Lists
- Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- The Skinny: Top 10 Albums of 2020
- Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2020
- Passerby: Best Albums of 2020
- Spin: The 30 Best Albums of 2020
- Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2020
- A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2020
- Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2020
- Entertainment Weekly: The 15 Best Albums of 2020
- Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2020
- New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2020
- Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2020
- Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Northern Transmissions: Top 30 Albums of 2020
- PopMatters: The 60 Best Albums of 2020
- KCRW: Top 10 Albums of 2020
- NPR Music: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Los Angeles Times: The 10 Best Albums of 2020
- Flood: The Best Albums of 2020
- Rolling Stone: Best Albums of 2020
- The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2020
- Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2020
- Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2020
- New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2020
- Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2020
- Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2020
- Time: Best Albums of 2020
- DIY: Albums of 2020
- Slate: Chris Molanphy: Top 13 Albums of 2020
- The Ringer: The Best Albums of 2020
- Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2020
- New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2020
- Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2020
- Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2020
- Slate: Brittany Spanos: Top 13 Albums of 2020
- Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2020
- Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2020
- Fresh Air: Ken Tucker: The Best Albums of 2020
- New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2020
- Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Observer: Kitty Empire: 10 Best Albums of 2020
- Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2020
- Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2020
- Artforum: Perfume Genius: Best Music of 2020
- The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked
- Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2020
- NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- Hanif Abdurraqib: 93 Favorite Albums Of 2020
- Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums of 2020
- Clash: Albums of the Year 2020
- No Depression: Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020
- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2020
- The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2020
- Complex: The Best Albums of 2020
- The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2020
- Les Inrocks: Our Top 100 Albums of 2020
- American Songwriter: Top Albums of 2020
- GCN: Steve Erickson: The Best in 2020 Music
- BBC Culture: Nick Levine: Best Albums of 2020
- British Vogue: These Are the 12 Best Albums of 2020
- Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2020
- Atlantic: The 16 Best Albums of 2020
- Glide: 20 Best Albums of 2020
- New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce: My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020
- Vinyl Me, Please: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
- AllMusic: Best Albums of 2020