Episode 112: Top Albums of 2020
Episode 112: Top Albums of 2020
In Episode 112 we look back on 2020 and discuss our favorite albums of the year. In addition, we discuss our honorable mentions, share our favorite live streams of the year, share our listeners top albums of the year, and count down our favorite 20 records of 2020.
Of note, we received 31 listener submissions, totaling 99 record recommendations for 2020! Even in a year as difficult and intense as 2020, we still discovered some mind-blowing music that inspired us and continued to push us forward as listeners. As we discuss, and as our listeners prove, there was a LOT of great music across 2020 to help you get through the madness.
BTP Honorable Mentions
David’s Honorable Mentions
Pacific Range: High Up On the Mountain
Lydia Loveless: Daughter
Nick Mitchell Maiato: Pino Carrasco
Torres: Silver Tongue
Pallbearer: Forgotten Days
Rhyton: Krater’s Call
The Killers: Imploding the Mirage
Yo La Tengo: We Have Amnesia Sometimes
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall Pt 2
David Nance: Staunch Honey
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Sideways to New Italy
Sonic Boom: All Things Being Equal
Zephaniah O’hora: Listening to the Music
Cut Copy: Freeze, Melt
Secret Machines: Awake in the Brain Chamber
Fleet Foxes: Shore
Doves: The Universal Want
Luke Elliot: The Big Wind
Black Thought: Streams of Thought Vol 3: Cane & Able
Drive By Truckers: The New OK
AC/DC: Power Up
Brian’s Honorable Mentions
40. Taylor Swift: Folklore
39. Bruce Springsteen: Letter To You
38. Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
37. Rose City Band: Summerlong
36. Jerry Garcia Band: Garcia Live Vol 13 — Poplar Creek 1989
35. Stephen Malkmus: Traditional Techniques
34. Garcia Peoples: Nightcaps At Wits End
33. Katie Pruitt: Expectations
32. Drive-By Truckers: The Unraveling
31. Colter Wall: Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
30. Matt Lajoie: Everlasting Spring
29. Real Estate: The Main Thing
28. Fleet Foxes: Shore
27. Goose: Ted Tapes III
26. Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band: Just Like Moby Dick
25. Bill Callahan: Gold Record
24: Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
23. Chris Forsyth, Dave Harrington, Ryan Jewell & Spencer Zahn: First Flight
22. Bonny Light Horseman: Bonny Light Horseman
21. The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
BTP Community Top 5 of 2020
Sam Timberg (@samtimberg)
HM: Strand Of Oaks — Ambient For Change
HM: Phish — Sigma Oasis
5. Built To Spill: Built To Spill Plays The Songs of Daniel Johnston
4. The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
3. Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
2. Tom Petty: Wildflowers & All The Rest
1. Bonny Light Horseman
John McGarr (@HighhPockets)
Honorable Mention: Dehd — Flower Of Devotion
My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
Phish: Sigma Oasis
Jon McKiel: Bobby Joe Hope
Pacific Range: High Up On The Mountain
Bonny Light Horseman
Dallas Way — Winemaker & music connoisseur
Blake Mills: Mutable Set
SAULT: Untitled (Rise)
Freddie Gibbs: Alfredo
Bill Callahan: Gold Record
MIKE: Weight Of The World
Jason P. Woodbury (@jasonpwoodbury) — Aquarium Drunkard Editor & Podcastor; Host of Range & Basin
Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling
Bill Fay: Countless Branches
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Destroyer: Have We Met
Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven: We’re New Again
Bryan Lee Weaver (@bryanleeweaver) — Episode 081: Tacos & Jams w/ Bryan Lee Weaver / Chef: Red Headed Stranger / Butcher & Bee
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Sturgill Simpson: Cutting Grass Vol 1
Pop Smook: Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
Da Baby: Blame It On The On Da Baby
Kathleen Hinkel (@vancityvisuals / @MikeSideDykes) — Episode 031: The Great Curve / 076 Vancouver Tweezer (Dedication)
5. Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
4. Alicia Keys: Alicia
3. Lucinda Williams: Good Souls Better Angels
2. Phish: Sigma Oasis
1. Khraungbin: Mordechai
Joel Berk (@pfcidb) — Sweetblahg / ragenap
The Necks: Three
Andrew Weathers Ensemble: The Thousand Birds In The Earth, The Thousand Birds In The Sky
Alabaster DePlume: To Cy & Lee — Instrumentals Vol 1
Dustin Laurenzi’s Snaketime: Behold
Gunn-Truscinski Duo: Soundkeeper
Paul Saylor (@Coltrane1973)
5. Nothing: The Great Dismal
4. Fleet Foxes: Shore
3. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Reunions
2. Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
1. Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
Michael Shields (@mikeshza) — Editor In Chief at Across The Margin
5. Run The Jewels — RTJ4
4. Bonny Light Horseman
3. Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
2. SAULT: Untitled (Black Is)
1. Waxahatchee: St. Cloud
Colin Warren — EIC: The McCarthy Canards
5. Tyler Childers: Long Violent History
4. Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
3. Haim: Women In Music Pt. III
2. Bonny Light Horseman
1. Gillian Welch: Lost Songs Vol. 3
Ryan Smith (@luxurysportsman)
Futurebirds: Teamwork
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Chris Forsyth w/ Garcia Peoples: Peoples Motel Band
Sunwatchers: Oh Yeah?
