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Jun 18
Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher
88
critic score
(44)
86
user score
(7,043)
Jul 24
Taylor Swift
folklore
87
critic score
(38)
82
user score
(6,480)
Dec 11
Taylor Swift
evermore
84
critic score
(36)
80
user score
(4,339)
Dec 2
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]
アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)
79
critic score
(10)
86
user score
(2,352)
Jun 26
HAIM
Women in Music Pt. III
84
critic score
(38)
78
user score
(1,990)
Apr 10
Laura Marling
Song For Our Daughter
88
critic score
(33)
80
user score
(1,799)
Sep 22
Fleet Foxes
Shore
82
critic score
(26)
79
user score
(1,697)
Oct 23
Adrianne Lenker
songs
84
critic score
(27)
82
user score
(1,573)
Aug 7
The Microphones
Microphones in 2020
85
critic score
(13)
84
user score
(1,501)
Jun 19
Bob Dylan
Rough and Rowdy Ways
89
critic score
(31)
73
user score
(890)
Aug 28
Angel Olsen
Whole New Mess
78
critic score
(23)
70
user score
(543)
May 8
Natalia Lafourcade
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
80
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(542)
Aug 21
Bright Eyes
Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
79
critic score
(32)
72
user score
(468)
Jun 26
Wilbur
Your City Gave Me Asthma
76
user score
(430)
Oct 2
Eartheater
Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin
76
critic score
(6)
76
user score
(414)
Oct 23
Adrianne Lenker
instrumentals
82
critic score
(19)
75
user score
(342)
Jul 29
Phoebe Bridgers
I Know the End
96
user score
(328)
Jan 24
Bonny Light Horseman
Bonny Light Horseman
77
critic score
(12)
73
user score
(261)
Jan 17
AJJ
Good Luck Everybody
70
critic score
(2)
56
user score
(258)
Aug 3
Taylor Swift
exile
89
user score
(240)
Jul 27
Taylor Swift
cardigan
87
user score
(239)
Apr 3
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]
"Gift" at Sogetsu Hall
81
user score
(226)
May 22
Owen Pallett
Island
81
critic score
(10)
72
user score
(212)
Sep 4
Lomelda
Hannah
81
critic score
(11)
72
user score
(205)
Nov 25
Taylor Swift
folklore: the long pond studio sessions (from the Disney+ special)
65
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(204)
Sep 27
김뜻돌 [Meaningful Stone]
꿈에서 걸려온 전화 [A Call from My Dream]
81
user score
(195)
May 8
Blake Mills
Mutable Set
79
critic score
(10)
74
user score
(187)
May 15
Noah Cyrus
THE END OF EVERYTHING
80
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(184)
Jan 17
Keeley Forsyth
Debris
81
critic score
(9)
68
user score
(171)
Aug 18
Taylor Swift
folklore (deluxe version)
90
user score
(163)
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Dec 11
Taylor Swift
willow
85
user score
(161)
May 29
Christian Lee Hutson
Beginners
78
critic score
(11)
73
user score
(152)
Oct 16
Lana Del Rey
Let Me Love You Like A Woman
73
user score
(151)
Jan 17
The Innocence Mission
see you tomorrow
75
critic score
(7)
69
user score
(142)
Sep 18
Fenne Lily
BREACH
78
critic score
(13)
72
user score
(142)
Jul 3
A.A.Williams
Forever Blue
84
critic score
(10)
72
user score
(142)
Aug 14
Young Jesus
Welcome to Conceptual Beach
78
critic score
(5)
73
user score
(138)
Mar 20
Myrkur
Folkesange
73
critic score
(9)
74
user score
(136)
Jan 31
Squirrel Flower
I Was Born Swimming
76
critic score
(15)
72
user score
(125)
Oct 16
Kevin Morby
Sundowner
73
critic score
(17)
71
user score
(124)
Feb 26
Phoebe Bridgers
Garden Song
76
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(122)
Aug 17
Taylor Swift
betty
86
user score
(121)
Aug 14
Whitney
Candid
68
critic score
(10)
66
user score
(120)
Mar 6
Nadia Reid
Out of My Province
79
critic score
(9)
70
user score
(119)
Apr 10
The Mountain Goats
Songs For Pierre Chuvin
77
critic score
(5)
69
user score
(117)
Oct 23
The Mountain Goats
Getting Into Knives
77
critic score
(17)
68
user score
(116)
Jun 12
Bibio
Sleep on the Wing
69
critic score
(6)
69
user score
(115)
Dec 21
jonatan leandoer96
Blodhundar & Lullabies
66
user score
(113)
Mar 27
Dirty Projectors
Windows Open
66
user score
(110)
Jan 31
María José Llergo
Sanación
73
user score
(109)
Oct 9
Taylor Swift
the 1
85
user score
(107)
May 15
The Magnetic Fields
Quickies
73
critic score
(15)
57
user score
(106)
Mar 6
Stephen Malkmus
Traditional Techniques
73
critic score
(25)
67
user score
(105)
Jun 26
Skullcrusher
Skullcrusher
76
critic score
(7)
74
user score
(104)
Mar 6
LEYA
Flood Dream
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(99)
Jun 19
Owen
The Avalanche
79
critic score
(9)
69
user score
(98)
Sep 18
Anjimile
Giver Taker
79
critic score
(10)
75
user score
(90)
Jul 3
Father John Misty
Anthem +3
73
user score
(90)
Sep 25
Tim Heidecker
Fear Of Death
77
critic score
(4)
70
user score
(90)
Nov 6
Novo Amor
Cannot Be, Whatsoever
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(88)
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![青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - "Gift" at Sogetsu Hall](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/200x/album/229356-gift-at-sogetsu-hall.jpg)
![김뜻돌 [Meaningful Stone] - 꿈에서 걸려온 전화 [A Call from My Dream]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/200x/album/337524-a-call-from-my-dream.jpg)
