Pitchfork + NME Release Their Top 50 (5 each) Albums of 2020

[kittenmittons]

From albums years and years in the making to those recorded during quarantine-induced bursts of creativity https://t.co/FRHk6LrDnn
- Pitchfork (@pitchfork) December 8, 2020

Comments

[cocodarlin]

Stuff I liked this year in no particular order:

Eslabon Armado -- Vibras de noche
Charley Crockett - Welcome to Hard Times
Dua Lipa - future nostalgia
Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure
Christian Nodal - Ayayay!
Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG
Maddie & Tae - The Way It Feels
Junior H - Atrapado en un Sueño
Stray Kids - In Life
Hardy - A Rock

[justyourfaceha]

Hmmm...off the top of my head I really liked

1. Three. Two. One - Lennon Stella
2. Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
3. It Was Good Until It Wasn't - Kehlani
4. Good to Know - JoJo

[xoxo_tkn]

petals for armor and manic have been on repeat all year for me. i'd like to get into phoebe bridgers but idk where 2 start

[kittenmittons]

Most of her singles are super strong; "Motion Sickness" and "I Know the End" are probably my favourites from each of her respective albums.

[a couple more from Stranger in the Alps]



[and a couple more from Punisher]



Honestly, if you find you like any of those, you'll probably like most of her discography, as she has a pretty set sound, give or take. And if you like her voice but not necessarily her songs, you could try Better Oblivion Community Center (her collaborative project with Conor Oberst) or boygenius (her collaborative project with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus).

[xoxo_tkn]

TY!

[scriptedending]

what they said + "Scott Street" and "Kyoto" are other good starter Phoebe tracks!

[britneys]

I really wonder if Rina Sawayama's album would have been bigger if not for the pandemic. She was set for a tour right when the album rolled out. Maybe I'll get to see her live in 2022.

[scriptedending]

My 2020 faves:

Haim - Women in Music Pt III
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was
Man Man - Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between
Fleet Foxes - Shore

+ maybe this new Cudi album

I also fell in love with Sharon van Etten's 2019 album Remind Me Tomorrow, which is fucking brilliant.

[mors_amor]

Considering 4 of those 5 are some of my favourites too, i will have to go play Man Man, who I don’t know.