Dan Digs Top 100 Tracks of 2020
Cleo Sol, Gabriels, Moses Boyd, Arlo Parks, Thundercat, Photay, Jorja Smith, SAULT, plus many more all created the most magnificent sounds this year.
Here are my favorite one hundred tracks from 2020.
(Click on the artist or track title to read my review and/or listen.)
100. Huw Marc Bennett – “Blue Lias”
99. Dougie Stu – “Another One For Slug”
98. Birds Of The West – “Niyama”
97. Mara TK ft Xenia Manasseh – “Met At The River”
96. JW Francis – “New York”
95. Kassa Overall ft J Hoard – “Find Me”
94. Tame Impala – “Breathe Deeper”
93. Brainstory – “River”
92. The Marías – “Jupiter”
91. Footshooter ft Izzy Risk – “Slipped Back”
90. Nicolas Godin – “What Makes Me Think About You”
89. Julien – “Les Flots”
88. Mildlife – “Citations”
87. Seba Kaapstad ft Quelle Chris – “Our People”
86. Surprise Chef – “New Ferrari”
85. KerenDun – “Afternoon”
84. Babe Rainbow – “Zeitgeist”
83. Ta-ku & Panama – “Cruel”
82. Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – “Heartbreak”
81. Antonio Neves – “A Pegada Agora é Essa”
80. Kate Bollinger – “Grey Skies”
79. Xinxin – “Trust”
78. Jadu Heart – “Suddenly I Know Who You Are”
77. Clap! Clap! ft Martha Da’ro – “Moving On”
76. dreamcastmoe – “(301) 341-7207”
75. Tora – “Call Your Name”
74. Tricky – “I’m in the Doorway”
73. Sylvan Esso – “Frequency”
72. Lizette & Quevin – “Grow Forever”
71. A. K. Paul – “Be Honest”
70. Skinshape – “Another Day”
69. James Alexander Bright – “Go”
68. TOKiMONSTA – “Renter’s Anthem”
67. Jahari Masamba Unit – “Riesling Pour Robert”
66. Jamie Isaac ft Nosaj Thing – “Next to Me”
65. Moses Sumney – “Neither/Nor”
64. Swarvy – “Cool”
63. Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – “Synchronize Vibration”
62. Doves – “Carousels”
61. Quakers ft Sampa The Great – “Approach With Caution”
60. KOKOROKO – “Baba Ayoola”
59. Roos Jonker & Dean Tippet – “Love Like That”
58. Taylor McFerrin ft Marcus Gilmore – “Chance to Say My Piece”
57. Lianne La Havas – “Paper Thin”
56. Jordan Lehning – “Oolaloom”
55. Nubya Garcia – “Pace”
54. Jay Electronica ft Travis Scott – “The Blinding”
53. Jim-E Stack ft Bon Iver – “Jeanie”
52. Triathalon – “Alone”
51. Leifur James – “Wise Old Man”
49. Fire In Her Eyes – “People of the Sun”
48. Forest Law – “New Thoughts New Eyes”
47. Quantic – “Theme from Selva”
46. Danika Smith – “Sweet Mellow D”
45. Another Michael – “Boring For The Times”
44. Sondre Lerche – “I Can’t See Myself Without You”
43. Dan Kye – “Focus”
42. Sons Of The Sun – “Underwater Dreaming”
41. Ruthven – “Have You Decided?”
39. Henrik Schwarz – “Endangered Species”
38. Gaidaa – “Falling Higher”
37. John Carroll Kirby – “Blueberry Beads”
36. Jordana – “Reason”
35. Handsome ft Essie Holt – “The Walker”
34. HNNY – “Sunshine”
33. Kamaal Williams – “Mr Wu”
32. The Donelson Broncos – “Wave Country”
31. Bibio – “Sleep On the Wing”
30. Stephanie Santiago – “High”
29. Astrid Engberg – “Dreamer”
28. Simpson – “Cherry Ice Cream Sundae”
27. Genevieve Artadi – “Hot Mess”
26. Konradsen – “The Year Is Over”
25. JGrrey – “Ain’t So”
24. Georgie Sweet – “What I Had Done”
23. Khruangbin – “Time (You and I)”
22. Biig Piig – “Liahr”
21. Colorama – “And”
20. Pete Josef – “Lavender”
19. Cleo Sol – “Butterfly”
18. Photay – “The People”
17. Jorja Smith – “Rose Rouge”
16. James Blake – “Do You Ever”
15. Paul Epworth, Jay Electronica & Lil Silva – “Love Galaxy”
14. Nubiyan Twist ft Ego Ella May – “24-7”
13. Thundercat ft Steve Lacy & Steve Arrington – “Black Qualls”
12. Madison McFerrin – “Hindsight”
11. Fabiano do Nascimento – “Tributo”
10. Common Saints – “Idol Eyes”
9. Marker Starling – “Silk Rock”
8. Natalie Slade – “Cloud Cover”
6. Arlo Parks – “Eugene”
5. Moses Boyd & Poppy Ajudha – “Shades of You”
4. The Vision ft Andreya Triana & Ben Westbeech – “Missing”
3. Cleo Sol – “Rose in the Dark”
2. Gabriels – “Love and Hate in a Different Time”
Listen to these tracks on my Top 100 Tracks of 2020 playlist on Apple Music and Spotify below and check out my Top 30 Albums of 2020 here and Top 30 Remixes of 2020 here.
And just like that, we’re into 2021.