MusicListsAreUs: Best Albums of the 2020s (so far)

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Everything Harmony by The Lemon Twigs

Proof of Life by Joy Oladokun

Fine Tune by Terrace Martin

Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart by Lucinda Williams

Late Developers by Belle and Sebastian

Owl Song by Ambrose Akinmusire

Anarchist Gospel by Sunny War

The Record by Boygenius

What Matters Most by Ben Folds

I've Loved You for So Long by The Aces

Enigmatic Society by The Dinner Party

Folkocracy by Rufus Wainwright

Forever Means (EP) by Angel Olsen

Continue as a Guest by the New Pornographers

Alive at the Village Vanguard by Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding

I Don't Know a Thing About Love by Willie Nelson

Spectra by Jenny O.

Wide Open Light by Ben Harper

You're the One by Rhiannon Giddens

Phone Orphans by Laura Veirs

Curly by Terrace Martin

Juliana Hatfield Sings E.L.O. by Juliana Hatfield

Little Bit of Sun by Semisonic

The Omnichord Real Book by Meshell Ndegeocello

Sweet Western Sound by Tanya Tucker

Melusine by Cecile McLoren Salvant

Salvage Enterprise by the Polyphonic Spree

Messy by Olivia Dean

World Music Radio by Jon Batiste

Joy'all by Jenny Lewis

Our Best Place by Shonen Knife

Carolyn's Boy by Darius Rucker

Norm by Andy Shauf

My Soft Machine by Arlo Parks

How Love Begins by Nicole Zuraitis

Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones

Nova by Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy

Shadow Kingdom by Bob Dylan

Angels and Queens by Gabriels

Shelter by Alice Phoebe Lou

2022

Lifted by Trombone Shorty

In the Canyon Haze by Brandi Carlile

Steady by Sloan

Big Time by Angel Olsen

Bloodline Maintenance by Ben Harper

SZNS: "Summer" (ep) by Weezer

Moacir de Todos os Santos by Letieres Leite and Orkestra Rumpilezz

A Beautiful Time by Willie Nelson

Home, Before and After by Regina Spektor

Unlimited Love by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mahal by Toro y Moi

SZNS: "Autumn" (ep) by Weezer (though I don't like track 6)

Just Like That by Bonnie Raitt

Colder Streams by The Sadies

SZNS: "Spring" (ep) by Weezer  (I always skip track 1, it's a terrible ear-worm, and my least favorite track anyway)

Emotional Creature by Beach Bunny

SZNS: "Winter" (ep) by Weezer (track 1 is a must-skip for me on this one, too)

Carry Me Home by Mavis Staples and Levon Helm

Cruel Country by Wilco

Expert in a Dying Field by The Beths

Backhand Deals by Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard

Linger Awhile by Samara Joy

Mercy by Trey Anastacio

Blue Rev by Alvvays

The Trouble with Fever by Michelle Branch

2021

Ok Human by Weezer

Native Sons by Los Lobos

In These Silent Days by Brandi Carlile

Mother Nature by Angelique Kidjo

Endless Arcade by Teenage Fanclub

If Words Were Flowers by Curtis Harding

Cooler Returns by Kiwi Jr.

They're Calling Me Home by Rhiannon Giddens

Catspaw by Matthew Sweet

Songwrites Apothecary Lab by Esperanza Spalding

Into the Blue by The Joy Formidable

We Are by Jon Batiste

That's Life by Willie Nelson

Obviously by Lake Street Dive

Cory and the Wongnotes by Cory Wong

Consequences by Joan Armatrading

Pebblehouse, vol.1 by Ben&Ben

2020

Holy Smokes Future Jokes by Blitzen Trapper

Unfollow the Rules by Rufus Wainwright

Aloha by Son Little

American Head by Flaming Lips

Look Long by Indigo Girls

Honeymoon by Beach Bunny

You Make Me Feel by Don Bryant

On Sunset by Paul Weller

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

XOXO by The Jayhawks

Devastator by Phantom Planet

Acoustic by Oumou Sangare

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Jump Rope Gazers by The Beths

Tailwinds b Fearless Flyer

Always Tomorrow by Best Coast

Pick Me Up Off the Ground by Norah Jones

Twelfth by Old 97s

Winter is for Lovers (instrumental) by Ben Harper

The Striped Album by Cory Wong