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  • safe 🪩
    Dec 2, 2020

    Figured I'd make a megathread since these are starting to come in

    Stereogum

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    50 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
    49 Nuvolascura - As We Suffer From Memory and Imagination
    48 Kehlani - It Was Good Until It Wasn't
    47 Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
    46 Couch S*** - Take a Chance on Rock 'N' Roll
    45 Illuminati Hotties - FREE I.H.: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For
    44 Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death
    43 Nation of Language - Introduction, Presence
    42 Ka - Descendants of Cain
    41 Sam Hunt - Southside
    40 Moses Sumney - græ
    39 Porridge Radio - Every Bad
    38 Autechre - SIGN
    37 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions
    36 Caribou - Suddenly
    35 Boldy James & The Alchemist - The Price of Tea in China
    34 Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
    33 Against All Logic - 2017-2019
    32 Arca - KiCK i
    31 The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
    30 Gulch - Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
    29 Stay Inside - Viewing
    28 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
    27 Thundercat - It Is What It Is
    26 Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
    25 Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
    24 Jeff Rosenstock - No Dream
    23 Mil-Spec - World House
    22 Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
    21 Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
    20 Sorry - 925
    19 Charli XCX - How I'm Feeling Now
    18 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
    17 The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
    16 Bartees Strange - Live Forever
    15 Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
    14 Fleet Foxes - Shore
    13 Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind
    12 Lomelda - Hannah
    11 Hum - Inlet
    10 Soccer Mommy - color theory
    09 SAULT - Untitled (Rise)
    08 Touché Amoré - Lament
    07 Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
    06 Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger on McNichols
    05 Taylor Swift - folklore
    04 HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
    03 Run the Jewels - RTJ4
    02 Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
    01 Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters

    Guardian

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    50 Clipping - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
    49 Destroyer - Have We Met
    48 Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
    47 Teyana Taylor - The Album
    46 The Necks - Three
    45 Selena Gomez - Rare
    44 Jessy Lanza - All the Time
    43 Wizkid - Made in Lagos
    42 Kylie Minogue - Disco
    41 Actress - Karma & Desire

    The New Yorker

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    10 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
    09 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
    08 Fleet Foxes - Shore
    07 Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
    06 Jyoti - Mama, You Can Bet!
    05 Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
    04 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
    03 Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders
    02 Adrianne Lenker - Songs
    01 Etran de L’Aïr - No. 1

    TIME

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    10 Tiwa Savage - Celia
    09 Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
    08 Makaya McCraven - We’re New Again – A Reimagining
    07 Gabriel Garzón-Montano - Agüita
    06 Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
    05 Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake
    04 The Chicks - Gaslighter
    03 Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
    02 Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
    01 Taylor Swift - folklore

    BBC

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    Unranked

    • Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
    • Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
    • Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
    • Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
    • Róisín Murphy – Róisín Machine
    • Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
    • Run the Jewels – RTJ4
    • Rina Sawayama – Sawayama
    • Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink
    • Taylor Swift – Folklore

    Consequence of Sound

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    50 Beach Bunny – Honeymoon
    49 Megan Thee Stallion – Good News
    48 Andy Shauf – The Neon Skyline
    47 The Flaming Lips – American Head
    46 Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
    45 Armani Caesar – The Liz
    44 AC/DC – Power Up
    43 Becca Mancari – The Greatest Part
    42 Bartees Strange – Live Forever
    41 Westside Gunn – Pray for Paris
    40 Lamb of God – Lamb of God
    39 Shamir – Shamir
    38 The Chicks – Gaslighter
    37 Burna Boy – Twice as Tall
    36 Anjimile – Giver Taker
    35 Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started
    34 Boldy James and The Alchemist – The Price of Tea in China
    33 Bruce Springsteen – Letter to You
    32 Fleet Foxes – Shore
    31 Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
    30 Future Islands – As Long as You Are
    29 Princess Nokia – Everything Is Beautiful
    28 Caribou – Suddenly
    27 Taylor Swift – folklore
    26 Pallbearer – Forgotten Days
    25 IDLES – Ultra Mono
    24 Frances Quinlan – Likewise
    23 Beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers
    22 Jay Electronica – A Written Testimony
    21 Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor
    20 Lil Uzi Vert – Eternal Atake
    19 Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension
    18 Charli XCX – how i’m feeling now
    17 Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind
    16 Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
    15 The Weeknd – After Hours
    14 Thundercat – It Is What It Is
    13 Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA
    12 BTS – Map of the Soul: 7
    11 Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Reunions
    10 Pearl Jam – Gigaton
    09 Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist – Alfredo
    08 Lady Gaga – Chromatica
    07 Deftones – Ohms
    06 Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud
    05 Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
    04 Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
    03 Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
    02 Run the Jewels – RTJ4
    01 Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters

