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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
September 25, 2020
Indietronica
Score
100
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2.

Bill Callahan - Gold Record
September 4, 2020
Americana
Score
100
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3.

Everything Everything - Re-Animator
September 11, 2020
Progressive Pop
Score
100
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4.

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Folk
Score
100
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5.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
Score
100
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6.

Empress Of - I'm Your Empress Of
April 3, 2020
Electropop
Score
100
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7.

HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
June 26, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
100
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8.

Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
100
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9.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Alt-Country
Score
100
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10.

Mac Miller - Circles
January 17, 2020
Neo-Soul
Score
100
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11.

Alanis Morissette - Such Pretty Forks in the Road
July 31, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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12.

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
March 27, 2020
Dance Pop
Score
100
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13.

Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
February 21, 2020
Art Pop
Score
100
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14.

Dagny - Strangers / Lovers
October 2, 2020
Dance Pop
Score
80
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15.

Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
October 23, 2020
Score
80
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16.

The Jaded Hearts Club - You've Always Been Here
October 2, 2020
Score
80
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17.

Deftones - Ohms
September 25, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
80
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18.

Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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19.

Another Sky - I Slept On The Floor
August 7, 2020
Art Pop
Score
80
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20.

Beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers
October 16, 2020
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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21.

Doves - The Universal Want
September 11, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
80
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22.

James Dean Bradfield - Even In Exile
August 14, 2020
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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23.

The Flaming Lips - American Head
September 11, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
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24.

Victoria Monét - JAGUAR
August 7, 2020
R&B
Score
80
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25.

Daniel Blumberg - On&On
July 31, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
80
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Independent awarded albums throughout 2020.
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