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Music Director Cody Lee's Top 50 Albums of 2020

By clee

Published January 12, 2021 at 11:10 PM MST

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1. Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience - ‘To Know Without Knowing’
2. S.G. Goodman - ‘Old Time Feeling’
3. Lera Lynn – ‘On My Own’
4. Free Radicals – ‘White Power Outage’
5. Nubya Garcia – ‘The Source’
6. Lianne La Havas – ‘Lianne La Havas’
7. Ladama – ‘Oye Mujer’
8. Chicano Batman – ‘Invisible People’
9. The Archives – ‘Carry Me Home: A Reggae Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson’
10. The Freedom Affair – ‘Freedom Is Love’
11. Lido Pimienta – ‘Miss Colombia’
12. Captain Planet – ‘No Visa’
13. Bella White – ‘Just Like Leaving’
14. The James Hunter Six – ‘Nick of Time’
15. Marcus King – ‘El Dorado’
16. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – ‘Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Rendition Was In’
17. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – ‘Texas Sun’
18. Fiona Apple – ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’
19. Ondara – ‘Folk N’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation’
20. Resistance Revival Chorus – ‘This Joy’
21. Paul Burch & WPA Ballclub – ‘Light Sensitive’
22. Jungle Fire – ‘Jungle Fire’
23. The Budos Band – ‘Long in the Tooth’
24. Logan Ledger – ‘Logan Ledger’
25. VickiKristinaBarcelona – ‘Pawn Shop Radio’
26. Brennen Leigh – ‘Prairie Love Letter’
27. Waxahatchee – ‘Saint Cloud’
28. Ghost Funk Orchestra – ‘Ode to Escapism’
29. Sharon Isbin & Amjad Ali Khan – ‘Strings for Peace’
30. Sa-Roc – ‘The Sharecropper’s Daughter’
31. Emma Donovan & the Putbacks – ‘Crossover’
32. Chanda Rule + Sweet Emma Band – ‘Hold On’
33. Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band – ‘Just Like Moby Dick’
34. Jake Blount – ‘Spider Tales’
35. Darrell Scott – ‘Jaroso’
36. Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite – ‘100 Years of Blues’
37. Mapache – ‘From Liberty Street’
38. Shelby Lynne – ‘Shelby Lynne’
39. Bent Arcana – ‘Bent Arcana’
40. Run the Jewels – ‘RTJ4’
41. Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – ‘What Kinda Music’
42. Freddy & Francine – ‘I Am Afraid to Die’
43. Colter Wall – ‘Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs’
44. Bobby Rush – ‘Rawer Than Raw’
45. Angela Munoz – ‘Introspection’
46. John Nemeth – ‘Stronger Than Strong’
47. Gitkin – ‘Safe Passage’
48. Dirty Projectors – ‘5 Eps’
49. Kandace Springs – ‘The Women Who Raised Me’
50. Paris – ‘Safe Space Invader’