Philby 100 Best Albums of 2020
1. Stand Up!—Mollywop! [Best Album][Best R&B Album]]Best Funk Album][Best Neo-Soul Album][Best Reggae Album][Best Political Album][Best Dance Album][Best Political/Dance Album] [Best Drums, Best Bass Drum] [Best Guitar][Best Background Vocals]
2. The Darkness of Birds—Amy Petty [Best Female Americana/Pop Album] [Best Female Vocals]
3. Fierce—Tracy Kash [Best Pop Album][Best Female Pop Vocal]
4. Scarecrow—Linden Thoburn [Best Folk Album][Best Female Folk Vocal][Best Arrangements]
5. Scenes From the Fragile, Agile Avian World—Erin Zindle [Best Solo Album]
6. Buffalo Motel—Judy Banker [Best Country/Folk Album]
7. Lost on the Range—The Whiskey Charmers [Best Alt/Country Album]
8. Seven Worthies…Of the Bamboo Grove—Becki Digregorio [Best Progressive Rock Album]
9. Earn Every Scar—The Steve Taylor 3 [Best Male Americana Album]
10. Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words—Nora Jane Struthers [Best Bluegrass/Rock Album]
11. Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon—Jon Shain and FJ Ventre [Best Folk/Blues Album]
12. Listen to Crows—Ariane Lydon [Best Folk/Celtic Album]
13. Moon Over Havana—Wendy Webb [Best Female Jazz/Pop Album]
14. The Power, The Glory, and The Monkey Time Redux 2020—George S. Kelly [Best Blues Album][Best Horn Arrangements][Best “Haven’t I Seen You Somewhere Before?” Album][Best Album Title]
15. Live Split Vinyl: The Stereogum Sessions—Angela Perley/Erica Blinn [Best Split Album]
16. In Time—Rochelle Clark [Best Debut Album]
17. Here to This—Downriver Dan [Best Sophomore Blues Album]
18. A Little Pain Never Hurt—Dick Siegel [Best Almost Overlooked Album]
19. Transition—Eddie Arjun [Best Instrumental Album]
20. Garden of Earthly Delights: An XTC Celebration [Best Tribute Album]
21. Out of the Blues—Boz Scaggs [Best Blues/R&B Album]
22. Prophetstown—The Joedai Warriors [Best Story Songs]
23. All That’s Real—Gathering Sparks [Best Canadian Americana Album]
24. Grievous Angel—Grievous Angel
25. Everyone Comes From Somewhere—Don Arbor
26. Echoes: Remembering The Music of Tom Petty—Various Artists
27. Steady Heart—Vicky Emerson
28. NOLA to New York—Jeff Scott [Best Male Jazz/Pop Album][Best Male Vocals]
29. Please Yourself—Michael on Fire
30. Almost Ready for the Future—Tom Curless and The 46% [Best Pop/Rock Album]
31. These Are Vitamins—Gladshot [Best Rock/Pop Album]
32. Lines and Spaces—Heather Pierson [Best Lyrics]
33. Asilomar—Fathom Lane
34. Can’t Take My Soul—Kelly’s Lot
35. High Times in the Dark—The Claudettes [Best Keyboards: Johnny Iguana]
36. The Landing—Katie Pederson
37. Silver City—Sarah Borges [Best Re Release]
38. Indian Summer/Greater Heights—Walrus [Best Jazz/Rock Album]
39. Good Fortune—The Forty Nineteens [Best Garage Rock Album]
40. All Mine—Sarah Morris
41. The Way It Rolls—Michael Kelsey
42. Songs of Hope in a Changing World—Eric Gnezda [Best Inspirational Album]
43. A Fragile Peace— Lucky Jr.
44. Quarantine Dream—Scott Martin [Best Homemade Album]
45. We Get By—Mavis Staples [Hall of Fame]
46. Red Sky Remembers—Gary Browe
47. Ultra Cloud—Xposed 4Heads
48. Toward Home—Ellie Zwart
49. Addicted—Will Ludford
50. Singin’—The Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio
51. Boomerang—Your Gracious Host
52. Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basketcase—Eliott Schneider
53. We Won’t Get Out of Here Alive—Transit Method [Best Hard Rock Album]
54. Never Trust the Living—Johnny Mastro and Mama’s Boys
55. No Control—Alex Little and The Suspicious Minds [Best Rock Album]
56. Peculiar—The Slackers [Best Ska/Punk Album]
57. Tales of Whoa—Michael Snyder-Barker
58. November Rain—Steve Sterner and Sundown
59. Fight Another Day—Heathcote Hill
60. String Theory 2.0—Greezy Wheels
61. Wanderlust—Jillian Rae
62. Spirit of the Island—Makoto [Best World/Jazz Album]
63. Time Hasn’t Changed You—Altameda
64. 12—Sloan
65. Copper Rooster and Other Tunes and Tales—Gina Forsyth [Best Fiddle Album]
66. My Own Magic—Liz E. Brooks [Best Album Cover]
67. Hollowed Sigh—Scott Baker
68. The Emmylous—The Emmylous
69. So Many Stars—Friction Farm
70. The Ballad of Billy Bob and Other Generic American Folklore—Barker and Broski [Best Comedy Music Album]
71. Don’t Look Back—Merlot Embargo
72. Simple Life—Nick Carter
73. Don’t Worry, It’s Not Contagious—Jeremy Porter
74. Light Magic—Strawberry Heritage
75. Now-A-Daze—Caleb Nettles
76. Cut Loose, Vol. 2—Mick Clarke [Best British Blues Album]
77. Bloodshot Red—Popular Creeps
78. Dancing Through the Storm—Amy Dixon-Kolar
79. Almost Extinct—Dirty Mind Detroit [Best Classic Rock Album]
80. The Open Sea Before Me—Joanna and The Jaywalkers
81. Revolutions and Romantics—Biltmore
82. Fun and Fancy—Sundae and Mr. Goessl [Best Jazz Duo]
83. The 7 Melodies—The Silver Snails [Best World/Pop Album]
84. Waterbound—Kevin Lockhart and Bill Bosler [Best Hammered Dulcimer]
85. The Quietest Place—Hannah Baiardi
86. Time and Truth—Joel Mabus
87. Fantastic Plastic—Flamin’ Groovies
88. Kill or Be Kind—Samantha Fish
89. Sundown Over Ghost Town—Eileen Jewell
90. Route 5—Jehova Waitresses
91. Blink—Rebecca Loebe
92. The Day After the Night Before—Terri Binion
93. No Drop of Love Is Ever Wasted—Valerie JanLois
94. 1932—Davy Knowles
95. In My Element—George Heritier
96. Transitions de Vie—Mary Ann Kirt
97. Ask Yo’ Mama—The Groovalottos
98. Lonesome City—Dave Karchner
99. Wading in the Lesser Middle—Tom Alter
100. Struggles and Love—Wattle and Daub
