Le Top albums 2020 des médias US & UK

A quelques jours de la fin (enfin !) de 2020, les sélections des meilleurs albums de l’année sortent dans les médias « musique » anglo-saxons. Un album se détache clairement du lot : l'excellent Fetch the Bolt Cutters de Fiona Apple paru en avril dernier. Non seulement ce comeback de l’Américaine après 8 ans de silence est présent dans quasiment tous les tops, mais il occupe même la première place de quatre d'entre-eux (Pitchfork, Spin, Paste et Stereogum) et se retrouve aussi bien placés dans quatre autres classements (NME, Rolling Stone, Mojo et NPR Music) !

Comme chaque année, certains albums figurent dans quasiment tous les tops comme, au hasard, Rough and Rowdy Ways de Bob Dylan, Run The Jewels 4 de Run The Jewels ou bien encore Folklore de Taylor Swift... Bref, les sélections sont stylistiquement éclectiques et mêlent incontournables, surprises et autres coups de cœur.

NME - NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS (UK)

1. Run the Jewels — RTJ4. 2. Taylor Swift — Folklore. 3. Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia. 4. The Strokes — The New Abnormal. 5. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 6. Kelly Lee Owens — Inner Song. 7. Rina Sawayama — Sawayama. 8. Haim — Women in Music Pt. III. 9. Beabadoobee — Fake It Flowers. 10. J Hus — Big Conspiracy. 11. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 12. Megan Thee Stallion — Good News. 13. Deftones — Ohms. 14. Lady Gaga — Chromatica. 15. Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death. 16. Tame Impala — The Slow Rush. 17. Hayley Williams — Petals for Armor. 18. Porridge Radio — Every Bad. 19. The Killers — Imploding the Mirage. 20. Lil Uzi Vert — Eternal Atake. 21. Róisín Murphy — Róisín Machine. 22. Working Men's Club — Working Men's Club. 23. Burna Boy — Twice as Tall. 24. Charli XCX — how I'm feeling now. 25. Laura Marling — Song for Our Daughter. 26. The Cribs — Night Network. 27. Headie One — Edna. 28. Blossoms — Foolish Loving Spaces. 29. The Weeknd — After Hours. 30. Khruangbin — Mordechai. 31. Empress Of — I'm Your Empress Of. 32. Miley Cyrus — Plastic Hearts. 33. Declan McKenna — Zeros. 34. Wizkid — Made in Lagos. 35. Soccer Mommy — color theory. 36. ela minus — acts of rebellion. 37. Thundercat — It Is What It Is. 38. Yungblud — weird!. 39. Dominic Fike — What Could Possibly Go Wrong. 40. Halsey — Manic. 41. Junglepussy — Jp4. 42. Sault — Untitled (Black Is). 43. The 1975 — Notes on a Conditional Form. 44. BTS — Map of the Soul: 7. 45. Princess Nokia — Everything is Beautiful. 46. Idles — Ultra Mono. 47. Moses Boyd — Dark Matter. 48. Grimes — Miss Anthropocene. 49. Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways. 50. Rico Nasty — Nightmare Vacation.

PITCHFORK (USA)

1. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 2. Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud. 3. Moses Sumney — Græ. 4. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 5. Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. 6. Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways. 7. Yves Tumor — Heaven to a Tortured Mind. 8. Haim — Women in Music Pt. III. 9. Jessie Ware — What's Your Pleasure?. 10. Bad Bunny — YHLQMDLG. 11. Adrianne Lenker — songs. 12. Adrianne Lenker — instrumentals. 13. Lil Uzi Vert — Eternal Atake. 14. The Microphones — Microphones in 2020. 15. Jay Electronica — Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn). 16. U.S. Girls — Heavy Light. 17. Run the Jewels — RTJ4. 18. Róisín Murphy — Róisín Machine. 19. Destroyer — Have We Met. 20. Amaarae — The Angel You Don't Know. 21. Fleet Foxes — Shore. 22. Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia. 23. KeiyaA — Forever, Ya Girl. 24. Porridge Radio — Every Bad. 25. Grimes — Miss Anthropocene. 26. Nubya Garcia — SOURCE. 27. Soccer Mommy — color theory. 28. Kelly Lee Owens — Inner Song. 29. Chloe x Halle — Ungodly Hour. 30. Taylor Swift — Folklore. 31. Bartees Strange — Live Forever. 32. The Soft Pink Truth — Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?. 33. Drakeo the Ruler — Thank You for Using GTL. 34. Beatrice Dillon — Workaround. 35. Dogleg — Melee. 36. Ka — Descendants of Cain. 37. Special Interest — The Passion Of. 38. Lomelda — Hannah. 39. Duval Timothy — Help. 40. Dehd — Flower of Devotion. 41. Arca — KiCk i. 42. Rina Sawayama — Sawayama. 43. Kate NV — Room for the Moon. 44. Megan Thee Stallion — Good News. 45. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo. 46. Lyra Pramuk — Fountain. 47. Burna Boy — Twice as Tall. 48. Lil Baby — My Turn. 49. Charli XCX — how I'm feeling now. 50. yaeji — What We Drew.

