Phil's Superpower of Enthusiasm

Waiting to join an online birthday party for a dear friend, looking at a plate with five high-end ryes for my tasting pleasure (spoiler: Templeton’s 2018 barrel strength rye is better than it should be), seemed like it was finally time to pull the trigger on my 2020 top ten albums.

What did I miss? (I enjoy the new Thundercat but haven’t listened to it that much yet.)

1) “Free Love”, Sylvan Esso

2) “Folklore”, Taylor Swift

3) “Fall to Pieces”, Tricky

4) “Circles”, Mac Miller

5) “some kind of peace”, Olafur Arnalds

6) “Good Souls Better Angels”, Lucinda Williams

7) “The Slow Rush”, Tame Impala

8)- “Serpentine Prison”, Matt Berninger

9) “Womb”, Purity Ring

10) “Punisher”, Phoebe Bridgers

Honorable mentions:

1) “Have We Met”, Destroyer

2) “Golden Ticket”, Brasstracks

3) “Warnings”, I Break Horses

4) “New Me, Same Us”, Little Dragon

5) “Your Hero is Not Dead”, Westerman

Best Eps:

1) “Dear Illusion”, Adaline

2) “Flight Tower”, Dirty Projectors

3) “I Shine, U  Shine”, Rimon

[Editor’s note: I spend a surprising amount of time looking for these through my FB archive over the years, so I’m dropping these here mostly for my own ease of use.]