10 Best Rock Albums Of 2020

10. I Disagree - Poppy

Poppy has been having quite the career switch as of late. Whereas most of her earlier work showed different influences of ska, electronica, and...well...pop, her sudden left turn into industrial sounds on her 2019 EP Choke left many wondering what the hell we would be in for around the corner. Even though there was a lot of good material on that EP, nothing could have prepared us for I Disagree.

As it stands, this album came out in January and still hasn't dulled with the passage of time. From one song to the next, Poppy seems to be ripping up different parts of her old sound and injecting them with a healthy dose of rock and venom. You can definitely hear the old pop star many used to know on songs like Bite Your Own Teeth, but the way everything is constructed feels like it could have been hammered out by Nine Inch Nails back in the '90s.

One of the standout moments is Concrete, which can snap on a dime from being a metal banger to a bubblegum pop song to a grandiose finish, in what is surely the best BabyMetal imitation of the year. While there's pretty much no guarantee this is going to be an ongoing thing for Poppy, this is an amazing sonic left turn that is well worth taking the plunge on regardless.