It's officially Best of 2020 season, with lists from Rough Trade, Decibel, and now UK mag Uncut, whose 75-album, multi-genre list includes plenty of albums that will likely become this year's regulars like Phoebe Bridgers, Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Fleet Foxes, Thundercat, Waxahatchee, Bill Callahan, JARV IS..., Laura Marling, Jason Isbell, Moses Boyd, Tame Impala, Courtney Marie Andrews, Fontaines DC, Stephen Malkmus, SAULT, Bruce Springsteen, Moses Sumney, Nubya Garcia, Kevin Morby, Perfume Genius, and much more, plus you'll almost definitely discover something new on here too.
Check out their full list below, and pick up Uncut's January 2021 show (with Paul McCartney on the cover) and learn more about what's inside it here.
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UNCUT'S TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2020 75. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song 74. Jeff Parker - Suite for Max Brown 73. Doves - The Universal Want 72. Tamikrest - Tamotaït 71. Andy Bell - The View From Halfway Down 70. Bill Fay - Countless Branches 69. Honey Harper - Starmaker 68. Steve Earle & The Dukes - Ghosts of West Virginia 67. Matt Berry - Phantom Birds 66. Six Organs of Admittance - Companion Rises 65. Garcia Peoples - Nightcap At Wits' End 64. Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink 63. H.C. McEntire - Eno Axis 61. Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface 60. Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas 59. Julianna Barwick - Healing Is a Miracle 58. BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff 57. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela - Rejoice 56. The Lemon Twigs - Songs for the General Public 55. Khruangbin - Mordechai 54. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately 53. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension 52. Hen Ogledd - Free Humans 51. HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III 50. Margo Price - That's How Rumors Get Started 49. Gwenifer Raymond - Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain 48. The Necks - Three 47. Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club 46. Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Mixing Colours 45. Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was 44. Eddie Chacon - Pleasure, Joy and Happiness 43. Sarah Davachi - Cantus, Descant 42. Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine 41. Keeley Forsyth - Debris 40. Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network - Ballet of Apes 39. The Psychedelic Furs - Made of Rain 38. Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman 37. Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 36. Destroyer - Have We Met 35. Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History 34. Rose City Band - Summerlong 33. Bananagun - The True Story of Bananagun 32. The Flaming Lips - American Head 31. Afel Bocoum - Lindé 30. Cornershop - England is a Garden 29. Songhoy Blues - Optimisme 28. Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels 27. Kevin Morby - Sundowner 26. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sideways To New Italy 25. Nubya Garcia - Source 24. Moses Sumney - græ 23. Paul Weller - On Sunset 22. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters 21. James Elkington - Ever-Roving Eye 20. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 19. Brigid Mae Power - Head Above The Water 18. Frazey Ford - U kin B the Sun 17. SAULT - UNTITLED (Black Is) 16. Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques 15. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death 14. Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers 13. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush 12. Moses Boyd - Dark Matter 11. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions 10. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter 9. Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease 8. JARV IS... - Beyond the Pale 7. Bill Callahan - Gold Record 6. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud 5. Thundercat - It Is What It Is 4. Drive-By Truckers - The New OK 3. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 2. Fleet Foxes - Shore 1. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
