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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021
This is an ordered list of Paste's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out Paste's Year End List.

1.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
Score
96
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Neil Young - Homegrown
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
92
Source →
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iTunes
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Spotify

3.

Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
October 23, 2020
Heartland Rock
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

4.

Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
April 3, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

5.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Alt-Country
Score
90
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Soccer Mommy - color theory
February 28, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Moses Sumney - græ
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
89
Source →
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iTunes
Music

9.

Worriers - You or Someone You Know
March 6, 2020
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

Caroline Rose - Superstar
March 6, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Hawktail - Formations
January 10, 2020
Bluegrass
Score
89
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Okay Kaya - Watch This Liquid Pour Itself
January 24, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Frances Quinlan - Likewise
January 31, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
89
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II
October 2, 2020
Trap Rap
Score
88
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives
October 23, 2020
Indie Folk
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Folk
Score
88
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Arca - KiCk i
June 26, 2020
Deconstructed Club
Score
88
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova
February 27, 2020
Synthpop
Score
88
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Choir Boy - Gathering Swans
May 8, 2020
Synthpop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Nation of Language - Introduction, Presence
May 22, 2020
Synthpop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Thundercat - It Is What It Is
April 3, 2020
Psychedelic Soul
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Porridge Radio - Every Bad
March 13, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen & Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir - Odin's Raven Magic
December 4, 2020
Modern Classical
Score
87
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2020.
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