Your Top 10 records for 2020!

Tim Simmons

1. Taylor Swift - Folklore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWbDJFtHl3w
2. Run The Jewels - RTJ 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUvoQrcsETg
3. Jason Isbell - Reunions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grHKQRLq1Gw
4. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFI4ovgdA_k
5. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Monsters Eating People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f_2-FR5N-g
6. Kehlani - It Was Good Until It Wasn't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmFP1AP-afM
7. Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLW75e_xzhE
8. Taylor Swift - Evermore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz-f9mM3Ms8
9. Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2CHP0SMEF4
10. Jeff Parker - Song For Max Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pO2wlIg018










whats yours? I know you had a lot of time to listen to music this year.

ceska

Great year for music.
1. Soul Asylum - Hurry Up and Wait
2. Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling
3. Taylor Swift - Folklore
4. Alex Dezen - IV (So Far)
5. Pearl Jam - Gigaton
6. Phish - Sigma Oasis
7. Old 97s - Twelfth
8. Ohhme -  Fantasize Your Ghost
9. Kathleen Edwards - Total Freedom
10. Richard Thompson - Bloody Noses (EP)

brianlux

1.  The Dream Syndicate:  The Universe Inside

Steve Wynn, Decade, box set which includes complete versions of these albums plus outtakes and unreleased tracks:

2. Steve Wynn:  Melting in the Dark

3. Steve Wynn:  Sweetness and light

4. Steve Wynn:  My Midnight

5. Steve Wynn:  Here Come the Miracles

6. Steve Wynn:  The Emusic Singles Collection

7. Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3:  Static Transmission

8. Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3:  ...tick...tick...tick

9.  Bob Dylan:  Rough and Rowdy Ways

10. DDT:  Enter the Bend

cp3iverson

1. Greg Dulli - Random Desire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3FShWR0jeI

2. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MrBUL5ODGE

3. Bebadoobee - Fake It Flowers
4. Pearl Jam - Gigaton
5. Freddie Gibbs - Alfredo

Not sure why the links aren’t embedding but they work.  A lot of honorable mentions. Fleet Foxes “Shore” was good.   Folklore was good. Reunions was decent.  I didnt dig Fiona’s album at all though. 

I honestly spent a lot of time listening to older stuff. Discovering new things from years ago.  My top 5 is set.  

mfc2006

Can’t narrow it down to ten, but I’ll post it soon. I definitely know my favorite album, but the other 20 or so fluctuate 

Screaming Tree

Lot of great records put out this year. Such a shame that the tours behind so many of these have been postponed or outright cancelled. 

1. Gigaton - Pearl Jam
2. Wildflowers and All the Rest - Tom Petty
3. Straight Songs of Sorrow - Mark Lanegan
4. Letter to You - Bruce Springsteen
5. Love is the King - Jeff Tweedy
6. Imploding the Mirage - The Killers
7. Random Desire - Greg Dulli
8. Local Honey - Brian Fallon
9. Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers
10. Serpentine Prison - Matt Berninger

Honorable mentions to Earth by Ed O'Brien, Waterfall 2 by My Morning Jacket, Homegrown by Neil Young and the Summerteeth box set by Wilco. Little Bastards by The Kills is also worth mentioning, even though it just came out Friday.

EPs by Kurt Vile, Avett Brothers and Black Phoebe are also solid. 

timdwilli

1. Pearl Jam - Gigaton
2. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
3. beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers
4. Habibi - Anywhere But Here
5. Las Kellies - Suck This Tangerine
6. Painted Shield 
7. Khruangbin - Mordechai 
8. Haim - Women in Music Pt. iii
9. The Strokes - The New Abnormal 
10. Gum - Out in the World

NWOntario

1. Pearl Jam, Gigaton - just because it's obvious doesn't make it less true
2. Run the Jewels, RTJ4
3. War on Women, Wonderful Hell
4. Taylor Swift, folklore
5. Bob Dylan, Rough and Rowdy Ways
6. Sarah Harmer, Are You Gone?
7. Kathleen Edwards, Total Freedom
8. Jarv Is, Beyond the Pale
9. X, Alphabetland
10. Painted Shield, s/t

1-5 are in order, 6-7 are both in the top 10 but might not be in that exact position, the other three could've been swapped out with My Morning Jacket/The Waterfall II, Paul Weller/On Sunset, Bruce Springsteen/Letter to You and Gord Downie/Away is Mine. I'm honestly not sure I like Gord's album, but the fact it exists is a miracle.

eeriepadave

1. Gorillaz- Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
2. The Strokes- The New Abnormal
3. Run the Jewels- RTJ4
4. Tame Impala- The Slow Rush
5. Pearl Jam- Gigaton
6. Fleet Foxes- Shore
7. Fontaines D.C.- A Hero's Death
8. Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
9. Idles- Ultra Mono
10. My Morning Jacket- The Waterfall II

MedozK

Can we do top 10 releases (including reissues)? I don't listen to enough new stuff.

cp3iverson

MedozK said:

Can we do top 10 releases (including reissues)? I don't listen to enough new stuff.

