EOY 2020 - El Pais (Spain)

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Best Albums of 2020

https://elpais.com/babelia/2020-12-18/l ... -2020.html

Pop Rock

1. Sault. Untitled (Black Is) / Untitled (Rise). (Forever Living Originals)
2. Fiona Apple. Fetch the Bold Cutters (Sony)
3. Jarv Is. Beyond the Pale (Rough Trade / Popstock!)
4. Taylor Swift. folklore (Republic Records)
5. Waxahatchee. Saint Cloud (Merge Records)
6. Haim. Women In Music Part III. (Sony)
7. Working Me’s Club. Working Men’s Club (Heavenly)
8. Bob Dylan. Rough And Rowdy Ways (Sony)
9. Phoebe Bridgers. Punisher (Dead Oceans)
10. Dua Lipa. Future Nostalgia (Warner)


Best National Albums of 2020

1. Maria Rodés. Lilith (Satélite K)
2. Los Enemigos. Bestieza (Alkilo Discos)
3. Juan Perro. Cantos de ultramar (La Huella Sonora)
4. Ginebras. Ya dormiré cuando me muera (Vanana Records)
5. Los Estanques. IV (Inbophonic Records)


Hip-Hop, R&B, Electronica

1. Jay Electronica. Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) / A Written Testimony (Equity / Roc Nation)
2. Moses Sumney. græ (JagJaguwar)
3. Bad Bunny. YHLQMDLG (Rimas Entertainment)
4. Run the Jewels. RTJ4 (Jewel Runners-BMG)
5. Autechre. Sign (Warp)
6. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist. Alfredo (ESGN-ALC-Empire)


Reissues

1. Varios. The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin To Jazz And Shaped The Music Business (Archeophone)
2. Mina. Orione (PDU) / Cassiopea (Sony)
3. Prince. Up All Nite With Prince (NPG / Legacy)
4. Lou Reed. New York (Deluxe edition) (Sire / Warner Music)
5. Marie Laforêt. Integrale (Polydor)


Jazz

1. Keith Jarrett. Budapest Concert (ECM)
2. Anna Högberg Attack. Lena (Omlott)
3. Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl. Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12)
4. The Nels Cline Singers. Share The Wealth (Blue Note)
5. Redman / Mehldau / McBride / Blade. RoundAgain (Nonesuch)


World Music

1. Coldcut. Keleketla! (Ninja Tune / Pias)
2. Bab L’Bluz. Nayda! (Real World)
3. Mulatu Astatke. To Know Without Knowing (Agogo Records)
4. Lido Pimienta. Miss Colombia (Anti / Pias)
5. Rodrigo Cuevas ronda a Raül Refree. Manual de cortejo (Aris Música / Altafonte)


Experimental

1. Sarah Hennies. Spectral Malsconcities (New World Records)
2. Niño de Elche. La distancia entre el barro y la electrónica. Siete diferencias valdelomarianas (Niño de Elche / Sony Music Spain)
3. Alison Cotton. Only Darkness Now (Bloxham Tapes)
4. Charles Curtis. Performance & Recordings 1998-2018 (Saltern)
5. Mosquitoes. Minus Objects (Ever/Never)


Flamenco

1. Dorantes. La Roda del Viento (Flamenco Scultura)
2. Israel Fernández. Amor (Universal)
3. Rycardo Moreno. Miesencia (Karonte)
4. Antonio Campos. Tardo antiguo (La Voz Flamenca)
5. Ezequiel Benítez. Quimeras del tiempo (Trilogía) (La Bodega / El Flamenco Vive)


Classical

1. Varios. Leuven Chansonnier. Vol. 1. Sollazzo Ensemble (Passacaille, PAS 1054)
2. Hammerschmidt. Ach Jesus stirbt. Vox Luminis (Ricercar, RIC 418)
3. Bach. Obras para teclado. Vol. 3. Benjamin Alard (Harmonia Mundi, HMM 902457.59)
4. Beethoven. Obras para violoncelo y piano. Nicolas Altstaedt y Alexander Lonquich (Alpha 577)
5. Brahms y Widmann. Sonatas para clarinete y piano. Intermezzi. Jörg Widmann y András Schiff (ECM 2621)

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Editorial list (with 50 music journalists and artists, from El Pais and another sources), so this one is eligible:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-12-30/l ... -2020.html

25. Rita Indiana. Mandinga Times (Rita Indiana)

24. María José Llergo. Sanación (Sony)

23. Nathy Peluso. Calambre (Sony)

22. Khruangbin. Mordechai (Dead Oceans/Sc)

21. Yves Tumor. Heaven To A Tortured Mind (Warp / Music As Usual)

20. Sufjan Stevens. The Ascension (Ashmatic Kitty)

19. Mary Lattimore. Silver Ladders (Ghostly International)

18. Arca. KiCk i (XL Recordings / Popstock!)

17. Sault. Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals)

16. Maria Rodés. Lilith (Satélite K)

15. Haim. Women In Music Part III (Sony)

14. Moses Sumney. græ (JagJaguwar)

13. Jarv Is. Beyond the Pale (Rough Trade / Popstock!)

12. Los Enemigos. Bestieza (Alkilo Discos)

11. Perfume Genius. Set My Heart On Fire Immediately (Matador / Everlasting)

10. Kelly Lee Owens. Inner Song (Smalltown Supersound)

9. Lido Pimienta. Miss Colombia (Anti / Pias)

8. Tame Impala. The Slow Rush (Caroline / Music As Usual)

7. Run the Jewels. RTJ4 (Jewel Runners-BMG)

6. Phoebe Bridgers. Punisher (Dead Oceans)

5. Bad Bunny. YHLQMDLG (Rimas Entertainment)

4. Taylor Swift. Folklore (Republic Records)

3. Dua Lipa. Future Nostalgia (Warner)

2. Bob Dylan. Rough And Rowdy Ways (Sony)

1. Fiona Apple. Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Sony)

plus...

26. Caribou. Suddenly (Merge).

27. Confeti de Odio. Tragedia Española (Snap! Clap! Club).

28. The Strokes. The New Abnormal (Cult / RCA Records).

29. Waxahatchee. Saint Cloud (Merge Records).

30. Belako. Plastic Drama (BMG).

31. Fontaines D.C. A Hero’s Death (Partisan/ PIAS).

32. Bruce Springsteen. Letter To You (Sony).

33. Nick Cave. Idiot Prayer (AWAL / Popstock!).

34. Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven. We’re New Again (XL / Popstock!).

35. Adrianne Lenker. Songs / Instrumentals (4AD / Popstock!).

36. Paul McCartney. McCartney III (Capitol / EMI).

37. Fleet Foxes. Shore (Epitaph).

38. Single. Hola (Elefant Records).

39. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist. Alfredo (ESGN-ALC-Empire).

40. Swamp Dog. Sorry You Cound’t Make It (Joyful Noise).

41. Blake Mills. Mutable Set (A New Deal / Verve).

42. Jay Electronica. A Written Testimony (Equity / Roc Nation).

43. dani. Veinte (El Volcán).

44. Elvis Costello. Hey Clockface (Concord).

45. Keith Jarrett. Budapest Concert (ECM).

46. Kylie Minogue. Disco (BMG).

47. The New Raemon. Coplas del andar torcido (BMG)

48. Sidonie. El regreso de Abba (Sony)

49. Mujeres. Siento muerte (Sonido Muchacho)

50. Ginebras. Ya dormiré cuando me muera (Vanana Records)

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Done!