Best Albums

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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade

2020s
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Source

Genre

2020

This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out Pitchfork's Year End List.

1. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters

April 17, 2020

Art Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Progressive Pop

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100

2. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

June 19, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Blues Rock, Americana, Folk Rock, Folk

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3. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

May 15, 2020

Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Baroque Pop

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4. Adrianne Lenker - instrumentals

October 23, 2020

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5. Adrianne Lenker - songs

October 23, 2020

Folk, Singer-Songwriter

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6. Neil Young - Homegrown

June 19, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Country Rock

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7. Jay Electronica - Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)

October 5, 2020

Abstract Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop

Score

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Amazon

8. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

June 18, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Indie Rock

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9. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

March 27, 2020

Alt-Country, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock

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10. HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III

June 26, 2020

Indie Pop, Soft Rock, Folk Rock

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11. Moses Sumney - græ

May 15, 2020

Art Pop, Ambient Pop, Neo-Soul, Progressive Pop, Jazz

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12. Dogleg - Melee

March 13, 2020

Pop Punk, Post-Hardcore, Emo

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13. Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven

February 7, 2020

Nu Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz

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14. The Microphones - Microphones in 2020

August 7, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Avant-Folk, Progressive Folk

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15. Drakeo The Ruler & Joogszn - Thank You For Using GTL

June 5, 2020

Trap, West Coast Hip Hop

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16. Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind

April 3, 2020

Neo-Psychedelia, Art Rock, Hypnagogic Pop, Glam Rock

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17. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light

March 6, 2020

Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Pop Soul

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18. Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG

February 29, 2020

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19. Destroyer - Have We Met

January 31, 2020

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20. Amaarae - The Angel You Don't Know

November 13, 2020

Afrobeats, Alternative R&B

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21. Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood - LIVE

October 31, 2020

Jazz, Spiritual Jazz

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Amazon

22. Jyoti - Mama, You Can Bet!

August 28, 2020

Psychedelic Soul, Avant-Garde Jazz

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23. Special Interest - The Passion Of

June 19, 2020

Synth Punk, Industrial Rock

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24. Medhane - Cold Water

May 26, 2020

Abstract Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop

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25. Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony

March 13, 2020

Abstract Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop, Hip Hop

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2020.