Here are the
best albums of this young decade:
25. Porridge
Radio
Every Bad
Key
Tracks: "Long",
"Nephews", "Pop Song"
24. Dua Lipa,
Future Nostalgia
Key
Tracks: "Cool",
"Levitating", "Hallucinate"
23. Grimes
Miss Anthropocene
Key Tracks: "So Heavy I Fell Through the
Earth", "Delete Forever", "Violence"
22. The
Microphones
Microphones in 2020
Key
Tracks: "Microphones in 2020"
21. Blake
Mills
Mutable Set
Key
Tracks: "May Later",
"Vanishing Town", "Mirror Box"
20. Caribou
Suddenly
Key
Tracks: "You and I",
"Magpie", "Cloud Song"
19. Lanterns
on the Lake
Spook the Herd
Key
Tracks: "When It All Comes
True", "Every Atom", "Before They Excavate"
18.
Destroyer
Have We Met
Key
Tracks: "In the Morning",
"Stay Lost", "La Regle du Jeu"
17. I Break
Horses
Warnings
Key
Tracks: "I'll Be the Death of
You", "The Prophet", "I Live At Night"
16. Adrianne
Lenker
songs
Key
Tracks: "two reverse",
"ingydar", "anything"
15. Fleet
Foxes
Shore
Key
Tracks: "Can I Believe You",
"Jara", "Young Man's Game"
14. Sufjan
Stevens
The Ascension Key
Tracks: "Make Me an Offer I Can't Refuse",
"Die Happy", "Sugar"
13. Moses
Sumney
græ
Key
Tracks: "In Bloom",
Virile", "Bless Me"
12. Bob
Dylan
Rough and Rowdy Ways
Key
Tracks: "My Own Version of
You", "Mother of Muses", "Murder Most Foul"
11. Taylor
Swift
folklore
Key
Tracks: "cardigan",
"seven", "august"
10. HAIM
Women In Music Pt. III
Key
Tracks: "Los Angeles",
"I've Been Down", Hallelujah"
9. Yves
Tumor
Heaven to a Tortured Mind
Key Tracks: "Gospel For a New Century",
"Kerosene!", "Romanticist"
8. Run the
Jewels
Run the Jewels 4
Key
Tracks: "ooh la la",
"pulling the pin", "a few words for the firing squad"
7. U.S.
Girls
Heavy Light
Key
Tracks: "4 American Dollars,
"IOU", "Woodstock '99"
6. Perfume
Genius
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Key
Tracks: "Whole Life",
"Describe", "On the Floor"
5. Laura
Marling
Song for our Daughter
Key
Tracks: "Alexandra",
"Strange Girl", "Fortune"
4. BC
Camplight
Shortly After Takeoff
This album slipped
under most critics’ radars (although it received high praise from those that
did cover it). It’s a shame as this is a remarkable album from a sorely
overlooked artist.
Key
Tracks: "Ghosthunting",
"Back to Work", "I Want to Be in the Mafia"
3.
Waxahatchee
Saint Cloud
Key
Tracks: "Can't Do Much",
"Witches", "St. Cloud"
2. Phoebe
Bridgers
Punisher
Key
Tracks: "Kyoto",
"Halloween", "Savior Complex"
1. Fiona
Apple
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Some years,
the pick for number 1 is a bit of a judgement call amidst two or three albums
that could easily be considered the best of the year (see 2016 and 2017, where
my number one picks have obviously changed when looking at my end of decade
list). This year, it’s no contest. Fiona produced one of the best albums to
come out in the last few years. Some albums are really exciting when they first
arrive but lose a little of their initial luster once the newness is gone. Fetch the Bolt Cutters on the other hand
seems to sound better to me with each passing listen.
Key Tracks: "I Want You To Love Me",
"Ladies", "Heavy Balloon"
