What a year, huh? Luckily for us, the music that came out of this hellish year was nothing short of remarkable. From the exponential growth of female artists taking the lead in 2020, to some interesting emo and pop-punk bands making their landmark artistic statements with their latest albums, this year had a little bit of everything. Also, being the shameless self-promoter, I hyperlinked to the reviews I contributed to this site this year. These are the 30 albums that I enjoyed the most over the course of this year.
- Taylor Swift – folklore
- Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
- Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
- Taylor Swift – evermore
- All Time Low – Wake Up Sunshine
- Seaway – Big Vibe
- Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor
- Soccer Mommy – Color Theory
- Barely Civil – I’ll Figure This Out
- The Killers – Imploding the Mirage
- Silverstein – A Beautiful Place To Drown
- HAIM – Women in Music Pt. III
- The Strokes – The New Abnormal
- Spanish Love Songs – Brave Faces Everyone
- Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts
- The Struts – Strange Days
- Acceptance – Wild, Free
- Brian Fallon – Local Honey
- Neon Trees – I Can Feel You Forgetting Me
- The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form
- Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks in the Road
- Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters
- Four Year Strong – Brain Pain
- Lady Gaga – Chromatica
- Run the Jewels – RTJ4
- I Am The Avalanche – DIVE
- Chase Tremaine – Unfall
- Sarah and the Safe Word – Good Gracious! Bad People.
- Deftones – Ohms
- The Dangerous Summer – All That is Left of the Blue Sky (EP)