Album Of The Year 2020 – Public Voting Results

Thanks everyone for participating in the “Album Of The Year 2020” votings at Reggae Steady Ska.

Here are the results of the public votings:

The winner is Boss Sound Manifesto – Boss

Congratulations!

The second place is split between

2. Got To Be Tough by Toots & The Maytals (BMG, Warner)

and

2. Another Round by The Hacklers (Smith & Miller Records)

Please check the complete results further down.

Also make sure to take in the results of the jury voting. We had a great jury with members from across the world. Many wrote wonderful texts about their favourite albums from 2020. Find them all here:

https://reggae-steady-ska.com/album-of-the-year-2020-jury-voting-results/

Here you can find our 2020 Albums list here and discover some real gems.

What were your three favorite albums from 2020? (3 votes required)

Alpheus – The Victory (Liquidator Music)
Alvaro S. S. & His Jamming Sessions – Vol.1 (self)
Bad Operation – Bad Operation (Community Records & Bad Time Records)
Boomtown United – Tuffer Than I (Jump Up Records)
Boss Sound Manifesto – Boss (self)
Buenda Onda Reggae Club – II (self)
Cosmic Shuffling – Magic Rocket Ship (Fruits Records)
Crazy Baldhead – Go Oasis (Badasonic Records)
Dandy Livingstone – They Call Us Legends (Par 3 Music)
Downbeat Detonators – Reggae Boomshot (self)
Dr. Ring Ding – The Remedy (Jump Up Records, Pork Pie Records)
El Natty Combo – Flores y Burbujas (Afro Records)
Erin Bardwell – Interval (Pop-A-Top Records)
Flying Vipers – Cuttings (Jump Up Records)
Heavensbee – We Mean Business (self,)
Highmoon Ska – Awal-Pencerahan (Soultrouble Record)
Jah Jazz Orchestra – Introducing … (Brixton Records)
Jamaican Jazz Lovers (Alberto Tarin) – Titan (Newentun Resistance)
Jim Murple Memorial – 4 (MaAuLa Records)
Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation – Trouble (Pork Pie Records)
Kalles Kaviar – Probably The Next Big Thing (Bag-a-Boo Records)
King Kong 4 – Punch It! (Jump Up Records)
Korey Kingston’s Shuffle And Bang – Island Bop (Pirates Press Records)
La Fricativa Sonora – Yawina Bobonga (self)
Los Tres Puntos – Eldorado (self)
Mango wood – Stomp you down (Liquidator Music)
Mungo’s Hifi, Marina P – Soul Radio (Scotch Bonnet Records)
Onegram – Beginning (Flower Records)
Orange Street – Ghost Town Rockin’: Tales From The Other Side (Belleville International)
Peg & The Rejected – Instrumental (International City Records)
Proyecto Secreto- Alto (Zephyrus Records)
Pyrotechnist – Fire Cracker (Badasonic Records)
Roots Unity Presents Nga Han – The Living Stream (Chapter One) (Roots Unity Music)
Roy & Yvonne – Believe In Yourself (Fajador Records)
Rude Pressures – Local (self)
Shoko & The Akilla – Shoko & The Akilla (Papillon)
Ska Jazz Messengers – Introspección (Liquidator Music)
Skabidean – Izaera (La Cupula Music)
Skachibaches – A La Creedence (self)
Skanajazz – La Fosforera
Soothsayers – We Are Many (Wah Wah 45s)
Spy Kids – Covert Action (Jump Up Records)
Steady Social Club- Steady Social Club (self)
Subsistak and the Aggromondarrak – Dantzalekuan (Pantx Records)
T-Killas – Awareness (Fire & Flames Music, Grover)
The Archives – Carry Me Home: A Reggae Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (Esl/Montserrat House)
The Attractors – Love Bombs (Jump Up Records)
The Bakesys – More Bakesys (self, Do the Dog)
The Bandulus – Love a Woman (self)
The Bluebeaters – Shock (Garrincha Dischi, Sony)
The Co-Operators & Friends – Beating The Doldrums (Waggle Dance Records)
The Dell-Hi’s – So Follows The Dance (Happy As A Lark)
The Hacklers – Another round (Smith & Miller Records
The Higher Notes – Double Salute (Roots Unity Music)
The Intercepteurs – You Are Hear (Pink Shed Records)
The Juks – Way Back (self)
The Man On The Bridge (Dave Clifton) – Million Miles Away (Pop-A-Top Records )
The New Normal – Quarantined On Easy Street (The New Normal Collaborations)
The Oldians – Roots ‘n’ Soul (Liquidator Music)
The Players Band – Skamörgasbord (self)
The Red Stripes – Made In Hong Kong (Mod Sound Records)
The Roosterz – Rougher Than Rough (self)
The Uppertones – Easy Snapping (Jump Up Records)
Too Many Crooks – Hung, Drawn & Quartered (TMC Records)
Toots & The Maytals – Got To Be Tough (BMG Warner)
Top Shotta Band feat. Screechy Dan – Spread Love (Liquidator Music)
Transilvanians – Soulful Space (Liquidator Music)
Victor Rice – Drink (Easy Star Records)