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Wade Wilby (@tesseractmg) — Episode 101 Breakbeats Of A Feather
5. Floating Points: Elainia
4. No Death: No Death: Last Days
3. Cut Copy: Freeze, Melt
2. The Necks: Three
1. Car Seat Headrest: Making A Door Less Open
Scott King (@MrScottie King) — Episode 076: Vancouver Tweezer
5. Rose City Band: Summerlong
4. SAULT: Untitled (Black Is)
3. Andy Shauf: The Neon Skyline
2. Young Jesus: Welcome To Conceptual Beach
1. Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rick Ivy (@RickIvy2)
Eric Slick: Wiseacre
Erika Wennerstrom: Sweet Unknown (2018)
Bonny Light Horseman
Phish: Sigma Oasis
Sylvan Esso: Free Love
Carrtoons: Saturday Morning
Garcia Peoples: Nightcaps At Wits’ End
N-1 2020 Releases
Khrangbin: Mordechai
Klyfta: Cosmic Pilgrimage — The Klyfta Tapes 1972–1975
Kevin Brinkman (@misterbrinkles)
5. The Lil Smokies: Tornillo
4. The Dead Tongues: Transmigration Blues
3. Fleet Foxes: Shore
2. Taylor Swift: Folklore
1. Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Ben Greenfield (@GuyForgetOPT) — Episode 026 Nassau Tweezer / 048 i rokk / 071 The Uncounted Moments Slip Away
5. The Soft Pink Truth: Shall We Go On Sinning So That The Grace May Increase?
4. Cabane: Grande Est La Maison
3. Mosses: TV Sun
2. Caribou: Suddenly
1. Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
RJ Bee (@RJBee_2) — HFPod Founder / OSIRIS CEO / 028 Wingsuit — Future Undermine Cohost
