EOY 2020 - Magnetic (US)

[Marlon]

30 Best Albums of 2020
(article written by single critic, but it is unknown whether the list is his or compiled by staff,
numbered but unranked)

https://www.magneticmag.com/2020/12/mag ... bums-2020/

1. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
2. Machinedrum - A View Of U
3. Run The Jewels - RTJ4
4. Jessy Lanza - All The Time
5. Caribou - Suddenly
6. Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
7. Yaeji - What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던
8. Bronson - Bronson
9. Actress - Karma & Desire
10. Krust - The Edge Of Everything
11. Arca - KiCk I
12. Yves Tumor - Heaven For A Tortured Mind
13. Tycho - Simulcast
14. Against All Logic - 2017-2019
15. Benny The Butcher - Burden Of Proof
16. Moodymann - Taken Away
17. Westside Gunn - Pray For Paris
18. Beatrice Dillon - Workaround
19. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon III: The Chosen
20. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
21. Ital Tek - Outland
22. Sophia Loizou - Untold
23. Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist - Alfredo
24. Daniel Avery - Love + Light
25. Andrea - Ritorno
26. Speaker Music - Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry
27. Pop Smoke - Meet The Woo 2
28. Sault - Untitled (Rise)
29. Spillage Village - Spilligion
30. Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - Unlocked

[Holden]

The consistent use of the word "we" makes me pretty sure that this is considered a staff list.

[panam]

"Music in 2020 was a remedy for everything that went wrong in the year. A pandemic has killed over a 1.7 million people (and counting) around the world, shutting down the world as we know it, including the music business. With more time at home and on our own, we had more opportunities to absorb albums in full, not dissected into playlists for consumption on the go. That led to some incredible works across genres from electronic, to hip-hop, rock, jazz, indie, classical, pop, disco, funk, soul and everything in between.

Trying to come up with a list of what is best is always subjective and kind of nonsense, but we are a music publication so it is kind of our job to indulge that nonsense. We have recapped the 30 “best” or favorite albums of the year. These range from the psychedelic disco of Tame Impala, to effortless rhymes of Benny The Butcher or Freddie Gibbs, the revolutionary sounds of Run The Jewels or SAULT, or the wonderful experimental ambient and electronica from Sophia Loizou and Andrea. This year was another great year for albums, so dive right into this list."

[Wisnu Tirta Aji]

I wonder, if this list is made by a music critic, surely ineligible. However, if this list was made by more music critics, it is eligible and make AMF's EOY 2020 lists change.