# The best albums of 2020 according to Pitchfork

The top 15 of Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2020, published on 8 December 2020 and led by Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters.

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- Aug 13, 2024 · Florian Dubois
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## Top 15

1. **Fetch the Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 1. Her first album in eight years.
2. **Græ — Moses Sumney** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 3. A double album.
3. **Punisher — Phoebe Bridgers** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 4. Her second album.
4. **Set My Heart on Fire Immediately — Perfume Genius** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 5.
5. **Rough and Rowdy Ways — Bob Dylan** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 6. Featuring the 17-minute Murder Most Foul.
6. **Women in Music Pt. III — Haim** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 8. The Haim sisters' third album.
7. **YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 10. Puerto Rican reggaeton.
8. **songs — Adrianne Lenker** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 11. Recorded in a cabin in Massachusetts.
9. **Eternal Atake — Lil Uzi Vert** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 13.
10. **Saint Cloud — Waxahatchee** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 2. Katie Crutchfield, written after she quit drinking.
11. **Heaven to a Tortured Mind — Yves Tumor** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7.
12. **What's Your Pleasure? — Jessie Ware** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 9. Disco and dance.
13. **instrumentals — Adrianne Lenker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 12. The companion record to songs.
14. **Microphones in 2020 — The Microphones** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 14. A single 44-minute song.
15. **Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) — Jay Electronica** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 15.

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