Your Favorite Albums of 2020

[Hicks]

Meh, I?ve always thought he was a dickbag and I?ve never given him a single cent of my money or even really listened to his music. 

I just think cancel culture in general doesn?t necessarily make a lot of sense. If he?s criminal throw him in jail. Otherwise he has a right to keep doing his job and earn a living like anybody else. 

[rowjimmy]

Apologies for de-railing.

Let's see more lists.

[Caravan2001]

This thread took a turn.  Now I am afraid to post my list  :-P.

J/K, lot of great records this year and I am still trying to come up with mine.  Some crossover with what has been posted but not a ton.

[jam>]

Top 10 in no order. 

Chris Forsyth & Garcia People - Peoples Motel Band (Shout out to RJ, for giving me the lowdown on 12/30/19 ? two best shows I saw all year, on the same night)
https://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/peoples-motel-band

Kahil El?Zabar - America the Beautiful
https://kahilelzabar-is.bandcamp.com/album/kahil-el-zabar-s-america-the-beautiful

Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
https://soundcloud.com/shabakaandtheancestors/the-coming-of-the-strange-ones

Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger - Force Majeure
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/force-majeure

Marco Benevento - Lagniappe Session
https://soundcloud.com/marcobenevento/sets/aquarium-drunkards-943249931

Tony Allen/Hugh Masekela - Rejoice


Nels Cline Singers - Share the Wealth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGyMviVXIu8&ab_channel=BlueNoteRecords

Redman, Mehldau, McBride, Blade - RoundAgain


Oded Tzur - Here Be Dragons


Gil Scott Heron - We?re New Again, a Reimagining by Makaya McCraven

[rowjimmy]

Sick.
I think 12/30/19 was my last show (so far).
That late night show was... late. But amazing.

[Hicks]

Alright duders, here we go. Great year tbh, not sure how that worked out, but it did.


10. Wagon Christ - Recepticon


9. Sam Amidon - s/t


8. Lady Gaga - Chromatica


7. Flaming Lips - American Head


6. Destroyer - Have We Met


5. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush


4. Mac Miller - Circles


3. Run the Jewels - RTJ4


2. Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez


1. The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You

I offer explanations here:

https://sir-hicks-a-lot.tumblr.com/

Honorable Mentions:

Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
Caribou - Suddenly
Kruder Dorfmeister - 1995
R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages

Singles:

Westerman - Confirmation (SSBD)
Sylvan Esso - Ferris Wheel
Tunde Adempimbe - ReelFeel
Gorillaz - Aries
Tame Impala - Breathe Deeper

Reissues:

Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All the Rest
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead and American Beauty 50th Anniversary Editions

[mopper_smurf]

4 posts, 20 albums that did not suck.

https://www.herecomestheflood.com/search/label/Best%20of%202020

[mopper_smurf]

The label that released my 2020 #1 album got the cover art peeps to make this. Nice.

[ph92]

I wasn't really keeping track as well as years past

No particular order:

The Orb - Abolition of the Royal Familia
Four Tet - Parallel
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Frank Zappa - Halloween 81

Reissues:
Yoshio Ojima ‎? Une Collection Des Cha?nons I: Music For Spiral

That's just roughly off the top of my head. Listened to so many live streams/recordings it was hard to keep up with releases this year!

[Hicks]

I wasn't really keeping track as well as years past

No particular order:

The Orb - Abolition of the Royal Familia
Four Tet - Parallel
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Frank Zappa - Halloween 81

Reissues:
Yoshio Ojima ‎? Une Collection Des Cha?nons I: Music For Spiral

That's just roughly off the top of my head. Listened to so many live streams/recordings it was hard to keep up with releases this year!

Yeah I guess I have such high standards for The Orb that it didn?t make the cut for my list.

But it?s a very solid release, and Slave Til You Die is crazy in how fitting it was for 2020. 

[Caravan2001]

Alright duders, here we go. Great year tbh, not sure how that worked out, but it did.


10. Wagon Christ - Recepticon


9. Sam Amidon - s/t


8. Lady Gaga - Chromatica


7. Flaming Lips - American Head


6. Destroyer - Have We Met


5. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush


4. Mac Miller - Circles


3. Run the Jewels - RTJ4


2. Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez


1. The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You

I offer explanations here:

https://sir-hicks-a-lot.tumblr.com/

Honorable Mentions:

Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
Caribou - Suddenly
Kruder Dorfmeister - 1995
R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages

Singles:

Westerman - Confirmation (SSBD)
Sylvan Esso - Ferris Wheel
Tunde Adempimbe - ReelFeel
Gorillaz - Aries
Tame Impala - Breathe Deeper

Reissues:

Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All the Rest
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead and American Beauty 50th Anniversary Editions

Nice list and great write-ups.  I haven't heard half of those albums so looking forward to checking them out.

[ph92]

I wasn't really keeping track as well as years past

No particular order:

The Orb - Abolition of the Royal Familia
Four Tet - Parallel
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Frank Zappa - Halloween 81

Reissues:
Yoshio Ojima ‎- Une Collection Des Cha?nons I: Music For Spiral

That's just roughly off the top of my head. Listened to so many live streams/recordings it was hard to keep up with releases this year!

Yeah I guess I have such high standards for The Orb that it didn?t make the cut for my list.

But it?s a very solid release, and Slave Til You Die is crazy in how fitting it was for 2020. 

I particularly like the couple ambient tracks (track 6,7). But I agree, not their best by a long shot. I really enjoyed the COW & Alpine remixes as well. Not sure if those were this year or not.

[Hicks]

I wasn't really keeping track as well as years past

No particular order:

The Orb - Abolition of the Royal Familia
Four Tet - Parallel
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Frank Zappa - Halloween 81

Reissues:
Yoshio Ojima ‎- Une Collection Des Cha?nons I: Music For Spiral

That's just roughly off the top of my head. Listened to so many live streams/recordings it was hard to keep up with releases this year!

Yeah I guess I have such high standards for The Orb that it didn?t make the cut for my list.

But it?s a very solid release, and Slave Til You Die is crazy in how fitting it was for 2020. 

I particularly like the couple ambient tracks (track 6,7). But I agree, not their best by a long shot. I really enjoyed the COW & Alpine remixes as well. Not sure if those were this year or not.

Lol, those are from like from five years ago. 

Moonbuilding is still their best in terms of semi-recent stuff IMO. 

[ph92]

I wasn't really keeping track as well as years past

No particular order:

The Orb - Abolition of the Royal Familia
Four Tet - Parallel
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Frank Zappa - Halloween 81

Reissues:
Yoshio Ojima ‎- Une Collection Des Cha?nons I: Music For Spiral

That's just roughly off the top of my head. Listened to so many live streams/recordings it was hard to keep up with releases this year!

Yeah I guess I have such high standards for The Orb that it didn?t make the cut for my list.

But it?s a very solid release, and Slave Til You Die is crazy in how fitting it was for 2020. 

I particularly like the couple ambient tracks (track 6,7). But I agree, not their best by a long shot. I really enjoyed the COW & Alpine remixes as well. Not sure if those were this year or not.

Lol, those are from like from five years ago. 

Moonbuilding is still their best in terms of semi-recent stuff IMO. 

Oh lol, I just ran across them. I really like COW,  but yeah I 100% agree with you. Moonbuilding is so fire.