Year-End Lists

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The 20 Best Albums of 2020 A.V. Club

Albums of the Year 2020 Clash

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Vinyl Me, Please

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Our Culture

Best Albums of 2020 AllMusic

Top Albums of 2020 American Songwriter

The 10 Best Albums of 2020 Los Angeles Times

The Best Albums of 2020 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

The Best Albums of 2020 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 NME

Top 20 of 2020 Folk Alley

The 45 Best Albums of 2020 The Forty-Five

The 30 Best Albums of 2020 Spin

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Slant

The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2020 Stereogum: Marissa R. Moss

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Beats Per Minute

My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020 New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce

The Best Albums of 2020 Vulture: Craig Jenkins

The 100 Best Albums of 2020 Noisey

The 20 Best Albums of 2020 Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim

Top 50 Albums of 2020 The Wire

The Best Albums of 2020 Flood

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Pitchfork

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Treble

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