    Complex

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    50 KeiyaA - Forever, Ya Girl
    49 Big Sean - Detroit 2
    48 Ty Dolla Sign - Feauting Ty Dolla Sign
    47 Lil Durk - Just Cause Y'All Waited 2
    46 Action Bronson - Only for Dolphins
    45 Saint JHN - While the World Was Burning
    44 Nas - King's Disease
    43 Spillage Village - Spilligion
    42 Stove God Cooks - Reasonable Drought
    41 CHIKA - Industry Games
    40 Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
    39 Young Nudy - Anyways
    38 Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - Unlocked
    37 Aminé - Limbo
    36 Ariana Grande - Positions
    35 Sheff G - One and Only
    34 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
    33 The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
    32 Roc Marciano - Mt. Marci
    31 Youngboy Never Broke Again - Top
    30 Megan Thee Stallion - Good News
    29 42 Dugg - Young & Turnt 2
    28 Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes
    27 Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
    26 Brent Faiyaz - F*** the World
    25 Run the Jewels - RTJ4
    24 Boldy James - The Price of Tea in China
    23 Kehlani - It Was Good Until It Wasn't
    22 Kenny Mason - Angelic Hoodrat
    21 2 Chainz - So Help Me God!
    20 Flo Milli - Ho, Why is You Here?
    19 Pop Smoke - Meet the Woo 2
    18 Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony
    17 dsvn - A Muse in Her Feelings
    16 Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG
    15 Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
    14 Gunna - Wunna
    13 Taylor Swift - folklore
    12 Conway the Machine - From King to a GOD
    11 Polo G - The GOAT
    10 Pop Smoke - Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
    09 Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris
    08 Mac Miller - Circles
    07 Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
    06 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode 2
    05 Benny the Butcher - Burden of Proof
    04 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
    03 Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake
    02 Lil Baby - My Turn
    01 The Weeknd - After Hours

  • safe 🪩
    OP
    Dec 2, 2020
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    lmk any other publications and ill get em in the op

  • safe 🪩
    OP
    Dec 2, 2020

    tracks coming later

  • Dec 2, 2020
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    Not enough soccer mommy on these lists

  • Dec 2, 2020

    weeknd only on 3 lists so far?

  • Dec 2, 2020
    safe

    lmk any other publications and ill get em in the op

    metacritic.com/feature/music-critics-pick-top-10-best-albums-of-2020?ref=hp
    there are more publications referenced here

  • Dec 2, 2020
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    Damn Fiona album was that good ?

  • Dec 2, 2020

    any list without the Adrianne lenker album or microphones in 2020 on it is automatically invalidated and too stagnant for its own cultural good.

  • Dec 2, 2020

    Complex is such a horrible publication lmao

  • Dec 2, 2020
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    people really be f***ing with Dua Lipa like that lol?

  • Dec 2, 2020
    Sinewave

    people really be f***ing with Dua Lipa like that lol?

    She cool Wym

  • Dec 2, 2020

    mac needs more

  • Dec 2, 2020

    Fiona Apple

  • Dec 2, 2020

    complex keep proving they the woat

  • Dec 2, 2020

    time to command + f

  • Dec 2, 2020
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    How are yall hating on complex? Aren't they a hip hop based publication?

  • Dec 2, 2020
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    Also too much Taylor

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    Escobar

    Damn Fiona album was that good ?

    it's really good but it's also her worst album imo, have no idea why it's getting so gassed up.

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    lxxk 2 u
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    it's really good but it's also her worst album imo, have no idea why it's getting so gassed up.

    Lol. Your worst album could be the best album of the year.

    And it’s not even being gassed, it’s clearly the best album of the year.

  • Dec 2, 2020
    Escobar

    Damn Fiona album was that good ?

    Yes

  • Dec 2, 2020

    shoutout to keeping all of them in one thread. OP gonna be long as hell tho I think top 10 for each would've been fine lmao everybody thank OP for putting in that work

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    Delejayn

    Lol. Your worst album could be the best album of the year.

    And it’s not even being gassed, it’s clearly the best album of the year.

    Fiona is one of my favourite artists so I'd agree, I'm saying this as someone that thinks she hasn't released an album any worse than a 9/10 and this album is certainly up there for me personally, maybe not top 5 of the year but top 10 sure

    I just think it's strange it's become so acclaimed, even more so than her previous work (at least from my pov), when she's had other work prior that is so much more deserving of said acclaim, such as the the idler wheel.

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    lxxk 2 u
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    Fiona is one of my favourite artists so I'd agree, I'm saying this as someone that thinks she hasn't released an album any worse than a 9/10 and this album is certainly up there for me personally, maybe not top 5 of the year but top 10 sure

    I just think it's strange it's become so acclaimed, even more so than her previous work (at least from my pov), when she's had other work prior that is so much more deserving of said acclaim, such as the the idler wheel.

    Oh ok. I agree. I think like Kendrick with DAMN. (Which I think was great) this album is experienced the residual of folks not recognizing idler wheel as much as they should’ve but I really love this album. Alot

  • Dec 2, 2020
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    refuse to listen to fiona apples🤝

  • Dec 2, 2020

    I don't care how many times they get paid to put Fiona Apple on I'm not listening

    Complex missing a lot of albums seems like they focused on hip-hop for whatever reason