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Pop
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Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
Trap
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This is an ordered list of Exclaim!'s highest rated albums of 2020. Check out
Exclaim!'s Year End List
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1
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Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
September 25, 2020
Indietronica
,
Art Pop
Score
100
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2
.
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Progressive Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Paul McCartney - McCartney III
December 18, 2020
Pop Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Joan of Arc - Tim Melina Theo Bobby
December 4, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
BTS - BE
November 20, 2020
K-Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Fuck The Facts - Pleine Noirceur
November 20, 2020
Grindcore
,
Mathcore
,
Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
8
.
Badge Époque Ensemble - Self Help
November 20, 2020
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Adulkt Life - Book Of Curses
November 6, 2020
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Nothing - The Great Dismal
October 30, 2020
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Adrianne Lenker - songs
October 23, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
October 23, 2020
Horrorcore
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Industrial Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Helena Deland - Someone New
October 16, 2020
Indie Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Dream Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Gargoyl - Gargoyl
October 9, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Deftones - Ohms
September 25, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Tim Heidecker - Fear Of Death
September 25, 2020
Pop Rock
,
Folk Pop
,
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Yves Jarvis - Sundry Rock Song Stock
September 25, 2020
Psychedelic Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Khotin - Finds You Well
September 25, 2020
Downtempo
,
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu - Renegade Breakdown
September 25, 2020
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Daniel Romano's Outfit - How Ill Thy World Is Ordered
September 18, 2020
Psychedelic Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
A. G. Cook - Apple
September 18, 2020
Bubblegum Bass
,
Hyperpop
,
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
August 21, 2020
Sound Collage
,
Experimental
,
IDM
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Orville Peck - Show Pony
August 14, 2020
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Flo Milli - Ho, why is you here ?
July 24, 2020
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Avant-Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Exclaim! awarded albums throughout 2020.
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