Fave Albums of 2020

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February 21, 2021 by Wayne.

Bit late.

Albums will be split into 3 tiers. Within each tier, there are no rankings. Tier 1 albums are my top choices out of the favorites.

Tier 1:
Shabaka and the Ancestors – We Are Sent Here by History; Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra – If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours; The Sorcerors – In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God; Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – Axiom; Nap Eyes – Snapshot of a Beginner; Irreversible Entanglements – Who Sent You?; Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately; The Wants – Container; Ye Ram – Castle; SLIFT – UMMON; Ka – Descendants of Cain; Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher; Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters; Kevin Morby – Sundowner; Aiha Higurashi – A; Baxter Dury – The Night Chancers; Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud; HAIM – Women in Music Pt III; BAMBARA – Stray; The Innocence Mission – See You Tomorrow; Porridge Radio – Every Bad

Tier 2:
The Strokes – The New Abnormal; Chester Watson – A Japanese Horror Story; Moor Mother – Circuit City; Pool Holograph – Love Touched Time and Time Began to Sweat; Kairon IRSE! – Polysomn; Taylor Swift – Folklore; Open Mike Eagle – Anime, Trauma and Divorce; Sen Morimoto – Sen Morimoto; Pulled by Magnets – Rose; Fleet Foxes – Shore; Taylor Swift – evermore; Kaja Draksler Octet – Out for Stars; Nels Cline – Share the Wealth; BC Camplight – Shortly After Takeoff; Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia; IDLES – Ultra Mono; Other Lives – For Their Love

Tier 3:
Bartees Strange – Live Forever; Ustad Saami – Pakistan is for the Peaceful; Hum – Inlet; Run the Jewels – RTJ4; Mystery Jets – A Billion Heartbeats; Diet Cig – Do You Wonder About Me?; Mura Masa – R.Y.C.; Ren Harvieu – Revel in the Drama