2020's best albums so far

[Jark]

I need this just to keep track because there have been so many great ones and some (like Halsey, Grimes and Tame Impala) already feel ANCIENT.

To keep this from just being lists maybe you can also state your favourite track from each. Here's mine...

Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour (Lonely)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Physical)
Ellie Goulding - Brightest Blue (Tides)
Empress Of - I'm Your Empress Of (Not The One)
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (Violence)
HAIM - Women In Music pt III (Now I'm In It)
Halsey - Manic (You Should Be Sad)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (What's Your Pleasure?)
Jessy Lanza - All the Time (Over and Over)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (Stupid Love)
Selena Gomez - Rare (Kinda Crazy)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (Lost In Yesterday)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (the 1)
Teyana Taylor - The Album (How You Want It?)
The 1975 - Notes On a Conditional Form (If You're Too Shy)
The Weeknd - After Hours (Blinding Lights)

share yours please!

 

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

QUITE LIKELY a similar list to my best tracks, but to repeat myself - what a year for music so far
Where I say all of it, it's because I tend to listen to it as an album in entirety rather than individual tracks.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (Moon Song)
Arca - Kick i (Time)
Julianna Barwick - Healing Is A Miracle (all of it)
SONIKKU - Joyful Death (Don't Wanna Dance With You)
Alice Boman - Dream On (Wish We Had More Time)
Agnes Obel - Myopia (all of it)
Empress Of - I'm Your Empress Of (all of it, it's basically one long fab song )
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (Tokyo Love Hotel)
Jessie Ware - Whats Your Pleasure (The Kill)
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire (Your Body Changes Everything)
Moses Sumney - Grae (Me In 20 Years)
Douglas Dare - Milkteeth (The Playground)
Soccer Mommy - Colour Theory (Circle The Drain)
Pet Shop Boys - Hot Spot (Willo The Wisp)
Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters (Shameika)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Physical)

 

[SDF]

I’m actually not wanting to say because I might use one or two for future songs for Moopy events

but I will say that the big hitters have really hit hard this year. Gaga, Dua and Taylor all delivered.

The Jessie Ware album is brilliant and I love the Dixie Chicks new one too.

 

[VoR]

Lady Gaga - Chromatica (Replay)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure (The Kill)
Louise - Heavy Love (Hurt)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Don't Start Now)

Taylor could well make the list in the fullness of time, and I fully expect Kylie will too when it comes out.

I liked Fiona Apple's album but didn't really go back to it much. Same with Mandy Moore's, although I'm sure I'll revisit that one again.

 

[dUb]

the Dixie Chicks

 

[dUb]

Brandy - B7

 

[BoysForSeles]

‘Swimmer’ - Tennis
‘So When You Gonna’ - Dream Wife
‘Kitchen Sink’ - Nadine Shah
‘Queen High Straight’ - Wendy James
‘Future Nostalgia’ - Dua Lipa
‘Chromatica’ - Lady Gaga
‘Hate For Sale’ - Pretenders
‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ - Fiona Apple
‘In This Moment’ - Polly Scattergood

 

[SDF]

Oh I was a big fan of the Mandy album too. To think that was released the week of lockdown. It feels like it was a long time ago.

 

[HeLikedTurner]

The Chicks - Gaslighter(Gaslighter)
Rufus Wainwright- Unfollow the Rules(Peaceful Afternoon)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia(Hallucinate)
Taylor Swift - folklore(seven)
Lady GaGa - Chromatica(Enigma)
Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot(Burning the Heather)
Norah Jones - Pick Me Up Off the Floor(I’m Alive)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters(Cosmonauts)
HAIM - Women in Music Part.III(Up From A Dream)
Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure?(Spotlight)
La Roux - Supervision(Gullible Fool)
Niall Horan - Heartbreak Weather(Black and White)

 

[GNL]

The formatting makes all of these albums look like they were named by Shania Twain

 

[Cerro de Casa]

My top 10 albums of the year so far:

