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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020

1.

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

2.

Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Caribou - Suddenly
February 28, 2020
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Lilly Hiatt - Walking Proof
March 27, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

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

6.

Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
February 21, 2020
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot
January 24, 2020
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Halsey - Manic
January 17, 2020
R&B
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Destroyer - Have We Met
January 31, 2020
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling
January 31, 2020
Americana
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

The Chicks - Gaslighter
July 17, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

12.

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
March 27, 2020
Dance Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Weeknd - After Hours
March 20, 2020
Alternative R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Alt-Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques
March 6, 2020
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor
May 8, 2020
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Guided By Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field
February 20, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Local H - Lifers
April 10, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

The Howling Hex - Knuckleball Express
April 17, 2020
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

The Magnetic Fields - Quickies
May 15, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Car Seat Headrest - Making A Door Less Open
May 1, 2020
Indietronica
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
June 26, 2020
Dance Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
June 26, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Arca - KiCk i
June 26, 2020
Deconstructed Club
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
May 15, 2020
Bubblegum Bass
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Slant Magazine awarded albums throughout 2020.
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