Well to say 'what a year' would be an understatement. I'm sure a lot of us were initially drawn to our comfort albums... but as the year has unfolded, there's been a very steady and wonderful stream of brilliant music released.

Let's say:

Top 10-20 in no order, with your Number #1 album...and a handful of mentions?

I'd like to see what everyone enjoyed this year. Let's go

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Caribou - Suddenly
King Krule - Man Alive!
Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Nathan Fake - Blizzards
K-Lone - Cape Circa
Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
Duval Timothy - Help
The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
Kate NV - Room For The Moon
Daniel Avery - Love + Light
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
The Cribs - Night Network
Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals
Bill Callahan - Gold Record
Osees - Protean Threat
Fleet Foxes - Shore
Kevin Morby - Sundowner

Mentions
Machinedrum - A View of U
Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
Botany - End the Summertime F(or)ever
Pa Salieu - Send Them To Coventry
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately


Number #1
SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT - Untitled (Rise)

Bit of a cheat to have two yes, but these albums have been on repeat for me a good portion of the year. Words can't do justice to the music... so play them loud.



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I like:

DeLuxe Bluesarama | Danny Adler
[dannyadler.bandcamp.com]

Italian Ice | Nicole Atkins
[nicoleatkins.bandcamp.com]

2020 Tapes (Shelter-at-Homerecordings & Pandemos) | Jeffrey Lewis
[jeffreylewis.bandcamp.com]

2019 Tapes (Cowardly & Brave & Stupid & Smart & Happy-Ever-After & Doomed) | Jeffrey Lewis
[jeffreylewis.bandcamp.com]

Led Zeppelin 1977-06-21 Forum (Millard Master via JEMS) Mastered
True traders dig :-)

Ron Wood Foxes In The Boxes Vol. Four

pearl Jam's Gigatron, is my choice.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You

www.fabiosilvera.blogspot.com

My choice too!
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You

Rockandosis & dimrstone - I’d completely forgot about Dylan’s latest. Excellent suggestion, record is fantastic.

Cordovas - Destiny Hotel
Motorpsycho - The All Is One
Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld - Winter Stories

The Boss "Letter to you" #1
Dylan too boring



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#1 - Larkin Poe - Self Made Man

From Elvis In Nashville
AC/DC - Power Up
Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown - Pressure
Robert Jon and the Wreck - Last Light On The Highway
King King - Maverick
Mike Zito - Quarantine Blues
Anthony Gomes - Containment Blues
Joe Bonamassa - Royal Tea
Ace Frehley - Origins Volume 2
Blackberry Smoke - Live from Capricorn Sound Studios
Brothers Osbourne - Skeletons
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Straight To You Live
Colter Wall - Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
Hamilton Loomis - This Season
Jimi Hendrix - Live in Maui
Josh Turner - Country State of Mind
King Solomon Hicks - Harlem
Kip Moore - Wild World
Richie Kotzen - 50 For 50
Larkin Poe - Kindred Spirits

So far I can't see Heilung [www.youtube.com] mentioned.

AC/DC-Power Up. Drive By Truckers-The Unraveling. Drive By Truckers-The New OK. Ace Frehley-Originals Volume 2

I would like to add:

Nick Cave - Idiot Prayer
Shirley Bassey - I owe it all to you

Great choices Bastion! I especially love Nicolas Jaar's and Thundercat's new ones. My only concert this year was Nicolas Jaar at the Tones on the Stones festival where he played a beautiful piece together with a cellist.

One of my favorite albums this year would also have to be Gorillaz' Song Machine.

Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep

Black Pumas - BLACK PUMAS (PREMIUM EDITION) - Vinyl

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Straight To You LIVE - Vinyl



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What else to do on this sunday morning...
These are all the 2020 albums I heard this year (archive releases not included).
A great year... even enjoying the albums around #60.
(Still listening to Sturgill Simpson (Cuttin' Grass Vol II), Taylor Swift (Evermore) & McCartney III... eventually they will end up high on my list.