ROLLING STONE (USA)

1. Taylor Swift - folklore. 2. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutter. 3. Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG. 4. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways. 5. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia. 6. Run the Jewels - RTJ4. 7. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud. 8. Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake. 9. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?. 10. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher. 11. Lady Gaga - Chromatica. 12. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You. 13. City Girls - City On Lock. 14. HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III. 15. Flo Milli - Ho, why is you here ?. 16. BTS - MAP OF THE SOUL : 7. 17. Fleet Foxes - Shore. 18. Moses Sumney - græ. 19. Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour. 20. Ashley McBryde - Never Will. 21. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon. 22. Ariana Grande - Positions. 23. Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts. 24. Selena Gomez - Rare. 25. Halsey - Manic. 26. Jehnny Beth - TO LOVE IS TO LIVE. 27. Megan Thee Stallion - Good News. 28. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions. 29. Shamir - Shamir. 30. Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans. 31. Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor. 32. The Weeknd - After Hours. 33. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death. 34. Low Cut Connie - Private Lives. 35. Toots & The Maytals - Got to Be Tough. 36. Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques. 37. Soccer Mommy - color theory. 38. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song. 39. Beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers. 40. Paul McCartney - McCartney III. 41. Sad13 - Haunted Painting. 42. X - Alphabetland. 43. Elizabeth Cook - Aftermath. 44. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over. 45. AC/DC - Power Up. 46. Boldy James & The Alchemist - The Price of Tea in China. 47. Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels. 48. Kareem Ali - Growth. 49. Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King. 50. Bartees Strange - Live Forever.

NPR Music (USA)

1. Sault — Untitled (Black Is). 2. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 3. Lido Pimienta — Miss Colombia. 4. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 5. Spillage Village — Spilligion. 6. Boston Symphony Orchestra & Thomas Adès & Kirill Gerstein & Christianne Stotijn & Mark Stone — Adès Conducts Adès. 7. Bad Bunny — YHLQMDLG. 8. Nubya Garcia — SOURCE. 9. Lil Uzi Vert — Eternal Atake. 10. Waylon Payne — Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me. 11. Haim — Women in Music Pt. III. 12. Lianne La Havas — Lianne La Havas. 13. Flo Milli — Ho, Why Is You Here?. 14. Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia. 15. Run the Jewels — RTJ4. 16. Katie Pruitt — Expectations. 17. Maria Schneider Orchestra — Data Lords. 18. Code Orange — Underneath. 19. Ambrose Akinmusire — On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment. 20. Victoria Monét — Jaguar. 21. Buscabulla — Regresa. 22. ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra — Negro Folk Symphony. 23. Chloe x Halle — Ungodly Hour. 24. Tame Impala — The Slow Rush. 25. Samantha Crain — A Small Death. 26. Ashley Ray — Pauline. 27. Jyoti — Mama, You Can Bet!. 28. Siti Muharam — Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution On Zanzibar). 29. Adrianne Lenker — songs. 30. Lil Baby — My Turn. 31. Thundercat — It Is What It Is. 32. Bartees Strange — Live Forever. 33. Jake Blount — Spider Tales. 34. Mary Lattimore — Silver Ladders. 35. Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. 36. Brent Faiyaz — Fuck The World. 37. Vikingur Ólafsson — Debussy - Rameau. 38. Bbymutha — Muthaland. 39. Rina Sawayama — Sawayama. 40. The Mavericks — En Español. 41. Drakeo the Ruler — Thank You for Using GTL. 42. Clarice Jensen — The experience of repetition as death. 43. X Alfonso — Inside. 44. Kathleen Edwards — Total Freedom. 45. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin — Savage Mode II. 46. Ólafur Arnalds — Some Kind of Peace. 47. Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud. 48. Anjimile — Giver Taker. 49. Homeboy Sandman — Don't Feed The Monster. 50. Charli XCX — how I'm feeling now.

