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This is an ordered list of Crack Magazine's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out
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Idles - Ultra Mono
September 25, 2020
Art Punk
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90
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The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Arca - KiCk i
June 26, 2020
Deconstructed Club
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90
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Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
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90
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Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
April 3, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
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90
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Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
March 13, 2020
Jazz
Score
90
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7
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Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven
February 7, 2020
Nu Jazz
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90
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8
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Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine
October 2, 2020
Nu-Disco
Score
80
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9
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Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
September 25, 2020
Indietronica
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80
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10
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Nicolas Jaar - Telas
July 17, 2020
Glitch
Score
80
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11
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Asher Gamedze - Dialectic Soul
May 10, 2020
Jazz
Score
80
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12
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Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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13
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Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
May 15, 2020
Bubblegum Bass
Score
80
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14
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Westerman - Your Hero Is Not Dead
June 5, 2020
Art Pop
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80
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15
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Lorenzo Senni - Scacco Matto
April 24, 2020
Progressive Electronic
Score
80
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16
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Minor Science - Second Language
April 3, 2020
IDM
Score
80
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17
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Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
August 28, 2020
Tech House
Score
80
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18
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Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
February 14, 2020
Nu Jazz
Score
80
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19
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Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Alt-Country
Score
80
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20
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Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
April 17, 2020
R&B
Score
80
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21
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Thundercat - It Is What It Is
April 3, 2020
Psychedelic Soul
Score
80
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22
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Soccer Mommy - color theory
February 28, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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23
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King Krule - Man Alive!
February 21, 2020
Art Rock
Score
80
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U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
March 6, 2020
Art Pop
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80
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25
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Caribou - Suddenly
February 28, 2020
Indietronica
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80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Crack Magazine awarded albums throughout 2020.
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