Albums of the Year 2020
There have been so many incredible albums released in 2020, it was so hard to choose the 20 to put on this list and then put them in order too...That being said, after some time of deliberating with myself I managed to create a list I was happy with. Even in 2020 I still love listening to albums and like a complete body of work. It's how I define points in my life and in an artist or bands career. These are the albums that I kept coming back to in 2020 and though I didn't end up writing reviews for all of them on here, I have still enjoyed listening to these albums a lot this year through everything.
But first, here are my honourable mentions, the albums that didn't quite make the list but I still loved listening to.
20
The Homeless Gospel Choir - This Land Is Your Landfill
Favourite Songs: Don't Compare, Art Punk, You Never Know, Young and in Love
19
PVRIS - USE ME
Favourite Songs: Death Of Me, Hallucinations, Old Wounds, Dead Weight
18
Sea Girls - Open Up Your Head
Favourite Songs: Call Me Out, Closer, Ready For More, Violet, Damage Done
17
VANT - Conceived In The Sky
Favourite Songs: Mary Don't Mind, Best Friends, Exoskeleton, Photographic Head, Propaganda Machine
16
Jack Garratt - Love, Death & Dancing
Favourite Songs: Time, Mara, Better, Circles
15
Neck Deep - All Distortions Are Intentional
Favourite Songs: Fall, Lowlife, Quarry, Sick Joke, Empty House, Pushing Dasies
14
Declan McKenna - Zeros
Favourite Songs: Be An Astronaut, The Key To Life On Earth, Beautiful Faces, Rapture
13
The Killers - Imploding The Mirage
Favourite Songs: My Own Soul's Warning, Caution, Lightning Fields, Imploding The Mirage
12
Pheobe Bridgers - Punisher
Favourite Songs: Garden Song, Kyoto, Punisher, I Know The End
11
I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Razzmatazz
Favourite Songs: Leave Me Alone, Nobody Likes The Opening Band, Clusterhug, Lights Go Down, Razzmatazz
10
Taylor Swift - Folklore
Favourite Songs: Cardigan, The Last Great American Dynasty, Exile, My Tears Ricochet, Seven, August, This Is Me Trying, Illicit Affairs, Betty
9
Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human: Survival Horror
Favourite Songs: Parasite Eve, Teardrops, Obey, One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March Towards Your Death
8
Palaye Royale - The Bastards
Favourite Songs: Little Bastards, Tonight Is The Night I Die, Lonely, Hang On To Yourself, Nervous Breakdown, Nightmares, Doom (Empty), Stay, Redeemer
7
Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor
Favourite Songs: Simmer, Leave It Alone, Cinnamon, Sudden Desire, Dead Horse, Over Yet, Why We Ever, Pure Love, Taken, Crystal Clear
6
Creeper - Sex, Death & The Infinite Void
Favourite Songs: Be My End, Born Cold, Cyanide, Annabelle, Four Years Ago, Black Moon, All My Friends
5
Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic
Favourite Songs: Is Everybody Going Crazy?, Real Love Song, Free If We Want It, Impossible, Can You Afford To Be An Individual?, Before We Drift Away
4
Glass Animals - Dreamland
Favourite Songs: Dreamland, Tangerine, Space Ghost Coast To Coast, Tokyo Drifting, Your Love (Deja Vu), It's All So Incredibly Loud, Domestic Bliss, Heat Waves, Helium
3
All Time Low - Wake Up, Sunshine
Favourite Song: Some Kind Of Disaster, Sleeping In, Trouble Is, Monsters, Pretty Venom, Favourite Place, January Gloom, Clumsy, Glitter & Crimson, Summer Daze, Basement Noise
2
YUNGBLUD - Weird!
Favourite Songs: teresa, cotton candy, mars, love song, god save me but don't drown me out, weird!, charity, it's quiet in beverly hills, the freak show
1
Boston Manor - GLUE
Favourite Songs: Plasticine Dreams, Terrible Love, On A High Ledge, You, Me & The Class War, Playing God, Brand New Kids, Ratking, Stuck In The Mud, Liquid, Monolith
There you have it, my top 20 albums of 2020. I highly recommend giving these albums a listen if you haven't already as they are all well worth a listen. I will link any reviews I did of these albums at the end of this post, though my thoughts may have varied slightly on some of the albums after more time spent listening to them. Let me know what you think of the list and what albums have been your favourite of the year in the comments here or on social media.
Thanks for reading, your support is appreciated as these posts take a while to put together. Until next time...
Read my post on Vant's Conceived In The Sky here.
Read Anya Hayes' post on Bring Me The Horizon's Post Human: Survival Horror here.
Read my post on Palaye Royale's The Bastards here.
Read my post on Hayley Williams' Petals For Armor here.
Read my post on Creeper's Sex, Death & The Infinite Void here.
Read my post on Nothing But Thieves' Moral Panic here.
Read Anya Hayes' post on Glass Animals' Dreamland here.
Read my post on All Time Low's Wake Up Sunshine here.
Read my post on Yungblud's Weird! here.
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