MOJO (UK)

1. Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways. 2. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 3. Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death. 4. Bill Callahan — Gold Record. 5. Fleet Foxes — Shore. 6. Cornershop — England Is a Garden. 7. Jarv Is — Beyond the Pale. 8. Run the Jewels — RTJ4. 9. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 10. The Flaming Lips — American Head. 11. Paul Weller — On Sunset. 12. Idles — Ultra Mono. 13. Moses Sumney — Græ. 14. Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela — Rejoice. 15. Frazey Ford — U Kin B the Sun. 16. Nick Cave — Idiot Prayer. 17. Laura Marling — Song for Our Daughter. 18. Toots and the Maytals — Got to Be Tough. 19. Sault — Untitled (Black Is). 20. Nubya Garcia — SOURCE. 21. Mark Lanegan — Straight Songs of Sorrow. 22. Leonard Cohen — Thanks for the Dance. 23. Shabaka and the Ancestors — We Are Sent Here by History. 24. Moses Boyd — Dark Matter. 25. Sparks — A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. 26. Khruangbin — Mordechai. 27. Stephen Malkmus — Traditional Techniques. 28. Shirley Collins — Heart's Ease. 29. Thundercat — It Is What It Is. 30. Sam Lee — Old Wow. 31. Taylor Swift — Folklore. 32. Coriky — Coriky. 33. The Necks — Three. 34. Maria McKee — La Vita Nuova. 35. Rose City Band — Summerlong. 36. Drive-By Truckers — The Unraveling. 37. Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia. 38. Lucinda Williams — Good Souls Better Angels. 39. Haim — Women in Music Pt. III. 40. Thurston Moore — By the Fire. 41. Tame Impala — The Slow Rush. 42. Bill Fay — Countless Branches. 43. Blake Mills — Mutable Set. 44. Pearl Jam — Gigaton. 45. Bruce Springsteen — Letter to You. 46. Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets — Live at the Roundhouse. 47. Tricky — Fall to Pieces. 48. Nadia Reid — Out of My Province. 49. Lianne La Havas — Lianne La Havas. 50. Sufjan Stevens — The Ascension.

UNCUT (UK)

1. Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways. 2. Fleet Foxes — Shore. 3. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 4. Drive-By Truckers — The New OK. 5. Thundercat — It Is What It Is. 6. Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud. 7. Bill Callahan — Gold Record. 8. Jarv Is — Beyond the Pale. 9. Shirley Collins — Heart's Ease. 10. Laura Marling — Song for Our Daughter. 11. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — Reunions. 12. Moses Boyd — Dark Matter. 13. Tame Impala — The Slow Rush. 14. Courtney Marie Andrews — Old Flowers. 15. Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death. 16. Stephen Malkmus — Traditional Techniques. 17. Sault — Untitled (Black Is). 18. Frazey Ford — U Kin B the Sun. 19. Brigid Mae Power — Head Above the Water. 20. Bruce Springsteen — Letter to You. 21. James Elkington — Ever-Roving Eye. 22. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 23. Paul Weller — On Sunset. 24. Moses Sumney — Græ. 25. Nubya Garcia — SOURCE. 26. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever — Sideways to New Italy. 27. Kevin Morby — Sundowner. 28. Lucinda Williams — Good Souls Better Angels. 29. Songhoy Blues — Optimisme. 30. Cornershop — England Is a Garden. 31. Afel Bocoum — Lindé. 32. The Flaming Lips — American Head. 33. Bananagun — The True Story of Bananagun. 34. Rose City Band — Summerlong. 35. Shabaka and the Ancestors — We Are Sent Here by History. 36. Destroyer — Have We Met. 37. Sparks — A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. 38. Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman. 39. The Psychedelic Furs — Made of Rain. 40. Brigid Dawson & The Mothers Network — Ballet Of Apes. 41. Keeley Forsyth — Debris. 42. Róisín Murphy — Róisín Machine. 43. Sarah Davachi — Cantus, Descant. 44. Eddie Chacon — Pleasure, Joy and Happiness. 45. Bright Eyes — Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was. 46. Roger Eno and Brian Eno — Mixing Colors. 47. Working Men's Club — Working Men's Club. 48. The Necks — Three. 49. Gwenifer Raymond — Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain. 50. Margo Price — That's How Rumors Get Started.

