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| 2020: Top 25
Year was shit. Musically not too bad, though. Didn't listen to as much from the year as i usually too but kept to a '1-a-week' minimum thing | | 25 |  | Taylor Swift
Evermore
They think she did it, but they just can't prove it
They think she did it, but they just can't prove it
She thinks I did it, but she just can't prove it
No body no crime, cowboy like me, long story short | | 24 |  | Dorian Electra
My Agenda
Chaotic and cramped maximalist hyper-pop in the tune of 100 Gecs. Dorian Electra further cements themselves as ‘pop star definitely having the most fun’ with every album cycle they go through. With a feature list that looks like it was pulled out of a grab bag, My Agenda manages to be engaging the whole way through by keeping things short and sweet, as well as making sure there’s always something going on.
My Agenda, Ram It Down | | 23 |  | Feminazgul
No Dawn For Men
Take the broken antlers
And draw Her sigil.
Moonlight! Make your offering!
Blood! Let the dust consume it!
I Pity The Immortal, Bury The Antlers With The Stag | | 22 |  | Reckless Kelly
American Jackpot / American Girls
I can’t believe I enjoyed a full blown country double album. Holy shit
Tom Was A Friend Of Mine, Company Of Kings, Anyplace That’s Wild, Lonesome On My Own | | 21 |  | Noer The Boy
Forlorn Hope
Fart noise the album
Rule of Two, Nebula, Distress Signal | | 20 |  | Soccer Mommy
Color Theory
This was like, initial lockdown lonely sad vibes
IIII AMMMM A LIARRR AND MY TRUTHS ARE SHACKLED IN
MY DUNGEON OF FIRE, I’M THE PRINCESS OF SCREWIN’ UP
Circle the drain, royal screw up, crawling in my skin | | 19 |  | Daniel Lopatin
Uncut Gems (OST)
This is how i win
Windows, Uncut Gems | | 18 |  | Dua Lipa
Future Nostalgia
Though my opinion on this has lowered over the year, it’s still a really fun, consistent slice of disco-influenced dance pop music. The Nile Rodgers influence gives this a groovy flair on a lot of tracks. Fans of dance pop must give this a listen
They’re all really really solid, to a degree that I can only single out ‘Love Again’ as being a weak link | | 17 |  | AWICH
Kujaku
A 20-track hour long Japanese hip-hop album by a born-and-raised Okinawan that switches styles and has enough highlights to keep you listening.
Fav tracks: SENNO, NWO, Lose Control, DEIGO, Arigato | | 16 |  | Tame Impala
The Slow Rush
A grower (a slow rush?)
Lost In Yesterday, Borderline, Posthumous Forgiveness | | 15 |  | IDLES
Ultra Mono
Massive hooks, wall of sound
Model Village, Reigns, Carcinogenic | | 14 |  | Arca
KiCK i
Experimental electronic artist Arca is back and they've got a bitchin claw,
Riquiqui, Mequetrefe, Time | | 13 |  | Tobacco
Hot Wet & Sassy
Thomas Fec’s psychedelic synth odyssey continues on Hot, Wet and Sassy, a rather straightforward affair compared to previous works. I don’t see this as a negative - catchy melodies take precedent, and the amount of fuzz is as low as its ever been on a Tobacco release so we can appreciate them fully.
Pit, Headless to Headless, Mythemim, Babysitter (feat. Trent Reznor) | | 12 |  | Dan Deacon
Mystic Familiar
It's a short life
And sadly unrehearsed
If when I die, if you think of me, think of my best first
But it is out of my control
What this world wants there to be told of me in time
Sat By A Tree, Arp II: Float Away, Bumble Bee Crown King | | 11 |  | ajj
Good Luck Everybody
I long to hear your voice as I remember it
I long to hear your voice as I remember it
But I can't and I won't
I can't and I won't cause you're dead and you're buried
I long to hear your voice as I remember it
Normalization Blues, No Justice, No Peace, No Hope, Loudmouth, Your Voice as I Remember It | | 10 |  | Run the Jewels
RTJ4
Round 4 for the dynamic duo. It would be just par for the course, but songs like ‘walking in the snow’ and ‘a few words for the firing squad’ have lyrics that feel distinctly 2020. Killer Mike’s verse on ‘walking in the snow’ is poignant and powerful on its own, and the way things went earlier this year.
