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Highest Rated Albums of the 2020s
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Evening Standard
Exclaim!
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GIGsoup
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God Is in the TV
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Kerrang!
Loud and Quiet
Louder Than War
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No Ripcord
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RIOT
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Still Listening
The Arts Desk
The Forty-Five
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The Line of Best Fit
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The Young Folks
Uncut
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Indie Pop
Indie Rock
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Pop
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
Punk
R&B
Rock
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Soul
Synthpop
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2020
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2022
2023
2024
1
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Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
September 9, 2022
Glitch Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
March 26, 2021
Post-Minimalism
,
Third Stream
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
William Doyle - Great Spans of Muddy Time
March 19, 2021
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Black Country, New Road - For the first time
February 5, 2021
Experimental Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Post-Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
SPARKLE DIVISION - To Feel Embraced
July 24, 2020
Nu Jazz
,
Plunderphonics
,
Glitch Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Progressive Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Kelly Moran - Moves in the Field
March 29, 2024
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
8
.
The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards of a Futile Heaven
February 23, 2024
Death Industrial
,
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Helado Negro - PHASOR
February 9, 2024
Indietronica
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Unknown T - Blood Diamond
January 12, 2024
UK Drill
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
11
.
NOUS with Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda - Circle of Celebration
November 12, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
12
.
Jumping Back Slash & BŪJIN - A Seat In Heaven
November 30, 2023
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
13
.
Beirut - Hadsel
November 10, 2023
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
John Francis Flynn - Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
November 10, 2023
Progressive Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Hinako Omori - stillness, softness...
October 27, 2023
Ambient Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
September 29, 2023
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
October 6, 2023
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Nihiloxica - Source of Denial
September 29, 2023
Industrial Techno
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
19
.
Maija Sofia - True Love
September 1, 2023
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
July 7, 2023
Singer-Songwriter
,
Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Divide and Dissolve - Systemic
June 30, 2023
Drone Metal
,
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Joanna Sternberg - I’ve Got Me
June 30, 2023
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Speakers Corner Quartet - Further Out than the Edge
June 2, 2023
Electronic
,
Chamber Music
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert
June 2, 2023
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Daniel Blumberg - GUT
May 26, 2023
Experimental
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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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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