SPIN (USA)

1. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 2. Bartees Strange — Live Forever. 3. Run the Jewels — RTJ4. 4. Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. 5. Caribou — Suddenly. 6. Bad Bunny — YHLQMDLG. 7. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 8. Tame Impala — The Slow Rush. 9. Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud. 10. Fleet Foxes — Shore. 11. Hayley Williams — Petals for Armor. 12. Deftones — Ohms. 13. Ka — Descendants of Cain. 14. Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia. 15. The Soft Pink Truth — Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?. 16. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo. 17. Sufjan Stevens — The Ascension. 18. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin — Savage Mode II. 19. Thundercat — It Is What It Is. 20. Future Islands — As Long as You Are. 21. The Flaming Lips — American Head. 22. Beabadoobee — Fake It Flowers. 23. Poppy — I Disagree. 24. Khruangbin — Mordechai. 25. The Lemon Twigs — Songs for the General Public. 26. Nothing — The Great Dismal. 27. Soccer Mommy — color theory. 28. Margo Price — That's How Rumors Get Started. 29. My Dying Bride — The Ghost of Orion. 30. Jessie Ware — What's Your Pleasure?.

PASTE (USA)

1. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 2. Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud. 3. Run the Jewels — RTJ4. 4. Sault — Untitled (Rise). 5. Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. 6. Porridge Radio — Every Bad. 7. Soccer Mommy — color theory. 8. Rina Sawayama — Sawayama. 9. Adrianne Lenker — songs. 10. Moses Sumney — Græ. 11. Caribou — Suddenly. 12. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — Reunions. 13. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo. 14. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 15. Thundercat — It Is What It Is. 16. Backxwash — God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It. 17. Sault — Untitled (Black Is). 18. Kelly Lee Owens — Inner Song. 19. U.S. Girls — Heavy Light. 20. Yves Tumor — Heaven to a Tortured Mind. 21. Nothing — The Great Dismal. 22. Young Jesus — Welcome to Conceptual Beach. 23. Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways. 24. Julianna Barwick — Healing Is a Miracle. 25. Ben Seretan — Youth Pastoral. 26. The Microphones — Microphones in 2020. 27. Fleet Foxes — Shore. 28. Hum — Inlet. 29. Thanya Iyer — KIND. 30. Lido Pimienta — Miss Colombia. 31. ela minus — acts of rebellion. 32. Protomartyr — Ultimate Success Today. 33. Open Mike Eagle — Anime, Trauma and Divorce. 34. Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman. 35. Chubby & The Gang — Speed Kills. 36. Bartees Strange — Live Forever. 37. Cafe Racer — Shadow Talk. 38. Nubya Garcia — SOURCE. 39. Jessie Ware — What's Your Pleasure?. 40. Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death. 41. Nation of Language — Introduction, Presence. 42. Haim — Women in Music Pt. III. 43. Samia — The Baby. 44. KeiyaA — Forever, Ya Girl. 45. illuminati hotties — FREE I.H: This Is Not The One You've Been Waiting For. 46. Catholic Action — Celebrated By Strangers. 47. Lianne La Havas — Lianne La Havas. 48. Dehd — Flower of Devotion. 49. Ganser — Just Look At That Sky. 50. Gum Country — Somewhere.

