https://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2020/ ... 0s-100-76/
I'm not sure if this list is the official one but it was prepared by SowingSeason (Staff) with the help of another 24 staff members.
100. The Menzingers – On the Impossible Past
99. The Caretaker – An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
98. Nujabes – Spiritual State
97. The Smith Street Band – More Scared of You Than You Are of Me
96. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
95. D’Angelo – Black Messiah
94. Grouper – A I A: Alien Observer
93. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
92. The National – Sleep Well Beast
91. The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten
90. The Brave Little Abacus – Just Got Back from the Discomfort…
89. Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
88. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
87. My Bloody Valentine – m b v
86. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
85. Danny Brown – XXX
84. Tame Impala – Lonerism
83. Brandi Carlile – By the Way, I Forgive You
82. Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
81. Circa Survive – Blue Sky Noise
80. FKA Twigs – Magdalene
79. Vektor – Terminal Redux
78. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
77. Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger in the Alps
76. Teebs – E S T A R A
75. mewithoutYou – [Untitled]
74. Burial – Tunes 2011 to 2019
73. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
72. American Football – American Football (LP2)
71. Huerco S – For Those of You Who Have Never…
70. Ulver – The Assassination of Julius Caesar
69. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
68. Trophy Scars – Holy Vacants
67. Protest the Hero – Volition
66. Idles – Joy as an Act of Resistance
65. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
64. Jason Isbell – Southeastern
63. Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were
62. Julia Holter – Aviary
61. Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want
60. The Dillinger Escape Plan – One of Us Is the Killer
59. Grouper – Ruins
58. Carly Rae Jepsen – Emotion
57. The Smith Street Band – Throw Me In The River
56. Haley Heynderickx – I Need to Start a Garden
55. Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones
54. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
53. The Menzingers – After the Party
52. Anathema – Weather Systems
51. Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
50. Fair to Midland – Arrows and Anchors
49. Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
48. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
47. Laurel Halo – Quarantine
46. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
45. Deftones – Diamond Eyes
44. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
43. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
42. Fates Warning – Theories of Flight
41. The Dear Hunter – The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection)
40. ITEM – Sad Light
39. Laura Stevenson – Wheel
38. (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
37. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!
36. James Blake – James Blake
35. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
34. Angel Olsen – My Woman
33. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
32. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
31. Brand New – Science Fiction
30. Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle
29. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
28. Charli XCX – Pop 2
27. The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
26. Deafheaven – Sunbather
25. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
24. Gang of Youths – Go Farther in Lightness
23. Destroyer – Kaputt
22. Hop Along – Get Disowned
21. Bomb the Music Industry! – Vacation
20. Gorguts – Colored Sands
19. The Wonder Years – The Greatest Generation
18. Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile to the Surface
17. Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
16. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
15. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
14. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
13. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
12. Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
11. David Bowie – Blackstar
10. Jenny Hval – Viscera
09. The National – High Violet
08. Swans – The Seer
07. mewithoutYou – Pale Horses
06. Frank Ocean – Blonde
05. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
04. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
03. Women – Public Strain
02. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
01. The Hotelier – Home, Like NoPlace Is There
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