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Alternative Press's 50 Best Albums of 2020
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All Time Low - Wake Up Sunshine
In
5
Lists
April 3, 2020
Pop Rock
Critic Score
77
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Anti-Flag - 20/20 Vision
January 17, 2020
Pop Punk
Critic Score
65
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Asking Alexandria - Like a House on Fire
May 15, 2020
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
69
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
August Burns Red - Guardians
April 3, 2020
Metalcore
Critic Score
78
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Bad Cop/Bad Cop - The Ride
June 19, 2020
Punk Rock
Amazon
blackbear - everything means nothing
August 21, 2020
R&B
Critic Score
47
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Boston Manor - Glue
In
3
Lists
May 1, 2020
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR
In
4
Lists
October 30, 2020
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
75
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Code Orange - Underneath
In
12
Lists
March 13, 2020
Metalcore
Critic Score
84
15
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Creeper - Sex, Death & the Infinite Void
In
6
Lists
July 31, 2020
Pop Rock
Critic Score
89
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner
April 24, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
60
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Deftones - Ohms
In
28
Lists
September 25, 2020
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
85
28
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Dragged Under - The World Is In Your Way
Critic Score
60
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Ghostemane - ANTI-ICON
In
3
Lists
October 21, 2020
Trap Metal
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Green Day - Father of All...
In
3
Lists
February 7, 2020
Pop Rock
Critic Score
59
29
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Halsey - Manic
In
11
Lists
January 17, 2020
R&B
Critic Score
74
22
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor
In
30
Lists
May 8, 2020
Art Pop
Critic Score
79
27
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater
In
3
Lists
January 24, 2020
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
77
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine
In
3
Lists
March 6, 2020
Emo
Critic Score
64
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
I Don't Know How But They Found Me - RAZZMATAZZ
In
2
Lists
October 23, 2020
Synthpop
Critic Score
81
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Idles - Ultra Mono
In
24
Lists
September 25, 2020
Art Punk
Critic Score
77
32
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
In This Moment - Mother
March 27, 2020
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
55
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Joji - Nectar
In
2
Lists
September 25, 2020
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
67
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Joyce Manor - Songs From Northern Torrance
May 29, 2020
Pop Punk
Critic Score
77
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Knuckle Puck - 20/20
September 18, 2020
Pop Punk
Critic Score
78
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive
In
2
Lists
October 1, 2020
Critic Score
74
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Loathe - I Let It in and It Took Everything
In
4
Lists
February 7, 2020
Metalcore
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall
In
5
Lists
September 25, 2020
Pop Punk
Critic Score
66
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Marilyn Manson - WE ARE CHAOS
In
3
Lists
September 11, 2020
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
78
15
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Movements - No Good Left To Give
In
2
Lists
September 18, 2020
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOFX / Frank Turner - West Coast vs Wessex
July 31, 2020
Critic Score
70
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Nothing - The Great Dismal
In
8
Lists
October 30, 2020
Shoegaze
Critic Score
76
12
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Nova Twins - Who Are The Girls?
In
2
Lists
February 28, 2020
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
79
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man
In
4
Lists
February 21, 2020
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
77
18
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Palaye Royale - The Bastards
May 29, 2020
Glam Rock
Critic Score
63
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
In
86
Lists
June 18, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
88
40
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Picturesque - Do You Feel O.K?
April 24, 2020
Critic Score
40
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Poppy - I Disagree
In
10
Lists
January 10, 2020
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
69
19
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
PVRIS - Use Me
In
5
Lists
August 28, 2020
Pop Rock
Critic Score
84
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Sharptooth - Transitional Forms
In
2
Lists
July 10, 2020
Amazon
Silverstein - A Beautiful Place To Drown
In
2
Lists
March 6, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
72
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
In
6
Lists
February 7, 2020
Pop Punk
Critic Score
85
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Stand Atlantic - Pink Elephant
August 7, 2020
Pop Punk
Critic Score
80
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
In
16
Lists
May 22, 2020
Art Pop
Critic Score
71
40
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
The Bombpops - Death in Venice Beach
March 13, 2020
Pop Punk
Critic Score
100
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
The Used - Heartwork
April 24, 2020
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
THICK - 5 Years Behind
March 6, 2020
Garage Punk
Critic Score
78
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Tommy Lee - Andro
October 16, 2020
Critic Score
63
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Touché Amoré - Lament
In
14
Lists
October 9, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
80
16
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
YUNGBLUD - weird!
In
3
Lists
December 4, 2020
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
66
13
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Original Source:
https://www.altpress.com/features/best-albums-2020-rock-alternative-metal-pop-punk/
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Fantasio
1w
ignoring tons of critics' favourites except Phoebe Bridgers - weird
MaceBlade42
1mo
Good thing nobody takes AP seriously. You missed a ton of good albums from this list.
A1t3rTheFreak
1mo
interesting choices...I like tho
santymasnaosant
1mo
whata weird choices
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