If so then add the Pleased to Meet Me boxset to my list.  The Replacements are the greatest

Tim Simmons

MedozK said:

Can we do top 10 releases (including reissues)? I don't listen to enough new stuff.

Go for it!

Mrfixit

in no particular order:
Bent Arcana - S/T
Coriky - S/T
GoGo Penguin - S/T
PJ - Gigaton
Tetema - Necroscape
Algiers - There is No Year
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Clouds Hill Tapes
Deftones - Ohms
Osees - Protean Threat
Fuzz - III

pjpjpaul

These are the new albums I listened to the most this year (no particular order and not limited to 10)

Secret Machines- Awake In The Brain Chamber
Pearl Jam- Gigaton 
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Sideways To New Italy 
Fleet Foxes- Shore
Phoebe Bridgers- Punisher 
Haim- Women In Music Pt III 
EOB- Earth 
Hum- Inlet
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit- Reunions 
Fiona Apple- Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Phish- Sigma Oasis 
Bruce Springsteen- Letter to You
Margo Price- That's How Rumors Get Started 

F Me In The Brain

Mrfixit said:

in no particular order:
Bent Arcana - S/T
Coriky - S/T
GoGo Penguin - S/T
PJ - Gigaton
Tetema - Necroscape
Algiers - There is No Year
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Clouds Hill Tapes
Deftones - Ohms
Osees - Protean Threat
Fuzz - III

Gogo Penguin is the shit.

cp3iverson

How did i forget about Hum???   Loved that.  My vinyl copy finally arrived a few weeks back. 

Indifference71

1. The Strokes- New Abnormal
2. Nathaniel Raetliff- And It's Still Alright
3.PJ- Gigaton
4. Jason Isbell- Reunions
5. Futurebirds- Teamwork
6. The Airborne Toxic Event- Hollywood Park
7. The Lawrence Arms- Skeleton Coast
8. Brian Fallon- Local Honey
9. Laura Jane Grace- Stay Alive
10. Local H- Lifers

rw160510

In no particular order

Other Lives- For Their Love

Anna von Hausswolff- All Thougts Fly

Pearl Jam- Gigaton

Smoke Fairies- Darkness Brings The Wonders Home

Deftones- Ohms

Snowdrops- Volutes

Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Eels- Earth to Dora

Taylor Swift- Folklore

Painted Shield-S/T

clayton12

In no order
Drive By Truckers-The Unraveling
County Westerns-Country Westerns
My Morning Jacket-The Waterfall II
The Nude Party-Midnight Manor
Waxahatchee-Saint Cloud
Sturgill Simpson-Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1 and 2
Run The Jewels-RTJ4
Guided By Voices-Mirrored Aztec
David Nance-Staunch Honey
Bruce Springsteen-Letter To You

marjen

Taylor Swift - Folklore

Brian Fallon - Local Honey

Taylor Swift - Evermore

White stripes - vault greatest hits

Local H - Lifers

Pearl Jam - Gigaton

Tenille Townes - Lemonade Stand

The Frights - Everything Seems Like Yesterday

The Strokes - The New Abnormal

The Killers - imploding the Mirage 

LukinFan

Great year for music!

Here's my top 20:

1. Nathaniel Rateliff - And It's Still Alright
2. Pearl Jam - Gigaton 
3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Reunions
4. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
5. Margo Price - That's How Rumors Get Started
6. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall II
7. The Avett Brothers - The Gleam III
8. Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All the Rest
9. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
10. Marcus King - El Dorado
11. The Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling 
12. Painted Shield - Painted Shield
13. Ben Harper - Winter is for Lovers
14. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass
15. Dawes - Good Luck with Whatever
16. Delta Spirit - What is There
17. Robby Krieger - The Ritual Begins at Sundown
18. Phish - Sigma Oasis
19. The Dirty Knobs - Wreckless Abandonment 
20. The Drive-By Truckers - The New OK

cp3iverson

Indifference71 said:

1. The Strokes- New Abnormal
2. Nathaniel Raetliff- And It's Still Alright
3.PJ- Gigaton
4. Jason Isbell- Reunions
5. Futurebirds- Teamwork
6. The Airborne Toxic Event- Hollywood Park
7. The Lawrence Arms- Skeleton Coast
8. Brian Fallon- Local Honey
9. Laura Jane Grace- Stay Alive
10. Local H- Lifers

Did not know the Futurebirds had a new one.  Good band.  Hung out with them in Austin once upon a time. 

clayton12

Great list, above. Love Futurebirds and love the newest record. Definitely went for it a couple of times, with the songs more polished than ever. Also, I should have put Local H on my list. That band can do no wrong.

silvo

Damn, i've listened to so much music this year but don't think i've listened to enough new music to compile a top 5 never mind top 20!
The three albums from this year i've loved and played the most are:
1. Pluralone - I Don't Feel Well
2. PJ - Gigaton
3. Brian Fallon - Local Honey

tbergs

All this does is remind me I'm old. I don't really listen to "new" music, but I've definetely listened to a lot of music I've never heard before in the past year. Unfortunately I'm usually about 3 - 5 years behind these days when it comes to new stuff unless it's one of my favorite bands releasing a new album, which this year were PJ and Deftones. Loved both albums more than anything they've put out in the last 10 years so it was a good year.

