Tom's Top 25 Albums of 2020

View the top 25 albums of 2020, as selected by the esteemed Guild. You can view the full list below, browse honorable mentions, or view each individual list.



Artist Album
1 We Makaya McCraven & Gil Scott-Heron We're New Again
2 To Feel Embraced - SPARKLE DIVISION To Feel Embraced
3 Untitled (Rise) - SAULT Untitled (Rise)
4 Suite for Max Brown - Jeff Parker Suite for Max Brown
5 Your Hero Is Not Dead - Westerman Your Hero Is Not Dead
6 Taken Away - Moodymann Taken Away
7 some kind of peace - Ólafur Arnalds some kind of peace
8 GoGo Penguin - GoGo Penguin GoGo Penguin
9 Live Forever - Bartees Strange Live Forever
10 What Jessie Ware What's Your Pleasure?
11 Gold Record - Bill Callahan Gold Record
12 Aralkum - Galya Bisengalieva Aralkum
13 græ - Moses Sumney græ
14 Alfredo - Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist Alfredo
15 Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters
16 Silver Ladders - Mary Lattimore Silver Ladders
17 As Long As You Are - Future Islands As Long As You Are
18 Inner Song - Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song
19 Roped In - North Americans Roped In
20 We Are Sent Here By History - Shabaka and the Ancestors We Are Sent Here By History
21 SOURCE - Nubya Garcia SOURCE
22 Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT Untitled (Black Is)
23 On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment - Ambrose Akinmusire On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment
24 Women in Music Part III - HAIM Women in Music Part III
25 Every Bad - Porridge Radio Every Bad