The 1st annual

LATEST SPIN AWARDS

It's been a rough year, and a difficult one to consume music in. A common answer I found when I asked people their favourite albums or songs that came out in 2020 was a resounding

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'What even came out this year?'

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And that's for good reason. I wrote my first review of the year back in January, for Poppy's 'I Disagree', and that feels like years ago at this point. It's been hard to keep track of anything that's come out recently unless you've been paying lots of attention, and it's instead been far easier to try and find some comfort in familiar music throughout such an unprecedented and turbulent period. 

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But thankfully, this year has had some absolutely incredible music, including but certainly not limited to the albums listed below. These are some of my favourite releases of the year, and although there are undoubtedly some that have been excluded (mostly due to the fact that everything before July has become a foggy and distant memory), these are my picks for the best albums of the year. Feel free to also share your favourite albums of the year down below!

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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe 2021!

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-Latest Spin

Written By Layton Bryce 26/12/2020

BEST rock album

Everything Everything – RE-ANIMATOR

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Jeff Rosenstock – N O  D R E A M

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Touche Amore – Lament

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The Strokes – The New Abnormal

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Protomartyr – Ultimate Success Today

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Yves Tumor – Heaven To A Tortured Mind

RE_ANIMATOR
nodream
touche
TheNewAbnormal
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yves tumor

BEST Hip-hop album

Clipping. – Visions of Bodies Being Burned

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Run the Jewels – RTJ4

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21 Savage & Metro Boomin – SAVAGE MODE II

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Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo

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Kenny Beats & Denzel Curry – UNLOCKED

Visions
RTJ4_Run the Jewels
Savage mode
alfredo
unlocked

BEST electronic / instrumental album

Against All Logic – 2017-2019

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Matmos – The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form

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Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never

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The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You

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GoGo Penguin – GoGo Penguin

2017-2019
matmos
oneoh
We will
gogo

BEST Singer / songwriter album

The Microphones – Microphones in 2020

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Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters

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Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

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Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter

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Taylor Swift – folklore

microphones
Fiona Apple
Phoebe-Bridgers-Punisher
Laura
Taylor Swift

BEST pop album

SMHOF
sawayama
How I'm Feeling Now_Charli XCX
Dua
dedicated B
gorillaz

Perfume Genius – Set my Heart on Fire Immediately

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Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA

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Charli XCX – how im feeling now

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Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

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Carly Rae Jepsen â€“ Dedicated Side B

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Gorillaz – Song Machine Season 1: Strange Timez

BEST Metal album

Deftones – Ohms

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Loathe – I Let It In and It Took Everything

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Ulcerate – Stare Into Death and Be Still

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Poppy – I Disagree

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Mick Gordon – Doom Eternal (Original Game Soundtrack)

ohms
loathe
ulcerate
IDisagree
Eternal

BEST R&B album

lianne
thundercat
childish
after hours
nectar
modus vivendi

Lianne La Havas â€“ Lianne La Havas

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Thundercat - It is What it is

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Childish Gambino – 3.15.20

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The Weeknd – After Hours

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Joji â€“ Nectar

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070 Shake - Modus Vivendi

BEST live album

Nick Cave – Idiot Prayer (Nick Cave alone at Alexandra Palace)

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Chunky Shrapnel

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Queen & Adam Lambert – Live around the World

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Arctic Monkeys – Live at the Royal Albert Hall

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Deafheaven – 10 Years Gone

ep of the year

Tkay Maidza – Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2

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Obongjayar – Which way is forward?

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PUP – This Place Sucks Ass

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JPEGMAFIA – EP!

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Slauson Malone - Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak)

idiot prayer
chunky shrap
queen and adam
arctic monkeys live
deafheaven live
last year was weird 2
WhichWayIsForward
this place sucks
Ep
slasuon

ALbum of the year

The Microphones – Microphones in 2020

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Clipping. – Visions of Bodies Being Burned

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Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

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The Strokes – The New Abnormal

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Run The Jewels – RTJ4

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Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

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Visions
SMHOF
TheNewAbnormal
RTJ4_Run the Jewels
Phoebe-Bridgers-Punisher

 Layton Bryce - 26/12/2020

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