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You Top 105 albums of 2020

Phish kick things off with the number 105 album of the year

105. Sigma Oasis | Phish
Song played: Everything’s Right

104. Man On The Radio | Woodbelly
Song played: Gone Are The Days
103. Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa
Song played: Break My Heart
102. K.G. | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Song played: Intrasport
101. Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1 | JS Ondara
Song played: Lockdown on Datenight Tuesday
100. Impossible Weight | Deep Sea Diver
Song played: Impossible Weight (ft: Sharon Van Etten)
99. Live Drugs | The War On Drugs
Song played: Pain (live) 
98. Never Not Together | Nada Surf  
Song played: Mathilda, So Much Love
97. Mind Hive | Wire
Song played: The Art Of Persistence 
96. McCartney III | Paul McCartney
Song played: Find My Way
95. Circles Around The Sun | Dispatch
Song played: May We All

Everybody Loves An Outlaw comprises Colorado’s Bonnie and Tyler Sims.

94. Everybody Loves An Outlaw | Everybody Loves An Outlaw
Song played: I See Red
93Through A Dark Wood | Sea Wolf
Songs played: Fear Of Failure, Forever Nevermore
92. Sugaregg | Bully
Songs played: Where To Start, Every Tradition
91. Hyperspace | Beck
Song played: Saw Lightning, Uneventful Days
90. Dear Life | Brendan Benson
Song played: Richest Man
89. Forward, Children | Hiss Golden Messenger
Song played: I’m a Raven (Live)
88. What Is There | Delta Spirit
Song played: It Ain’t Easy
87Run Home Slow | The Teskey Brothers
Songs played: Hold Me, So Caught Up
86. Broken At The Break Of Day | Fruition
Song played: Dawn

That’s How Rumors Get Started is Margo Price’s third full-length album.

85. That’s How Rumors Get Started | Margo Price
Song played: Twinkle Twinkle
84. Homegrown | Neil Young 
Song played: Homegrown
83. Rearrange Us | Mt. Joy
Song played: My Vibe
82. Getting Into Knives | The Mountain Goats
Song played: Get Famous, As Many Canadians As Possible
81. Lamentations | American Aquarium 
Song played: The Luckier You Get
80. Cha Cha Palace | Angelica Garcia
Song played: Jicama
79. Hark! | Andrew Bird
Song played: Andalucia
78. 
Between Skies | The Still Tide
Song played: Change of Address

Punk rockers X come in on the list with Alphabetland, their first album in 27 years.

77. Alphabetland | X
Song played: Alphabetland
76. Ultra Mono | Idles
Song played: Model Village
76. Ultra Mono | Idles
Song played: Model Village
75. The Main Thing | Real Estate
Song played: Paper Cup
74. Long In The Tooth | Budos Band
Songs played: Long In The Tooth, Gun Metal Grey
73. Neon Cross | Jamie Wyatt
Song played: Neon Cross
72. Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? | Fantastic Negrito 
Song played: I’m So Happy I Cry, Chocolate Samuria
71. Ghosts Of West Virginia | Steve Earle
Song played: Devil Put The Coal In The Ground
70. Speed. Sound, Lonely | Kurt Vile
Songs played: Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, How Lucky (ft. John Prine)
69. American Head | The Flaming Lips
Song played: Flowers of Neptune

Joachim Cooder’s release features covers of Americana pioneer Uncle Dave Macon.

68. Over That Road | Joachim Cooder
Song played: Over That Road
67. Home | Billy Strings
Song played: Home
66. Long Violent History | Tyler Childers
Song played: Long Violent History
65. Songs | Adrienne Lenker
Song played: Anything
64. Boots | Gillian Welch
Song played: Strange Isabella
63. Inlet | Hum 
Song played: Step Into You
62. Honeymoon | Beach Bunny
Songs played: Cloud 9, Prom Queen
61. You’re Not Alone | Semisonic
Song played: You’re Not Alone, Basement Tapes
60. Thin Mind | Wolf Parade
Song played: Against The Day
59. No Dream | Jeff Rosenstock
Song played: Stateline
58. Dreamland | Glass Animals
Song played: Your Love (Deja Vu)
57. Western Swings & Waltzes | Colter Wall
Song played: Western Swings & Waltzes

Airborne Toxic Event’s new album is inspired by Don DeLillo’s White Noise

56. Hollyward Park | Airborne Toxic Event
Song played: Come On Out
55. Tace | Jon Snodgrass
Song played: Don’t Break Her Heart
54. Wold On The Ground | Sarah Jarosz
Song played: Hometown
53. Wildflowers & All The Rest | Tom Petty
Song played: Wildflowers
52. Spirit World Field Guide | Aesop Rock
Song played: The Gates
51. Chromatica | Lady Gaga
Song played: Stupid Love
50. Serpentine Prison | Matt Berninger
Song played: One More Second (Future Islands remix)
49. Monovision | Ray LaMontagne
Song played: Strong Enough
48. The Third Gleam | The Avett Brothers
Song played: Victory

Songhoy Blues are the Timbuktu band specializing in desert blues.

