{"id":20970,"date":"2020-12-03T13:48:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T19:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=20970"},"modified":"2020-12-23T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T19:41:00","slug":"top-music-albums-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/top-music-albums-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom’s top 10 albums of 2020 \ud83c\udfb6"},"content":{"rendered":"

2020 was a bad year for most things, but it was pretty good for recorded music. And because I am 100% that guy, I kept a list of all the new albums I checked out. This satisfies the inner Rob Gordon<\/a> I\u2019ve spent years abating, and it makes it easier to sift through when compiling my faves every December. So with that in mind, here\u2019s what I couldn\u2019t stop listening to in 2020.<\/span>\n

10. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, \u2018Reunions\u2019<\/h3>\n

One of the worst parts of 2020 was losing John Prine<\/a>. If there\u2019s any small silver lining, it\u2019s that the heir apparent to his songwriting throne has never been better. On Reunions<\/em>, Jason Isbell delivers some of the sharpest tunes of his career. The Alabama native has a knack for storybook imagery \u2014 listening to an Isbell album is like reading a collection of George Saunders stories set to folk rock. The one-two punch of \u201cOnly Children<\/a>\u201d and \u201cDreamsicle<\/a>\u201d alone is masterful. And Isbell isn\u2019t the only Monster of Songwriting on this list; there\u2019s a woman from Pasadena I\u2019ll get to later who is truly doing something special.<\/p>\n