taylor
  26. 26 East, Vol. 1
    Dennis DeYoung
  27. The Red Planet
    Rick Wakeman

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