Best Albums of 2020
It’s the show we look forward to all year long. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot count down their favorite albums released in 2020.
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The Best Albums of 2020
Greg
- SAULT, Untitled (Black Is) and Untitled (Rise)
- Run the Jewels, RTJ4
- Melkbelly, Pith
- Angelica Garcia, Cha Cha Palace
- Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- Bartees Strange, Live Forever
- Coriky, Coriky
- IDLES, Ultra Mono
- Porridge Radio, Every Bad
- Jyoti, Mama, You Can Bet!
- Lydia Loveless, Daughter
- Ganser, Just Look at That Sky
- Bob Dylan, Rough and Rowdy Ways
- Nubya Garcia, Source
- Jay Electronica, A Written Testimony
- Jason Isbell, Reunions
- Beach Bunny, Honeymoon
- Lil Uzi Vert, Eternal Atake
- Margo Price, That’s How Rumors Get Started
- Cornershop, England is a Garden
Jim
- Shemekia Copeland, Uncivil War
- Ganser, Just Look at That Sky
- Angelica Garcia, Cha Cha Palace
- Jason Isbell, Reunions
- Run the Jewels, RTJ4
- Lucinda Williams, Good Souls Better Angels
- Drive-By Truckers, The Unraveling
- Margo Price, That’s How Rumors Get Started
- Lydia Loveless, Daughter
- SAULT, Untitled (Black Is)/Untitled (Rise)
- Idles, Ultra Mono
- Bob Mould, Blue Hearts
- Soccer Mommy, color theory
- Steve Earle, Ghosts of West Virginia
- Melkbelly, Pith
- Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
- Wire, Mind Hive
- U.S. Girls, Heavy Light
- Shabazz Palaces, The Don of Diamond Dreams
- Bette Smith, The Good The Bad The Bette
Featured Songs:
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, "What've I Done to Help," Reunions, Southeastern, 2020
- Bartees Strange, "Boomer," Live Forever, Memory Music, 2020
- Lucinda Williams, "You Can't Rule Me," Good Souls Better Angels, Thirty Tigers, 2020
- Fiona Apple, "Shameika," Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Epic, 2020
- Waxahatchee, "Fire," Saint Cloud, Merge, 2020
- Melkbelly, "Season of the Goose," Pith, Carpark, 2020
- Angelica Garcia, "Guadalupe," Cha Cha Palace, Spacebomb, 2020
- Run The Jewels, "Walking In The Snow," RTJ4, BMG, 2020
- Run The Jewels, "Ooh La La," RTJ4, BMG, 2020
- Haim, "Now I'm In It (Bonus Track)," Women in Music Pt. III, Columbia, 2020
- Ganser, "Projector," Just Look At That Sky, felte, 2020
- SAULT, "Free," Untitled (Rise), Forever Living Originals, 2020
- Shemekia Copeland, "Money Makes You Ugly," Uncivil War, Alligator, 2020
- Rotary Connection, "Christmas Love," Peace, Geffen, 1968
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