47. Optimisme | Songhoy Blues
Songs played: Worry, Barre
46. Making A Door Less Open | Car Seat Headrest
Song played: Hollywood
45. 3.15.2020 | Childish Gambino
Song played: Algorhythm 
44. Temple | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Song played: Temple
43. Total Freedom | Kathleen Edwards
Song played: Options Open, Hard On Everyone
42. III | The Lumineers
Song played: Gloria
41. Hate For Sale | The Pretenders
Song played: Don’t Want To Be This Lonely
40. As Long As You Are | Future Islands
Song played: For Sure
39. Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas
Songs played: Can’t Fight, Weird Fishes
38. Earth | EOB
Songs played: Brasil, Shangri-La

Gaslighter was released in July after a band-name change and is produced by Jack Antonoff.

37. Gaslighter | The Chicks
Song played: Gaslighter
36. Gigaton | Pearl Jam
Song played: Superblood Wolfmoon
35. Imploding The Mirage | The Killers
Song played: Caution
34. Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling 
Songs played: Held Down, Strange Girl
33. Kingdom In My Mind | The Wood Brothers 
Song played: Little Bit Sweet
32. Twelfth | Old 97s
Song played: Turn Off The TV
31. Good Souls Better Angels | Lucinda Williams
Song played: You Can’t Rule Me
30. Good Luck With Whatever | Dawes
Song played: Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?

Bonny Light Horseman includes members of Fruit Bats, The Shins, The National, and Hiss Golden Messenger.

29. Bonny Light Horseman | Bonny Light Horseman 
Song played: The Roving
28. Blue Hearts | Bob Mould
Song played: Forecast of Rain
27. En Espańol | The Mavericks 
Songs played: Poder Vivir, Recuerdos
26. Always Tomorrow | Best Coast
Song played: Everything Has Changed
25. A Hero’s Death | Fontaines D.C.
Song played: A Hero’s Death
24. Welcome To Hard Times | Charley Crockett
Songs played: Run Horse Run, Welcome To Hard Times
23. Expectations | Katie Pruitt
Songs played: Expectations, Look The Other Way
22. Love Is The King | Jeff Tweedy
Song played: Guess Again
21. Song Machine | Gorillaz
Song played: Valley of the Pagans (ft. Beck)

Rough and Rowdy Ways gave Dylan his first Billboard number 1 song, “Murder Most Foul.”

20. Rough And Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan
Song played: Goodbye Jimmy Reed
19. Mordechai | Khruangbin
Songs played: Time (You and I), One To Remember
18. Letter To You | Bruce Springsteen
Song played: Letter To You
17. Private Lives | Low Cut Connie
Songs played: Private Lives, Help Me
16. The Unravelling | Drive-By Truckers
Song played: The New OK
15. The Waterfall II | My Morning Jacket
Songs played: Run It, Feel You
14. The New Abnormal | The Strokes
Songs played: Bad Decisions, The Adults Are Talking
13. Starting Over | Chris Stapleton
Songs played: Starting Over

Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III is nominated for a 2021 Album Of The Year Grammy Award.

12. Women In Music Pt. III | Haim
Song played: The Steps
11. Free Love | Sylvan Esso
Song played: Ferris Wheel
10. Shore | Fleet Foxes
Song played: Can I Believe You
9. RTJ 4 | Run The Jewels
Song played: Ooh La La
8. The Slow Rush | Tame Impala
Songs played: Is It True, Borderline
7. And It’s Still Alright | Nathaniel Rateliff
Song played: And It’s Still Alright, Time Stands
6. Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 | Sturgill Simpson
Song played: I Don’t Mind

Waxahatchee’s Saint Cloud is named after her father’s home town of Saint Cloud, Florida.

5. Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee
Song played: Lilacs
4. Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple
Song played: Shameika
3. Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers
Song played: Kyoto
2. Misery | Gasoline Lollipops
Song played: All The Misery Money Can Buy

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s Reunions is YOUR album of 2020.

1. Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 
Songs played: Be Afraid, What’ve I Done To Help, Dreamsicle