68 Tabasco & Sweet Tea - The Cadillac Three

67 Never Will - Ashley McBryde

66 The Soundflowers (EP) - The Soundflowers

65 The K Is Silent - Hot Country Knights

64 Kelsea - Kelsea Ballerini

63 That's How Rumors Get Started - Margo Price

62 Loud Is Not Enough - Enemy Radio

61 Country Fuzz - The Cadillac Three

60 Ghosts V: Together - Nine Inch Nails

59 Ghosts VI: Locusts - Nine Inch Nails

58 Suga (EP) - Megan thee Stallion

57 What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? - Public Enemy

56 Alicia - Alicia Keys

55 Baytown (EP) - RaeLynn

54 Plastic Hearts - Miley Cyrus

53 Chromatica - Lady Gaga

52 Sister - Puss n Boots

51 Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

50 Carnivore - Body Count

49 Good News - Megan thee Stallion

48 Seeking Thrills - Georgia

47 Nightfall - Little Big Town

46 El Dorado - Marcus King

45 Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

44 Power Up - AC/DC

43 Reunions - Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit

42 First Rose of Spring - Willie Nelson

41 Positions - Ariana Grande

40 King's Disease - Nas

39 Destiny Hotel - Cordovas

38 Unlocked - Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats

37 The Lemonade Stand - Tenille Townes

36 Something Lovely - Ashley Campbell

35 We Still Go to Rodeos - Whitney Rose

34 Live From Capricorn Sound Studios (EP) - Blackberry Smoke

33 Naked Garden - Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

32 The Way It Feels - Maddie & Tae

31 The Neon - Erasure

30 Your Life Is a Record - Brandy Clark

29 Far From Home - Aubrie Sellers

28 Aftermath - Elizabeth Cook

27 Long Violent History - Tyler Childers

26 Supernova - Caitlyn Smith

25 The Dream - Hailey Whitters

24 Skeletons - Brothers Osborne

23 Women in Music Pt. III - Haim

22 Touch of You – The Lost Songs of Gary Stewart - Mike & The Moonpies

21 Folklore - Taylor Swift

20 Purple Moonlight Pages - R.A.P. Ferreira

19 Pick Me Up Off the Floor - Norah Jones

18 Gaslighter - The Chicks

17 Alfredo - Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

16 Dark Hearts - Annie

15 Visions of Bodies Being Burned - clipping.

14 Ungodly Hour - Chloe x Halle

13 Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions - Sturgill Simpson

12 Disco - Kylie

11 After Hours - The Weeknd

10 Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa

9 Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas

8 Starting Over - Chris Stapleton

7 What's Your Pleasure? - Jessie Ware

6 Dedicated Side B - Carly Rae Jepsen

5 How I'm Feeling Now - Charli XCX

4 Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

3 RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

2 La vita nuova (EP) - Christine and the Queens

1 Un canto por México vol. 1 - Natalia Lafourcade

Not only #1 for 2020, but one of the greatest albums I have ever heard.

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I like:
Led Zeppelin 1977-06-21 Forum (Millard Master via JEMS) Mastered

I think the undoctered version was better...

Sleaford Mods - All That Glue

Pretenders - Hate For Sale

Working Men's Club - s/t

King Krule - Man Alive!

Phelian - Specular Iridescence

The Kills - Little Bastards

Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison

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Top
Caribou - Suddenly
King Krule - Man Alive!
Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Nathan Fake - Blizzards
K-Lone - Cape Circa
Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
Duval Timothy - Help
The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
Kate NV - Room For The Moon
Daniel Avery - Love + Light
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
The Cribs - Night Network
Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals
Bill Callahan - Gold Record
Osees - Protean Threat
Fleet Foxes - Shore
Kevin Morby - Sundowner

Mentions
Machinedrum - A View of U
Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
Botany - End the Summertime F(or)ever
Pa Salieu - Send Them To Coventry
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately


Number #1
SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT - Untitled (Rise)

Bit of a cheat to have two yes, but these albums have been on repeat for me a good portion of the year. Words can't do justice to the music... so play them loud.

Really enjoying some of these albums, going through and bookmarking them all on Spotify. Tasteful selection.

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17 Alfredo - Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

15 Visions of Bodies Being Burned - clipping.

Excellent BowieStone, forgot about these two. Especially liked Freddie Gibbs.

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1 Un canto por México vol. 1 - Natalia Lafourcade

Will check this one out for sure - thank you.

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WorriedAboutYou

Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison

Great choices WorriedAboutYou.

I've only very recently (unashamedly) discovered The National, so have listened a couple of times to Matt Berninger's record. The title track was great for sure, so will be diving back in.

AC/DC Power Up, the only new CD I bought this year!

Lucinda Williams- Good Ghosts Better Angels tops my list.

Sticking with the Ghost theme, and while not an album, Living In A Ghost Town gets an honorable mention. Just listened to it on blast after not listening to it in a bit, and loved it.
Followed by Scarlet, these two make my top five individual songs of the year.

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glimmertwin1
I like:
Led Zeppelin 1977-06-21 Forum (Millard Master via JEMS) Mastered

I think the undoctered version was better...

Tough question the flat transfer is excellent too

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MonkeyMan2000
Great choices Bastion! I especially love Nicolas Jaar's and Thundercat's new ones. My only concert this year was Nicolas Jaar at the Tones on the Stones festival where he played a beautiful piece together with a cellist.

That sounds great. I've only seen Nico once - at Field Day a few years ago. He played a set in-between Nina Kraviz, Moderat, Jon Hopkins and Aphex Twin.

I imagine the shows we saw were wildly different!

Wonderful musician - and a new Darkside track released the other day!

The GHS bonus disc wins it for me, especially the four first songs, with a special mention to the 5th, (the instrumental Mr D).

1. Bob Dylan- Rough and rowdy ways

2. AC DC- Power up

3. Bruce Springsteen- Letter to you

4. Larkin Poe- Self made man
Back down south

5. Fantastic negrito- Have you lost your mind yet?

Have you lost your mind yet?

Yola anybody?

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The GHS bonus disc wins it for me, especially the four first songs, with a special mention to the 5th, (the instrumental Mr D).

I quite enjoyed that as well. Probably my favourite overall of all the deluxe releases...though PMS and all of Some Girls Deluxe pretty close.