Best Albums of the Years: 2020

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Original Top 40

  1. Witch ‘n’ Monk – Witch ‘n’ Monk
  2. Clara Iannotta – Earthing
  3. irr. app. (ext.) – Nocturnal Emissaries
  4. Katie Gately – Loom
  5. Catherine Lamb – Prisma Interius VII & VIII
  6. Nokuit – Live at Cafe OTO
  7. various artists – Lament
  8. Gunnar Geisse – TRIPTYCH
  9. Adam Janota Bzowski – Saint Maud (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  10. Fassine – Forge
  11. Rebecca Saunders – Musica Viva Vol. 35
  12. Joel Lavoie – Souvenir.
  13. Cyrillus Kreek – The Suspended Harp of Babel
  14. Andrew Liles – Entries of Confusion
  15. Purity Ring – Womb
  16. Chris Watson / Georgia Rodgers – Notes from the Forest Floor / Line of Parts
  17. The Bug feat. Dis Fig – In Blue
  18. Andrew Leslie Hooker & Nick Janczak – Black Earth / Red Earth
  19. Olga Neuwirth – …miramondo multiplo…
  20. Joeri Chipsvingers – De Advonturen van Joeri Chipsvingers
  21. Somatic Responses – Explorer // Stayin’ home vol 2
  22. Jónsi – Shiver
  23. James Tenney – Acoustic Phenomena / Hymnic Sounds
  24. Tristan Perich – Drift Multiply
  25. SWR Vokalensemble – Baltikum
  26. Autechre – SIGN
  27. Erkki-Sven Tüür – Lost Prayers
  28. Kevin Gironnay & Julien Vincenot – Neglected Auguries
  29. Sophie Tassignon – Mysteries Unfold
  30. Bára Gísladóttir – HĪBER
  31. Zeynep Gedizlioğlu – Verbinden und Abwenden
  32. Deborah Walker – Starflux
  33. Liquid Transmitter – Meander
  34. Giona Vinti – Niente è Vero, Tutto è Permesso
  35. Greg Reason – Dreams of Winter Snow
  36. Ulver – Flowers of Evil
  37. Jennifer Walshe – A Late Anthology of Early Music Vol. 1: Ancient to Renaissance
  38. Páll Ragnar Pálsson – Atonement
  39. Tõnu Kõrvits – You Are Light and Morning
  40. Marina Kaye – Twisted

Revised Top 30​

  1. Witch ‘n’ Monk – Witch ‘n’ Monk
  2. Clara Iannotta – Earthing
  3. irr. app. (ext.) – Nocturnal Emissaries
  4. Katie Gately – Loom
  5. Catherine Lamb – Prisma Interius VII & VIII
  6. Nokuit – Live at Cafe OTO
  7. various artists – Lament
  8. Gunnar Geisse – TRIPTYCH
  9. Adam Janota Bzowski – Saint Maud (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  10. Fassine – Forge
  11. Rebecca Saunders – Musica Viva #35
  12. Joel Lavoie – Souvenir.
  13. Purity Ring – Womb
  14. LEYA – Flood Dream
  15. Cyrillus Kreek – The Suspended Harp of Babel
  16. Andrew Liles – Entries of Confusion
  17. Chris Watson / Georgia Rodgers – Notes from the Forest Floor / Line of Parts
  18. The Bug ft. Dis Fig – In Blue
  19. Andrew Leslie Hooker & Nick Janczak – Black Earth / Red Earth
  20. Olga Neuwirth – …miramondo multiplo…
  21. Mint Julep – Stray Fantasies
  22. Joeri Chipsvingers – De Advonturen van Joeri Chipsvingers
  23. Sophie Tassignon – Mysteries Unfold
  24. Somatic Responses – Explorer // Stayin’ home vol 2
  25. Jónsi – Shiver
  26. James Tenney – Acoustic Phenomena / Hymnic Sounds
  27. Eartheater – Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin
  28. Tristan Perich – Drift Multiply
  29. SWR Vokalensemble – Baltikum
  30. Autechre – SIGN