Taylor Swift: Folklore
Phish: Sigma Oasis
Nicole Atkins: Italian Ice
Chris Forsyth w/ Garcia Peoples: Peoples Motel Band
LaMP
Alexandra Savior, The Archer
Rob Brennan (@RobertPBrennan) — Owner: Supermoon Beer Company
5. Young Jesus: Welcome To Conceptual Beach
4. Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
3. Taylor Swift: Folklore
2. Arboretum: Let It All In
1. The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
Christian Hamiter
5. US Girls: Heavy Light
4. Bonny Light Horseman
3. Crywank: Fist Me Till Your Hand Comes Out My Mouth
2. King Krule: Man Alive!
1. Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutter
Jonathan Hart (@rowj / @BrokedownPod) — Brokedown Podcast / Ep 016 Phishgrass / 060 Kiel Dark Star — Future Undermine Co-Host
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: All The Good Times
Nick Mitchell Maiato: Pino Carrasco
Joan Shelley: Live At The Bomhard
Rose City Band: Summerlong
Zachary Cale: False Spring
Jim Brinkman (@pops38113680)
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Reunions
Bruce Springsteen: Letter To You
The War On Drugs: Live Drugs
Neil Young: Homegrown
Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Bryon Whitley (@bryontreece) — Videographer of 10/10/19 One Step Behind
5. Peter Kerlin: Glaring Omission
4. Christian Sedelmyer: Ravine Palace
3. Joan Shelley: Live At The Bomhard
2. Hum: Inlet
1. Zachary Cale: False Spring
PJ Rudolph (@axillapt3) Episode 074 — Remembering David Berman / 097 Pavement
5. Budos Band: Long In The Tooth
4. Tim Heidecker: Fear Of Death
3. Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
2. My Morning Jacket: The Waterfall II
1. Rose City Band: Summerlong
Rob Mitchum (@phishcrit / @robmitchum) — Episode 055: The Storage Jam — Every Phish Show Ever
Jeff Rosenstock: NO DREAM
Ezra Feinberg: Recumbent Speech
Jeremy Cunningham: The Weather Up There
Jeff Parker: Suite For Max Brown
Jackie Lynn: Jacqueline
The Microphones: Microphones In 2020
Ryan Nichols (@ryannichols7) — Episode 033/034: U2
5. Haruka Nakamura: Still Life
4. Doves: The Universal Want
3. Ykika: Soul Lady
2. Real Estate: The Main Thing
1. Actress: Karma & Desire
Matt Dwyer (@mdphunk) — OSIRIS Media Editing Guru / 058: Mexican Classic Rock Radio / 104: The Genesis of Phish — Future Undermine Cohost
HM: The War On Drugs — Live Drugs
5. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Reunions
4. Rose City Band: Summerlong
3. Margo Price: That’s How Rumours Get Started
2. Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin’ Grass
1. Phish: Sigma Oasis
Justin Bruce (@just1n_music) — Las Vegas’s Phinest Weatherman
5. Jeff Parker: Suite For Max Brown
4. Futurebirds: Teamwork
3. Rose City Band: Summerlong
2. Sturgill Simpson: Cuttin Grass
1. Andy Shauf: The Neon Skyline
Conrad Doucette (@conrad) — 054: 25 Years Later
5. Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
4. Bryan Devendorf: Royal Green
3. Bonny Light Horseman
2. Run The Jewels: RTJ4
1. Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Robert Ker (@Phish2000at2020/ @bobbker) — 098: Radio City Ghost
Greg Foat: Symphonie Pacique
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
Kahil El’Zabar: Kahil El’Zabar’s Spirit Groove & America The Beautiful
Tim Heidecker: Fear Of Death
Sarah Louise: Earth & Its Contents
Josh Carver (@nolasox) — Episode 017 Wilco
Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
Garcia Peoples: Nightcaps At Wits End
Taylor Swift: Folklore
Christ Forsyth: First Flight / Peoples Motel Band
Mary Lattimore: Silver Ladders
BTP 20–11
David’s 20–11 of 2020
20. Pearl Jam: Gigaton
19. Low Cut Connie: Private Lives
18. Nubya Garcia: SOURCE
17. Jessie Ware: Whats Your Pleasure
16. Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
15. Charlie Kaplan: Sunday
14. HAIM: Women In Music Pt 3
13 Hum: Inlet
12. No Age: Goons Be Gone
11. Mosses: TV Sun
Brian’s 20–11 of 2020
20. Winston CW: Good Guess
19. Mary Lattimore: Silver Ladders
18. The Dead Tongues: Transmigration Blues
17. Gunn-Truscinski Duo: Soundkeeper
16. Phish: Sigma Oasis
15. John Moreland: LP5
14. Haim: Women In Music, Pt III
13. Jeff Parker: Suite For Max Brown
12. Young Jesus: Welcome To Conceptual Beach
11. The Microphones: Microphones In 2020
Beyond The Pond Top Ten Albums of 2020
David’s Top Ten Albums of 2020
10. Bonny Light Horseman: S/T
9. Phish: Sigma Oasis
8. Arboretum:Let it All In
7. No Joy: Motherhood
6. Porridge Radio: Every Bad
5. Garcia Peoples: Nightcap At Wit’s End
4. Taylor Swift: Folklore
3. Deftones: Ohms
2. Rose City Band: Summerlong
1. Elder: Omens
Brian’s Top Ten Albums of 2020
10. Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp, William Parker & Gerald Cleaver: Welcome Adventure! Vol 1
9. James Schroeder: Mesa Buoy
8. Mosses: TV Sun
7. Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
6. The Necks: Three
5. Zachary Cale: False Spring
4. Ezra Feinberg: Recumbent Speech
3. Arboretum: Let It All In
2. Charlie Kaplan: Sunday
1. Bob Dylan: Rough & Rowdy Ways
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