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The Best Albums of 2020

It’s that time of year again: December. Unlike other people who come up with “best of” lists, I use a totally scientific method, and therefore my list is more correct: Emacs tallies which albums I’ve listened to the most in 2020, and those are ipso facto cogito alea jacta hoc the best albums of the year.

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Irreversible Entanglements Who Sent You?
Sacred Paws Run Around The Sun
Gil Scott-Heron We’re New Here (a Reimagining by Makaya McCraven)
Nihiloxica Kaloli
75 Dollar Bill I Was Real
Adult. Perception is-as-of Deception
Joan as Police Woman Cover Two
Max de Wardener Music For Detuned Pianos
Peter Broderick & Friends Play More Arthur Russell
Yves Tumor Heaven To A Tortured Mind
Aksak Maboul Figures
Four Tet Sixteen Oceans
Shirley Collins Heart’s Ease
Shopping All Or Nothing
The Soft Pink Truth Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase

So there you have it: Irreversible Entanglements released the best album this year. I hope somebody notifies the AP of these developments.

But I didn’t just buy new music this year. No. I’ve never been discoging more. It’s almost like I was spending more time on the couch this year than previous years. I don’t know why. (I seem to have acquired about 450-ish releases this year.) So here’s the best old music that I discovered this year. It’s slightly less scientific because of the selection criteria.

Fad Gadget Fireside Favourites
Trash Kit Confidence
Severed Heads Clifford Darling, Please Don’t Live In The Past
Tuxedomoon Live At The Palms (1978)
Biting Tongues Don’t Heal
Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts Encore
Don Armando’s 2nd Avenue Band Don Armando’s 2nd Avenue Band
Mike Rutherford Smallcreep’s Day
Aksak Maboul Before and After Bandits
David Allred Alone on Friendship Island
Jerry Harrison The Red And The Black
Jim Black Trio Reckon
Keith Tippett, Julie Tippett, Trevor Watts, Colin McKenzie Warm Spirits, Cool Spirits
Kid Creole & The Coconuts Off the Coast of Me
Mars 3E

It’s been the best year ever, both for new and old music.

Except for some other years.

There. I said it.

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