Deftones are metal album of the year for me and PJ is rock album.

I will listen to some of the other stuff mentioned in this thread though. I respect Taylor Swift, but cannot get in to her music. 

Tim Simmons

tbergs said:

I respect Taylor Swift, but cannot get in to her music. 

I would suggest one of these newer records. They aren't big pop like the rest of her catalog.

goldrush

My lucky thirteen...

Neil Young - The Old Homestead (from Archives II)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton
Mark Lanegan Band - Another Knock At The Door (IYEARA Remixes)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Return to Greendale
Lou Barlow - EMOH (20h Anniversary reissue)
Neil Young - Homegrown
David Lowery - In The Shadow of The Bull
Powderfinger - Unreleased
Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs of Sorrow
Brian Fallon - Local Honey
Bob Mould - Blue Hearts
Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King 
John Frusciante - Maya 

I've got a feeling I'm missing something...

lexicondevil

Not in order preliminary list. No, PJ did not make the cut. I just don't listen to Gigaton all that much.

1.      Taylor Swift – Folklore

2.      Ward Davis – Black Cats and Crows

3.      Margo Price – That’s How Rumours Get Started

4.      Xoth – Interdimensional Invocations

5.      Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

6.      American Aquarium – Lamentations

7.      Bruce Springsteen – Letter to You

8.      Gulch – Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress

9.      Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

10. Touche Amore - Lament

jjflash

1. Run The Jewels -- RTJ4
2. Waxahatchee -- Saint Cloud
3. Matt Berninger -- Serpentine Prison
4. Bonny Light Horseman -- S/T
5. IDLES -- Ultra Mono
6. Fiona Apple -- Fetch The Bolt Cutters
7. Bob Dylan -- Rough and Rowdy Ways
8. Taylor Swift -- folklore/evermore (*I've recently been hopped on the buzz train so somewhat still sussing out where these rank)
9. Pearl Jam -- Gigaton (**Is it just me or do you also have a hard time objectively critiquing latter day PJ albums? It usually takes me a few years before they find their landing spot relative to current releases and, especially, previous PJ albums)
10. Public Enemy -- What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
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11. EOB -- Earth
12. Sturgill Simpson -- Cuttin' Grass - Vol1&2 (really digging Vol.2)
13. Khruangbin -- Mordechai
14. Freddie Gibbs -- Bandana
15. Gillian Welch -- Boots No.2: The Lost Songs Vols.1-3
15. Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real -- Naked Garden
16. Andy Shauf -- The Neon Skyline
17. Benny The Butcher -- Burden of Proof
18. The Avett Brothers -- The Third Gleam
19. Nubya Garcia -- Source
20. The Strokes -- The New Abnormal

jjflash

LukinFan said:

Great year for music!

No doubt!   Oodles of solid releases, and hopefully more finished cooking and ready to pull out of the COVID oven. Also...goes w/o saying... hope the artists are able to make a fair living off their '20 album releases and until they're able to properly tour them.

LukinFan

jjflash said:

1. Run The Jewels -- RTJ4
2. Waxahatchee -- Saint Cloud
3. Matt Berninger -- Serpentine Prison
4. Bonny Light Horseman -- S/T
5. IDLES -- Ultra Mono
6. Fiona Apple -- Fetch The Bolt Cutters
7. Bob Dylan -- Rough and Rowdy Ways
8. Taylor Swift -- folklore/evermore (*I've recently been hopped on the buzz train so somewhat still sussing out where these rank)
9. Pearl Jam -- Gigaton (**Is it just me or do you also have a hard time objectively critiquing latter day PJ albums? It usually takes me a few years before they find their landing spot relative to current releases and, especially, previous PJ albums)
10. Public Enemy -- What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
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11. EOB -- Earth
12. Sturgill Simpson -- Cuttin' Grass - Vol1&2 (really digging Vol.2)
13. Khruangbin -- Mordechai
14. Freddie Gibbs -- Bandana
15. Gillian Welch -- Boots No.2: The Lost Songs Vols.1-3
15. Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real -- Naked Garden
16. Andy Shauf -- The Neon Skyline
17. Benny The Butcher -- Burden of Proof
18. The Avett Brothers -- The Third Gleam
19. Nubya Garcia -- Source
20. The Strokes -- The New Abnormal

I need to check out the new Sturgill and Public Enemy albums. I love Sturgill's Vol 1 from this year.