Best music in 2020


The Third Mind

Dave Alvin all grown up and boy am I glad to witness it!
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Here are my top 2020 releases that I acquired last year.  The pandemic had me enjoying music on a daily basis.  I invested more in my system and collection than ever before.  

Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um - MoFi UD1S
Superb SQ 

Tom Petty
Wildflowers & All The Rest 3 LP
'All The Rest' are such a treat and could easily have been their own album.  I am delighted to have them now.  

Bruce Springsteen 
Letter To You
Bruuuccee....enuf said

Huey Lewis
Weather
Sad with Huey's Meniere's disease that his career is over.  They worked very hard and long to put out one final album.

Theory of a Deadman
Say Nothing
I have never been much of a fan and is my first record of theirs.  It pulls you in immediately and is always a fun listen.

Pretenders
Hate For Sale
Chrissie is still putting out great tunes

The Strokes
The New Abnormal
A random pick that is a great album
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
Ultraista - Sister

Both outstanding recordings to boot. Ultraista is the side project of Nigel Goodrich (Radiohead’s producer).
Thanks @hudsonhawk...HUGE Radiohead fan and will definitely give both a listen. An older, but great Radiohead related project that I was just listening to over the weekend is Johnny Greenwood Is The Controller...compilation of JG's favorite reggae/dub hits from the first 40 years of Trojan Records.
As good as the Sturgil and Childers releases were, there were lots of good options, but for me Stapleton "Starting Over" just feels good.