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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Hip Hop
Score
100
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Spotify

2.

Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
February 7, 2020
Pop Punk
Score
100
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3.

Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald
June 26, 2020
Atmospheric Black Metal
Score
100
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4.

Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
April 24, 2020
Death Metal
Score
100
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5.

Leeched - To Dull the Blades of Your Abuse
January 31, 2020
Metalcore
Score
96
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6.

Paradise Lost - Obsidian
May 15, 2020
Gothic Metal
Score
96
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7.

Burden Of Life - The Makeshift Conqueror
March 13, 2020
Score
96
Source →
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8.

Empty Country - Empty Country
March 20, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
94
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9.

Dawn Of Ashes - The Antinomian
July 10, 2020
Score
94
Source →
Amazon

10.

Pinegrove - Marigold
January 17, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
90
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11.

Honey Harper - Starmaker
March 6, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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12.

Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void
February 14, 2020
Progressive Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

13.

Mac Miller - Circles
January 17, 2020
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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Spotify

14.

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

15.

Jess Williamson - Sorceress
May 15, 2020
Indie Folk
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

16.

Andrew Judah - Impossible Staircase
April 20, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

17.

Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B
May 21, 2020
Synthpop
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

18.

Thomas Azier - Love, Disorderly
June 12, 2020
Score
90
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19.

Zach Bryan - Elisabeth
May 8, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

20.

Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor
May 8, 2020
Art Pop
Score
88
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iTunes
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Spotify

21.

Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
April 17, 2020
R&B
Score
86
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22.

Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
February 21, 2020
Art Pop
Score
84
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Spotify

23.

Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible
April 17, 2020
Alternative Rock
Score
84
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Spotify

24.

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts VI: Locusts
March 26, 2020
Dark Ambient
Score
84
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Hum - Inlet
June 23, 2020
Shoegaze
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Sputnikmusic awarded albums throughout 2020.
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