The Ten Best Albums I Discovered in 2020
(alphabetically by artist, and regardless of when they were recorded)
Uncommon Deities by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré with David Sylvian, Sidsel Endresen, and Arve Henriksen (sample track)
Hats by The Blue Nile (sample track)
Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers (sample track)
Cabaret Contemporain by Cabaret Contemporain (sample track)
Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol. I by Coil (sample track)
I Am Sitting in a Room by Alvin Lucier (full album)
Kalk Samen Kuri No Hana by Sheena Ringgo (sample track)
The Reds (EP) by Ryan Ritchie (sample track)
20/20 by 20/20 (sample track)
Birds Requiem by Dhafer Youssef (sample track)
(I also enjoyed Steven Wright’s two stand-up comedy albums, from 1985 and 2007, I Have a Pony and I Still Have a Pony.)
— December 24, 2020