STEREOGUM (USA)

1. Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 2. Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud. 3. Run the Jewels — RTJ4. 4. Haim — Women in Music Pt. III. 5. Taylor Swift — Folklore. 6. Boldy James / Sterling Toles — Manger on McNichols. 7. Oneohtrix Point Never — Magic Oneohtrix Point Never. 8. Touché Amoré — Lament. 9. Sault — Untitled (Rise). 10. Soccer Mommy — color theory. 11. Hum — Inlet. 12. Lomelda — Hannah. 13. Yves Tumor — Heaven to a Tortured Mind. 14. Fleet Foxes — Shore. 15. Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. 16. Bartees Strange — Live Forever. 17. The 1975 — Notes on a Conditional Form. 18. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo. 19. Charli XCX — how I'm feeling now. 20. Sorry — 925. 21. Kelly Lee Owens — Inner Song. 22. Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways. 23. Mil-Spec — World House. 24. Jeff Rosenstock — No Dream. 25. Laura Marling — Song for Our Daughter. 26. Jessie Ware — What's Your Pleasure?. 27. Thundercat — It Is What It Is. 28. Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 29. Stay Inside — Viewing. 30. Gulch — Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress. 31. The Microphones — Microphones in 2020. 32. Arca — KiCk i. 33. Against All Logic — 2017 - 2019. 34. Andy Shauf — The Neon Skyline. 35. Boldy James & The Alchemist — The Price of Tea in China. 36. Caribou — Suddenly. 37. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — Reunions. 38. Autechre — Sign. 39. Porridge Radio — Every Bad. 40. Moses Sumney — Græ. 41. Sam Hunt — Southside. 42. Ka — Descendants of Cain. 43. Nation of Language — Introduction, Presence. 44. Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death. 45. illuminati hotties — FREE I.H: This Is Not The One You've Been Waiting For. 46. Couch Slut — Take A Chance On Rock 'n' Roll. 47. Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou — May Our Chambers Be Full. 48. Kehlani — It Was Good Until It Wasn't. 49. nuvolascura — As We Suffer From Memory and Imagination. 50. Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia.

GORILLA VS. BEAR (USA)

1. Helena Deland — Someone New. 2. Sault — Untitled (Black Is). 3. Sault — Untitled (Rise). 4. Pa Salieu — Send Them to Coventry. 5. sea oleena — Weaving a Basket. 6. 070 Shake — Modus Vivendi. 7. Salem — Fires In Heaven. 8. Oklou — Galore. 9. Cindy Lee — What's Tonight To Eternity. 10. Cindy Lee — Cat O'Nine Tails. 11. Grimes — Miss Anthropocene. 12. Moodymann — Taken Away. 13. Jessy Lanza — All the Time. 14. Alle — Alletiders. 15. yaeji — What We Drew. 16. Ana Roxanne — Because of a Flower. 17. Sweet Whirl — How Much Works. 18. Adrianne Lenker — songs. 19. Adrianne Lenker — instrumentals. 20. Shabazz Palaces — The Don Of Diamond Dreams. 21. Oneohtrix Point Never — Magic Oneohtrix Point Never. 22. Sweeping Promises — Hunger for a Way Out. 23. Westerman — Your Hero Is Not Dead. 24. Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia. 25. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo. 26. Discovery Zone — Remote Control. 27. Charli XCX — how I'm feeling now. 28. Duval Timothy — Help. 29. Shinichi Atobe — Yes. 30. Jessie Ware — What's Your Pleasure?. 31. Squirrel Flower — I Was Born Swimming. 32. Julianna Barwick — Healing Is a Miracle. 33. Gia Margaret — Mia Gargaret. 34. TOPS — I Feel Alive. 35. Actress — Karma & Desire. 36. Oï les Ox — Crooner qui coule sous les clous. 37. Jon Mckiel — Bobby Joe Hope. 38. No Joy — Motherhood. 39. Aoife Nessa Frances — Land of No Junction. 40. ela minus — acts of rebellion. 41. Tan Cologne — Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico. 42. Yves Jarvis — Sundry Rock Song Stock. 43. Faten Kanaan — A Mythology of Circles. 44. King Krule — Man Alive!. 45. Kelly Lee Owens — Inner Song. 46. Drab City — Good Songs For Bad People. 47. North Americans — Roped In. 48. Jess Williamson — Sorceress. 49. Eartheater — Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin. 50. Riches — Fantasy Chapel.