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This is an ordered list of Loud and Quiet's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out
Loud and Quiet's Year End List
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1
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SPARKLE DIVISION - To Feel Embraced
July 24, 2020
Nu Jazz
,
Plunderphonics
,
Glitch Hop
Score
100
Source →
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2
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Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Progressive Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Landshapes - Contact
December 11, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Fatima Yamaha - Spontaneous Order
November 13, 2020
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
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5
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Adrianne Lenker - songs
October 23, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Adrianne Lenker - instrumentals
October 23, 2020
Ambient
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
October 23, 2020
Horrorcore
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Industrial Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Delmer Darion - Morning Pageants
October 16, 2020
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Sully - Swandive
September 25, 2020
Hardcore Breaks
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
10
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Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine
October 2, 2020
Nu-Disco
,
Disco
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Hen Ogledd - Free Humans
September 25, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Uniform - Shame
September 11, 2020
Industrial Metal
,
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Jyoti - Mama, You Can Bet!
August 28, 2020
Psychedelic Soul
,
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
August 28, 2020
Tech House
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess
August 28, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Still House Plants - Fast Edit
August 14, 2020
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
17
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Jeremy Tuplin - Violet Waves
August 14, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Liv.e - Couldn't Wait To Tell You…
July 31, 2020
Hypnagogic Pop
,
Neo-Soul
,
Alternative R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Shackleton & Zimpel - Primal Forms
July 31, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease
July 24, 2020
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Kamaal Williams - Wu Hen
July 24, 2020
Nu Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics
July 17, 2020
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Lonnie Holley - National Freedom
July 3, 2020
Psychedelic Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Arca - KiCk i
June 26, 2020
Deconstructed Club
,
Glitch Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Bananagun - The True Story of Bananagun
June 26, 2020
Afrobeat
,
Jazz-Rock
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Loud and Quiet awarded albums throughout 2020.
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