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The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of the 2020s

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Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Critic Score
94
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19, 2020
Critic Score
88
28 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Critic Score
87
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

4.

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Critic Score
87
29 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Critic Score
87
38 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24, 2020
Critic Score
86
32 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Critic Score
84
34 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Owen Pallett - Island
May 22, 2020
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Soccer Mommy - color theory
February 28, 2020
Critic Score
83
29 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Neil Young - Homegrown
June 19, 2020
Critic Score
83
24 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

A.A.Williams - Forever Blue
July 3, 2020
Critic Score
83
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Lilly Hiatt - Walking Proof
March 27, 2020
Critic Score
82
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Honey Harper - Starmaker
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
82
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Frazey Ford - U kin B the Sun
February 7, 2020
Critic Score
82
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Bill Fay - Countless Branches
January 17, 2020
Critic Score
82
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Brandy Clark - Your Life Is a Record
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
81
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
July 17, 2020
Critic Score
81
24 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline
January 24, 2020
Critic Score
80
16 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Blake Mills - Mutable Set
May 8, 2020
Critic Score
80
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Eve Owen - Don't Let The Ink Dry
May 8, 2020
Critic Score
79
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Ben Watt - Storm Damage
January 31, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Brigid Mae Power - Head Above The Water
June 5, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Owen - The Avalanche
June 19, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Sarah Jarosz - World On The Ground
June 5, 2020
Critic Score
79
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Nadia Reid - Out of My Province
March 6, 2020
Critic Score
79
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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