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Highest Rated Albums of All Time

Decade
Source
Genre

1.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
Score
100
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2.

Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
December 11, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
100
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3.

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
October 22, 2012
Hip Hop
Score
100
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4.

Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
April 30, 2013
Post-Minimalism
Score
100
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5.

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Drone
Score
100
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6.

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
May 21, 2013
Nu-Disco
Score
100
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7.

Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
September 10, 2013
R&B
Score
100
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8.

Gorguts - Colored Sands
August 6, 2013
Death Metal
Score
100
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9.

The Sadies - Internal Sounds
September 17, 2013
Alt-Country
Score
100
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10.

Old 97's - Most Messed Up
April 29, 2014
Alt-Country
Score
100
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11.

Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere
May 13, 2014
Black Metal
Score
100
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12.

Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire
October 7, 2014
Industrial Metal
Score
100
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13.

At The Gates - At War with Reality
October 27, 2014
Melodic Death Metal
Score
100
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14.

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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15.

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Neo-Soul
Score
100
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16.

Citizen - Everybody Is Going to Heaven
June 23, 2015
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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17.

Cult Leader - Lightless Walk
October 16, 2015
Mathcore
Score
100
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18.

Grimes - Art Angels
November 6, 2015
Art Pop
Score
100
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19.

Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
April 15, 2016
Alt-Country
Score
100
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20.

Drive-By Truckers - American Band
September 30, 2016
Alt-Country
Score
100
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21.

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
October 14, 2016
Mathcore
Score
100
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22.

A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation
September 16, 2016
Electronic
Score
100
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23.

Ella Fitzgerald - The Voice of Jazz
December 10, 2013
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
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24.

Colin Stetson - All This I Do For Glory
April 28, 2017
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
100
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25.

Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy
May 5, 2017
Grindcore
Score
100
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Exclaim! awarded albums throughout all.
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