1. Perfume Genius - Set my Heart on Fire Immediately (favourite track: 'Whole Life')
2. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters ('Under the Table)
3. Rina Sawayama - Sawayama ('Tokyo Love Hotel')
4. taylor swift - folklore ('This is me Trying')
5. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? ('The Kill')
6. Pearl Jam - Gigaton ('Dance of the Clairvoyants')
7. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia ('Physical')
8. Arca - KicCk i ('Nonbinary')
9. The Weeknd - After Hours ('In Your Eyes')
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B ('This is What They Say'')

Bubbling under:
Lady Gaga - Chromatica ('Free Woman')


Other releases that will most likely wind up on my shortlist:
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Alanis Morisette - Such Pretty Forks in the Road
Erasure - The Neon

 

[Cerro de Casa]

‘Swimmer’ - Tennis
‘So When You Gonna’ - Dream Wife
‘Kitchen Sink’ - Nadine Shah
‘Queen High Straight’ - Wendy James
‘Future Nostalgia’ - Dua Lipa
‘Chromatica’ - Lady Gaga
‘Hate For Sale’ - Pretenders
‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ - Fiona Apple
‘In This Moment’ - Polly Scattergood

That reminds me - I need to check out the new Pretenders.

 

[HeLikedTurner]

That reminds me - I need to check out the new Pretenders.

I had one listen to that and really enjoyed it! Must return to give it the full treatment soon.

 

[BoysForSeles]

That reminds me - I need to check out the new Pretenders.

It’s a really solid effort. Produced by Stephen Street and Chrissie sounds great on it. A bit of a throwback to earlier Pretenders stuff. They’ll not win or lose any fans with it.

 

[FetchFugly]

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Physical)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure (The Kill)
Allie X - Cape God (Sarah Come Home)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B (Summer Love)
Kleerup - 2 (Trouble)
Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot (Will-O-The-Wisp)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (Kyoto)
Sonikku - Joyful Death (Remember To Forget Me)
Tennis - Swimmer (Runner)
Margo Price - That's How Rumors Get Started (Letting Me Down)

A round ten. Plenty of others that need a little more focused listening.

 

[Whatevar]

I don’t think I’ve purchased any ‘new’ albums in 2020. When was Celine’s Courage album released?

 

[Jark]

November babes!

 

[Whatevar]

Oh well. I've just ordered Chromatica and B7.

OH I FORGOT JOJO.

 

[Jark]

the Jojo album was quite forgettable to be fair. It hasn't BOTHERED my list.

 

[Whatevar]

 

[Whatevar]

1. JoJo - Good To Know
2. JoJo - Good To Know (acoustic)

The end.

 

[joanne]

93 1. Taylor Swift - folklore ('cardigan')
93 2. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters ('I Want You To Love Me')
92 3. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure ('The Kill')
91 4. Nine Inch Nails - Ghost V Together ('Together')
90 5. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia ('Cool')
90 6. Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA ('Best Friend')
87 7. Lady Gaga - Chromatica ('1000 Doves')
85 8. Halsey - Manic ('Graveyard')
84 9. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene ('Delete Forever')
84 10. Kesha - High Road ('Resentment')

so happy to see menstruators dominating the game this year.

 

[Jark]

High Horse? is that a Kacey crossover moment of whatever?

 

[Pipo]

@joanne do I see TASTE in your list? (Except for Kesha cause that was an awful album, funny how the Internet forgot it was released in 2020 and like a week before lockdown no less!)

 

[joanne]

Resentment and Honey are magnifique and i will fight you on this.

i was actually thinking of Kacey's album when i wrote Kesha's album's name!

 

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That Kesha album was THIS YEAR?

Woah she truly did completely fall down the back of the sofa since Praying eh

 

[Phoenix]

The Chicks - Gaslighter (Everybody Loves You)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (Replay)
Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour (Forgive Me)
Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure (In Your Eyes)

I still need to listen to the new Lianne La Havas album more before I can pick my favorite. Also need to revisit the Fiona and Vanessa Carlton albums.