Favourite Albums Of 2020

[someguy]

A little late, but I thought I'd start the thread for favourite country albums of 2020. Here is my final (I think) list. The top 2 are so, so close for me.

1. Gaslighter - The Chicks
2. Your Life Is A Record - Brandy Clark
3. Southside - Sam Hunt
4. Never Will - Ashley McBryde
5. Here On Earth - Tim McGraw
6. Here And Now - Kenny Chesney
7. Born Here, Live Here, Die Here - Luke Bryan
8. The Otherside - Cam
9. Fun - Garth Brooks
10. Starting Over - Chris Stapleton
11. The Way It Feels - Maddie & Tae
12. If It Wasn't For You - Caylee Hammack
13. Sometimes - Jamie O'Neal
14. Nightfall - Little Big Town
15. The Speed Of Now, Part One - Keith Urban
16. The Dirt And The Stars - Mary Chapin Carpenter
17. The Balladeer - Lori McKenna

Counting holiday albums and Taylor's albums, my list would look like this:

1. Gaslighter - The Chicks
2. Your Life Is A Record - Brandy Clark
3. Folklore - Taylor Swift
4. Evermore - Taylor Swift
5. Southside - Sam Hunt
6. Never Will - Ashley McBryde
7. Here On Earth - Tim McGraw
8. Here And Now - Kenny Chesney
9. A Holly Dolly Christmas - Dolly Parton
10. Born Here, Live Here, Die Here - Luke Bryan
11. The Otherside - Cam
12. Fun - Garth Brooks
13. Starting Over - Chris Stapleton
14. The Way It Feels - Maddie & Tae
15. My Gift - Carrie Underwood
16. If It Wasn't For You - Caylee Hammack
17. Sometimes - Jamie O'Neal
18. Nightfall - Little Big Town
19. The Speed Of Now, Part One - Keith Urban
20. The Dirt And The Stars - Mary Chapin Carpenter
21. The Balladeer - Lori McKenna

[zdm1998]

The five that stuck with me the most are these.. No particular order

1. Carly Pearce - Carly Pearce
2. Kelsea - Kelsea Ballerini
3. Southside - Sam Hunt
4. My Gift - Carrie Underwood
5. Goldmine - Gabby Barrett

[ethanhunt]

1. Shape and Destroy- Ruston Kelly
2. Brave Face Everyone - Spanish Love Songs
3. Daughter - Lydia Loveless
4. Evermore- Taylor Swift
5. Punisher- Phoebe Bridgers
6. Reunions- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
7. Heartbreak Weather- Niall Horan
8. Folklore- Taylor Swift
9. Anime, Trauma and Divorce -Open Mike Eagle
10. Never Will - Ashley McBryde

[.indulgecountry]

01. The Way It Feels, Maddie & Tae
02. Kelsea, Kelsea Ballerini
03. Carly Pearce, Carly Pearce
04. Goldmine, Gabby Barrett
05. If It Wasn't for You, Caylee Hammack
06. Copy That, Sara Evans
07. Never Will, Ashley McBryde
08. Nightfall, Little Big Town
09. Gaslighter, The Chicks
10. Lady Like, Ingrid Andress


Honorable mentions:
Canyons, Gone West
Here on Earth, Tim McGraw
Heart Theory, Lindsay Ell
The Otherside, Cam
Sometimes, Jamie O'Neal

[taylor]

These are the biggest for me. There's more big albums in my Top 10, but I narrowed it to five that really stayed with me:

1. Taylor Swift - folklore/evermore (yes, I tied these)
2. Carrie Underwood - My Gift
3. Cam - The Otherside
4. Ashley McBryde - Never Will
5. Maddie & Tae - The Way It Feels

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

1. Timeless - Dallas Smith 🇨🇦
2. A Rock - HARDY
3. Sophomore Slump - The Reklaws  🇨🇦
4. Canyons - Gone West... :'(
5. Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between - Tenille Arts  🇨🇦
6. Carly Pearce - Carly Pearce
7. Lady Like - Ingrid Andress
8. If It Wasn't For You - Caylee Hammack
9. Jade Eagleson - Jade Eagleson  🇨🇦
10. The Dream - Hailey Whitters

Honourable Mentions
Nightfall - LBT
Wild World - Kip Moore
Here And Now - Kenny Chesney
Southside - Sam Hunt
Country Things - Granger Smith

[bboat11]

An awful lot of people are forgetting about Jamie O'Neal's new album!!!!!

