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Highest Rated Albums of the 2020s

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

3.

Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

4.

Adrianne Lenker - songs
October 23, 2020
Folk
Score
88
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Adrianne Lenker - instrumentals
October 23, 2020
Ambient
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Neil Young - Homegrown
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
88
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Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

7.

Jay Electronica - Act II: Patents of Nobility
October 5, 2020
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
87
Source →
Amazon

8.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
87
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iTunes
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Spotify

9.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Alt-Country
Score
87
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iTunes
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Spotify

10.

Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
January 8, 2021
Neo-Soul
Score
86
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Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Dogleg - Melee
March 13, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
June 26, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
86
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven
February 7, 2020
Nu Jazz
Score
86
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iTunes
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14.

Moses Sumney - græ
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

16.

Drakeo The Ruler & Joogszn - Thank You For Using GTL
June 5, 2020
Trap Rap
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
April 3, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
85
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG
February 29, 2020
Reggaeton
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify

19.

U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
March 6, 2020
Art Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Destroyer - Have We Met
January 31, 2020
Synthpop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Amaarae - The Angel You Don't Know
November 13, 2020
Afrobeats
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood - LIVE
October 31, 2020
Jazz
Score
84
Source →
Amazon

23.

Jyoti - Mama, You Can Bet!
August 28, 2020
Psychedelic Soul
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Special Interest - The Passion Of
June 19, 2020
Synth Punk
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Medhane - Cold Water
May 26, 2020
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2020.
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