Perfectly Imperfect: 2020 Album Recs
Phoebe Bridgers, Flo Milli, The Microphones, SALEM, Charli XCX, and more
‘Tis the season of year end lists~
Since this is a small part-time operation here at Perfectly Imperfect I, unfortunately, didn’t have enough time to write something for every album on the list & we quickly hit the post size limit on Substack…
Genres are attached to each album, so if you’re looking for certain recs just hit CMD/CTRL + F, type a genre i.e. “Hyper Pop”, and search away. Please don’t take the rankings too seriously & hopefully you discover something new!!
Without further ado
75. Lido Pimienta
Miss Colombia — Art Pop, Latin Electronic
74. Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin
FlySiifu — Jazz Rap, Hip Hop
73. Lomelda
Hannah — Indie Rock
72. Soccer Mommy
Color Theory — Indie Rock
71. Chloe x Halle
Ungodly Hour —Contemporary R&B
70. food house
food house — Hyper Pop, Electronic
69. Gorillaz
Song Machine, Season One — Art Pop, Hip Hop
68. Frances Quinlan
Likewise — Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
67. Waxahatchee
Saint Cloud — Singer/Songwriter, Alt-Country
66. Moses Sumney
Græ — Art Pop, Ambient Pop
65. Black Dresses
Peaceful as Hell — Electro-Industrial, Industrial Rock
64. $ilkMoney
Attack of the Future Shocked, Flesh Covered, Meatbags of the 85 — Abstract Hip Hop
63. Protomartyr
Ultimate Success Today — Post-Punk, Art Punk
62. Pinegrove
Marigold — Indie Rock, Alt-Country
61. Bruce Springsteen
Letter to You —Heartland Rock
60. Shabaka and the Ancestors
We Are Sent Here by History — Afro-Jazz, Spiritual Jazz
59. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats
Unlocked — Hardcore Hip Hop
58. Ka
Descendants of Cain — East Coast Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop
57. The Koreatown Oddity
Little Dominiques Nosebleed — Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
56. HMLTD
West of Eden — Glam Punk, Art Rock
55. Deftones
Ohms — Metal
54. Dogleg
Melee — Emo, Post-Hardcore
53. Rico Nasty
Nightmare Vacation — Trap, Hip Hop, Hyper Pop
52. Bob Dylan
Rough and Rowdy Ways — Singer/Songwriter, Americana
51. Sturgill Simpson
Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions — Bluegrass
50. Fontaines D.C.
A Hero’s Death — Post Punk
49. Bladee
333 — Cloud Rap
48. Kelly Lee Owens
Inner Song — Tech House, Art Pop
47. Fleet Foxes
Shore — Indie Folk, Chamber Pop
46. Bree Runway
2000And4Eva — Pop Rap, Electropop
45. Taylor Swift
folklore — Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
44. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
Savage Mode II — Trap, Hip Hop
43. IDLES
Ultra Mono — Art Punk, Post-Punk
42. Aminé
Limbo — Pop Rap, Trap, Hip Hop
41. King Krule
Man Alive! — Art Rock, Post-Punk
40. HAIM
Women in Music Pt. III —Indie Pop
39. Dua Lipa
Future Nostalgia — Dance-Pop, Nu-Disco
38. The Weeknd
After Hours —Alternative R&B, Synthpop
37. chelmico
Maze — Japanese Hip Hop, Pop Rap
36. Tim Heidecker
Fear of Death — Singer/Songwriter, Baroque Pop
35. MIKE
Weight of the World — Abstract Hip Hop
34. Klô Pelgag
Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs — Art Pop, Baroque Pop
33. Run the Jewels
RTJ4 — Hardcore Hip Hop
32. Blu & Exile
Miles — West Coast Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
31. Grimes
Miss Anthropocene — Art Pop, Electronic
30. Pottery
Welcome to Bobby's Motel — Art Rock, Post-Punk
29. Rina Sawayama
Sawayama — Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B
28. clipping.
Visions of Bodies Being Burned — Horrorcore, Industrial Hip Hop
27. Oneohtrix Point Never
Magic Oneohtrix Point Never — Progressive Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia
26. Laura Marling
Song for Our Daughter — Contemporary Folk
25. Sufjan Stevens
The Ascension — Indietronica, Art Pop
24. SALEM
Fires in Heaven — Witch House, Trap, Hip Hop, Electronic
23. Yves Tumor
Heaven to a Tortured Mind —Neo Psychedelia
22. R.A.P Ferreira
Purple Moonlight Pages — Jazz Rap, Abstract Hip Hop
21. Eartheater
Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin — Avant-Folk, Chamber Folk
20. Against All Logic
2017-2019 — Post Industrial, Tech House
19. The Strokes
The New Abnormal — Indie Rock
18. Róisín Murphy
Róisín Machine — Nu-Disco
17. Tkay Maidza
Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2 — Pop Rap
16. A. G. Cook
7G — Electronic, Hyper Pop
15. Bill Callahan
Gold Record — Singer/Songwriter, Americana
14. Mac Miller
Circles — Neo Soul, Hip Hop
13. Slauson Malone
Vergangenheitsbewältigung — Neo-Soul, Avant-Folk, Abstract Hip Hop
12. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
Alfredo — Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
11. 100 Gecs
1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues — Hyper Pop
10. Jeff Rosenstock
NO DREAM — Power Pop, Pop Punk
9. Adrianne Lenker
Songs — Indie Folk
8. Perfume Genius
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately — Art Pop
7. Flo Milli
Ho, why is you here? — Trap, Hip Hop
6. Jessie Ware
What's Your Pleasure? — Dance-Pop, Disco
5. Fiona Apple
Fetch the Bolt Cutters — Art pop, Singer/Songwriter
4. Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas — Neo-Soul, Singer/Songwriter
3. Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher — Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
2. The Microphones
Microphones in 2020 — Indie Folk, Slowcore
1. Charli XCX
How I'm Feeling Now — Hyper Pop
And that’s the list! Here’s a playlist of my favorite songs from each record.
Did we miss something? Let us know in the comments or shoot us an email!