Tom's Top Songs/Reissues of 2020

The usual caveats.  This is just a snapshot of the songs I heard this year.  I'm going to hear more of what came out in 2020 down the road.  But for now this is a good look at what I returned to most often. 

Also check out my Top Albums of 2020.

1. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

2. Megan Thee Stallion w/Beyonce - Savage

3. Weeknd - Blinding Lights

4. Miranda Lambert - Bluebird

5. Chicks - Gaslighter

6. H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe

7. Low Cut Connie - Help Me

8. Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky

9. Maddie & Tae - Die From A Broken Heart

10. Mickey Guyton - Black Like Me

11. Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion - WAP

12. BTS - Dynamite

13. Alicia Keys - Perfect Way To Die

14. Ashley McBryde - One Night Standards

15. Lil Baby - Bigger Picture

16. Tyler Childers - Long Violent History

17. Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul

18. Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts

19. Trey Songz - How Many More Times

20. Gabby Barrett w/Charlie Puth - I Hope

21. Terry Ellis - Angry Black Woman

22. Jessie Ware - Spotlight

23. Chris Stapleton - Starting Over

24. Kelsea Ballerini - Hole In The Bottle

25. Beyonce - Black Parade

26. Taylor Swift - Betty

27. Yola w/Highwomen - Hold On

28. Sufjan Stevens - Video Game

29. Sam Smith - Diamonds

30. Usher - Bad Habits

31. Surf Mesa w/Emilee - ily (I Love You Baby)

32. Stephanie Lambring - Daddy's Disappointment

33. John Prine - I Remember Everything

34. Sam Hunt - Hard To Forget

35. Harry Styles - Adore You

36. Run The Jewels - Ju$t

37. Anderson.Paak - Lockdown

38. Morgan Wallen - More Than My Hometown

39. Lemon Twigs - One

40. Ava Max - Kings and Queens

41. Randy Travis - Fool's Love Affair

42. Elizabeth Cook - Thick Georgia Woman

43. Haim - Steps

44. Fontaines D.C. - I Don't Belong

45. Luke Bryan - One Margarita

46. Stevie Nicks - Show Them The Way

47. Amanda Shires & Jason Isbell - Problem

48. Biig Piig - Don't Turn Around

49. Fleet Foxes - Maestranza

50. Maren Morris - Better Than We Found It

51. Eric Church - Stick That In Your Country Song

52. Drive-By Truckers - Thoughts and Prayers

53. Luke Bryan - One Margarita 

54. Tuxedo - Doin' My Best

I'm still catching up to reissues that were released years ago.  But the compilations, greatest hits and repackaged deluxe editions below I highly recommend.

Reissues 

1. Ready or Not -Thom Bell's Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 65-78  - Various (Ace)

2. White Stripes - Greatest Hits (Legacy)

3. Girls Go Power Pop - Various (Ace)

4. Joni Mitchell - Archives Vol. 1: Early Years (63-67)

5. Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Nashville (Legacy)

6. Harry Smith B-Sides - Various (Dust-to-Digital)

7. Pylon - Pylon Box (New West)

8. Stone Crush: Memphis Modern Soul 77-87- Various (Light In The Attic)

9. Soul of the Memphis Boys - Various (Ace)

10. Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (Impulse)

11. Jimmy LaFave - Highway Angels...Full Moon Rain (Night Tribe Reissue)

12. Bob Stanley Presents 76 In The Shade - Various (Ace)

13. Saint Etienne Present: Songs for the Fountain Room - Various (Ace)

14. Cafe Exil - Various (Ace)

15. Strum & Thrum: American Jangle Underground 1983-87 - Various (Captured Tracks)

16. Ella Fitzgerald - Lost Berlin Tapes (Verve)

17. Freddy Fender - El Bebop Kid- En Espanol (Jasmine)

18. Freddy Fender - El Bebop Kid - In English (Jasmine)

19. Prince - Sign O' The Times (Super Deluxe Edition)

20. Surrender to the Rhythm: London Pub Rock Scene of the Seventies - Various  (Cherry Red Box Set)   

21. Mayer Hawthorne - Rare Changes (Big Bucks)

22. Elton John- Jewel Box (Universal)

23. Bobby Bare - Great American Saturday Night (Sony)

24. Dallas Frazier - Singing My Songs (Digital Reissue 1970 Album)

25. Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All The Rest  (Deluxe Edition

26. Everly Brothers - Down In The Bottom: Country Rock Sessions 66-68 (Warner)