[codyj100]

1. The Otherside - Cam
2. Sunday Drive - Brett Eldredge
3. Nightfall - Little Big Town
4. Never Will - Ashley McBryde
5. Your Life Is A Record - Brandy Clark
6. The Lemonade Stand - Tenille Townes
7. Gaslighter - The Chicks
8. The Way It Feels - Maddie & Tae
9. folklore - Taylor Swift
10. Here on Earth - Tim McGraw

Honorable Mentions: 

1. If It Wasn't For You - Caylee Hammack
2. Boys - Dean Brody
3. The Dream - Hailey Whitters 

[jab820]

1. The Lemonade Stand - Tenille Townes
2. Goldmine - Gabby Barrett
3. Getting Good & Getting Over Him EPs (I'm counting this) - Lauren Alaina
4. Lady Like - Ingrid Andress
5. The Otherside - Cam

[someguy]

Feb 8, 2021 0:38:05 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

An awful lot of people are forgetting about Jamie O'Neal's new album!!!!!

I actually did forget about it! I've edited my list to include it.

[recordyear]

(A hella long list of) Honorable Mentions:
Ward Davis - Black Cats and Crows
Kylie Frey - Rodeo Queen (EP)
Kathleen Edwards - Total Freedom
Lori McKenna - The Balladeer
Joshua Ray Walker - Glad You Made It
Sarah Jarosz - World on the Ground
Jaime Wyatt - Neon Cross
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions
Gretchen Peters - The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury
American Aquarium - Lamentations
Jesse Daniel - Rollin' On

25. Jon Pardi - Rancho Fiesta Sessions (EP)
24. Colter Wall - Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
23. John Baumann - Country Shade
22. Tyler Childers - Long Violent History
21. Mike and the Moonpies - Touch of You: The Lost Songs of Gary Stewart
20. Kyle Nix - Lightning on the Mountain & Other Short Stories
19. Hot Country Knights - The K Is Silent
18. John Anderson - Years
17. Randall King - Leanna (EP)
16. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
15. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1
14. Brandy Clark - Your Life Is A Record
13. Tessy Lou Williams - (self-titled)
12. Lydia Loveless - Daughter
11. Waylon Payne - Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me
10. Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Dirt And The Stars
9. Sierra Hull - 25 Trips
8. Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen - Hold My Beer, Vol. 2
7. Gabe Lee - Honky Tonk Hell
6. John Moreland - LP5
5. Elizabeth Cook - Aftermath
4. Zephaniah OHora - Listening To The Music
3. Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band - Just Like Moby Dick
2. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2
1. Ashley McBryde - Never Will

[.indulgecountry]

Feb 10, 2021 19:24:02 GMT -5 someguy said:

Feb 8, 2021 0:38:05 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

An awful lot of people are forgetting about Jamie O'Neal's new album!!!!!

I actually did forget about it! I've edited my list to include it.

Lol, I did too. I still think it'd slot in just below my top 10 though so I threw it in my honorable mentions.

[toomuchboy]

1. The Way It Feels ~ Maddie & Tae
2. Gaslighter ~ The Chicks
3. Bridges ~ Mickey Guyton (I'm including it even though it's an EP technically; it was listed as an album on her Wikipedia page when I first looked her up after the awards show performance of "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?" anyway. What a discovery. I love her voice and enjoy every song here to varying degrees. "Salt" is probably the closest to a least favorite.)
4. Chosen Family Tree ~ Kree Harrison
5. Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between ~ Tenille Arts
6. Copy That ~ Sara Evans
7. My Gift ~ Carrie Underwood (Only this low because it's original music v. Christmas music. Her voice is at its peak. My only criticism would be it's too short.)
8. Never Will ~ Ashley McBryde
9. The Dream ~ Hailey Whitters
10. Kelsea ~ Kelsea Ballerini

I don't really think of evermore or folklore as country albums.

[sapphire]

Ingrid Andress - Lady Like
Cam - The Otherside

I think those are the only two albums that I listen to the whole album regularly still. For some other 2020 albums, I just added some songs in my playlists.