Ju$t, walking in the snow, a few words for the firing squad | | 9 |  | Mac Miller
Circles
Posthumous releases are a tricky thing, but Circles is a well curated selection of tracks from someone realizing their full potential.
Blue World, Good News, Surf | | 8 |  | POPPY
I Disagree
When Choke dropped, I’ll admit that Poppy had finally piqued my musical interest. The show she’d been putting on as a manufactured pop star was getting stale, and musically she didn’t seem to be breaking any new ground, short of the heavy experimentation at the very end of Am I A Girl? I Disagree, amazingly, takes all of that experimentation and puts it to use the whole way through. Mixing pop and metal isn’t a new thing, and Poppy’s spin on it isn’t too complex. But it is nonstop fun - she knows how to sing a hook, and the soft-heavy transitions almost always work. Lyrically the album seems to cover Poppy the character trying to find Poppy the artist, though I’m convinced most of this record is actually about her relationship with Sinclair. Anyways, it’s good. It’s not ‘post-genre’ or anything like that, but it’s a fun romp that plays with the quiet-loud thing to great effect.
BLOODMONEY, I Disagree, Fill The Crown, Don’t Go Outside | | 7 |  | Jessie Ware
What's Your Pleasure?
Ranking above Future Nostalgia in the ‘disco pop revival of 2020’, What’s Your Pleasure is *filled to the brim* with grooves and immaculate hooks. Tunes go from upbeat to brooding, but they’ve always got a pulse going on to make you want to sway.
Save A Kiss, The Kill, Soul Control | | 6 |  | Clipping.
Visions of Bodies Being Burned
Clipping are back and still at the top of their game with the ‘tooth’ part of their tooth and nail concept. Daveed digs deep to keep the entire album afloat with gripping lyricism that tells stories that blur the line between reality and supernatural, touching on a wide range of spooky topics ranging from kingpin paranoia to beyond-the-grave revenge. All of this is accompanied by some rather intense instrumentation that you would expect from Clipping, from bursts of noise to breakbeats to pounding tribal rhythms and so on.
Say The Name, 96’ Neve Campbell, Something Underneath, Check The Lock, Body For The Pile | | 5 |  | Roisin Murphy
Roisin Machine
And above Dua Lipa and Jessie Ware is Roisin Murphy, showing the girls how it’s done and delivering a fantastic albums worth of funky disco house that wouldn’t be out of place in a nightclub setting.
We Got Together, Jealousy, Narcissus | | 4 |  | The Killers
Imploding the Mirage
The Killers are back, and they’ve managed to make what I’d consider one of their career highs with driving stadium rock accompanied by glistening synths and a wailing Flowers who still sounds impressive.
My Own Souls Warning, My God, Lightning Fields | | 3 |  | Charli XCX
how i'm feeling now
Capitalizing on the worldwide 2020 mood, Charli and her team crafted this in just weeks. How I’m Feeling Now is currently how i am feeling now because my dad went to a fucking christmas party and got covid and now i have to quarantine with him
Visions, pink diamond, party 4 u, anthems | | 2 |  | Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher
Deeply personal and often ethereal, Punisher is an astonishing display of raw, dripping emotion from it’s opening lyrics to its catharsis inducing finale.
Punisher, ICU, Graceland Too, I Know The End | | 1 |  | Fiona Apple
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Apple’s brand of jazzy instrumentation and deeply personal and cutting songwriting are both on display and make for an entertaining front to back listen. Some of these song are very heavy, and it’s clear that Fiona is baring her soul for the world to hear on these tracks.
Fetch The Bolt Cutters, Under The Table, Relay, Newspapers, Heavy Balloon, On I Go | |
JohnnyoftheWell
12.31.20 | Ram It Down terrified the shit outta me on first jam. Awesome song, fun album and lmao agreed on that feature list | gryndstone
12.31.20 | Gotta admire the 'cause-i-can' attitude of putting The Village People and Pussy Riot on the same track |
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