Top 100 Albums of the Month

February 2020

  1. Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk (Mascot)
  2. Ko Shin Moon | 78 Fragments (Akuphone)
  3. OOIOO | Nijimusi (Thrill Jockey)
  4. Various Artists | Mogadisco - Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991) (Analog Africa)
  5. Emily Jane White | Immanent Fire (Talitres)
  6. DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
  7. The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse)
  8. Antibalas | Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  9. Chromatics | Closer To Grey (Italians Do It Better)
  10. Gonks | Five Things You Didn't Know About The Gonks (Rocks In Your Head)
  11. Various Artists | Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri: Luk Thong Gems from the 1960s-1980s (Light in the Attic)
  12. Ashan | Transfigurations (Inner Islands)
  13. Dissemblance | Over the Sand (Mannequin)
  14. Louise Bock | Abyss: For Cello (Geographic North)
  15. Aoife Nessa Frances | Land of No Junction (Ba Da Bing)
  16. Orquesta Akokan | Orquesta Akokan (Daptone)
  17. Tindersticks | No Treasure But Hope (City Slang)
  18. Inner Travels | Nature Spirit (Inner Islands)
  19. Gang Starr | One of the Best Yet (Gang Starr Enterprises)
  20. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers | Years (Bloodshot)
  21. Burial | Tunes 2011-2019 (Hyperdub)
  22. Frances Quinlan | Likewise (Saddle Creek)
  23. Yin Yin | The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers (Bongo Joe)
  24. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Ghosteen (Awal Recordings)
  25. Matthew Shipp Trio | Signature (ESP-Disk)
  26. of Montreal | UR Fun (Polyvinyl)
  27. FKA Twigs | Magdalene (Young Turks Recordings)
  28. Alina Pash | Pintea:Gory (Hitwonder)
  29. Wiki | OOFIE (Wikset Enterprise)
  30. Junius Paul | ISM (International Anthem)
  31. Dr. Rubberfunk | My Life at 45 (Jalapeno)
  32. Los Pirañas | Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
  33. V/A | The Time For Peace Is Now: Gospel Music About Us (Luaka Bop)
  34. Bossacucanova E Roberto Menescal | Bossa Got The Blues (Sixdegrees)
  35. Herschel 36 | Astrophysik (Lickety-Splat)
  36. Ulla | Tumbling Towards A Wall (Experiences Ltd.)
  37. Kinky Friedman | Resurrection (Echo Hill)
  38. Saariselka | The Ground Our Sky (Temporary Residence)
  39. Rachael Dadd | Flux (Memphis Industries)
  40. Akiko Yano | Gohan Ga Dekitayo (We Want Sound)
  41. Cash Pony | Roughhousing (Pirates Press)
  42. Moon Diagrams | Trappy Bats (Geographic North)
  43. Neil Young | Tonight's The Night Live (Reprise)
  44. Musica Esporadica | Musica Esporadica (Music from Memory)
  45. Prince | 1999 Deluxe Edition (Warner)
  46. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges | Texas Sun (Columbia)
  47. A Winged Victory for the Sullen | The Undivided Five (Ninja Tune)
  48. Frank Bey | All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue)
  49. Kate Amrine | This Is My Letter To The World (innova)
  50. Corridor | Junior (Sub Pop)
  51. Jeff Parker & the New Breed | Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem)
  52. The Haden Triplets | The Family Songbook (Trimeter Records)
  53. Battles | Juice B Crypts (Warp)
  54. Mr. Wrong | Create a Place (Waterwing)
  55. Have A Nice Life | Sea of Worry (The Flenser)
  56. Gemini Rising | Best Case Life (S/R)
  57. Caterina Barbieri | Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego)
  58. Subduxtion | The Black Point (Aagoo)
  59. Anthene | Weightless (Home Normal)
  60. Frankiie | Forget Your Head (Paper Bag)
  61. Tunes of Negation | Reach the Endless Sea (Cosmo Rhythmatic)
  62. Elizabeth Joan Kelly | Farewell, Doomed Planet (Self Released)
  63. Derya Yildirim and Grup Simsek | Kar Yagar (Bongo Joe)
  64. Angel Bat Dawid | The Oracle (International Anthem)
  65. Yann Tiersen | Portrait (Mute)
  66. Billy Woods | Terror Management (Backwoodz Studioz)
  67. Codek | Tam Tam Remixes (Dark Entries)
  68. Lapalux | Amnioverse (Brainfeeder)
  69. Open Spaces | Opening Space (Constellation Tatsu)
  70. Geowulf | My Resignation (PIAS)
  71. The Good Ones | Rwanda, You Should Be Loved (Anti)
  72. Cerrone | DNA (Planetary)
  73. Shintaro Sakamoto | Boat (Zelone Records)
  74. Silent Vigils | Lost Rites (Home Normal)
  75. Glass Beach | The First Glass Beach Album (Run For Cover)
  76. MSSV | Live Flowers (Striped Light)
  77. Ilyas Ahmed | Behold Killers (Geographic North)
  78. Haerim Elizabeth Lee | My Time is Now (Innova)
  79. Begonia | Fear (Rex Baby Records)
  80. YL Hooi | Untitled (Altered States Tapes )
  81. Yao Bobby and Simon Grab | Diamonds (Lava Lava)
  82. Awkward i | Impossible Junction (Antifragile)
  83. Sandy | Traces (Geographic North)
  84. Ursula 1000 | Esoterique (Insect Queen)
  85. Girl Ray | Girl (Moshi Moshi)
  86. Earl Sweatshirt | Some Rap Songs (Tan Cressida)
  87. Ex-Girl | Kero! Kero! Kero! (Secret)
  88. Brooklyn Funk Essentials | Stay Good (Dorado)
  89. Orthy | Fable Living (Hollow Sound)
  90. Mr. Elevator | Goodbye, Blue Sky (Castle Face)
  91. Baba Ali | This House (30th Century Records)
  92. Taktus | Mirrored Glass (Compositions by Ann Southham and Phililp Glass) (Ravello)
  93. Drive-By Truckers | The Unraveling (ATO)
  94. Wrekmeister Harmonies | We Love to Look at the Carnage (Thrill Jockey)
  95. T3 | Mr. Fantastic (Delicious Vinyl)
  96. Dan Deacon | Mystic Familiar (Domino)
  97. Yppah | Sunset In The Deep End (Future Archive)
  98. José Orozco Mora | Formas Aparentes (Constellation Tatsu)
  99. Bohren & der Club of Gore | Patchouli Blue (Ipecac)
  100. Rrose | Hymn to Moisture (Eaux)