Welcome! As usual, my top albums list is coming out at a totally appropriate time and not awkwardly late, like almost halfway into the next year. 2020 was a truly crazy year for everyone, but there was still a lot of really great new music released. I always love showcasing what I felt was some of the best I came across, so I've spent some time carefully compiling this list. As I always say, these lists are my opinion at the time I finish them but sometimes those views change over time so this list might have been different a few months or years later.
I chose a song or two from each release that I think you should give a listen if you're unfamiliar with the album/artist and maybe you'll become a new fan. If you like that song, check out the whole album as well as the rest of that artist's work, and of course go support them in any way possible. Buy music or merch if you are able to, and go see a show when tours come back.
I like to share some thoughts about the top few albums, but I am not always particularly good at turning what I think and feel into words, so I do my best to get some of it out there to hopefully help explain why I felt they were the best.
I made a Spotify playlist of all the "Check Out" songs embedded below that you can find here.
Feel free to let me know what you agree or disagree with and which albums you think I missed and might need to check out. Without further ado, I present my list of the top albums of 2020!
Honorable Mentions
Amaranthe - "Manifest"
Stream on Spotify
All Time Low - "Wake Up, Sunshine"
Stream on Spotify
Long Distance Calling - "How Do We Want to Live?"
