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Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
October 26, 2018
Noise Rock
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100
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Kids See Ghosts - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
June 8, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
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100
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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 16, 2015
Hip Hop
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100
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Swans - To Be Kind
May 13, 2014
Experimental Rock
Score
100
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Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
100
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Liturgy - H.A.Q.Q.
November 12, 2019
Avant-Garde Metal
Score
90
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7
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Matana Roberts - COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
October 18, 2019
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
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Richard Dawson - 2020
October 11, 2019
Art Rock
Score
90
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Charli XCX - Charli
September 13, 2019
Electropop
Score
90
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Lingua Ignota - Caligula
July 19, 2019
Death Industrial
Score
90
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Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
May 17, 2019
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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Otoboke Beaver - Itekoma Hits
April 26, 2019
Hardcore Punk
Score
90
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13
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Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
April 5, 2019
Art Pop
Score
90
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14
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Little Simz - GREY Area
March 1, 2019
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
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Xiu Xiu - Girl with Basket of Fruit
February 8, 2019
Post-Industrial
Score
90
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Horrendous - Idol
September 28, 2018
Death Metal
Score
90
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17
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Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
August 31, 2018
Post-Punk
Score
90
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Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
June 22, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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19
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Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
May 18, 2018
Art Punk
Score
90
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20
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Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017
February 17, 2018
Deep House
Score
90
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Jack White - Boarding House Reach
March 23, 2018
Blues Rock
Score
90
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Portal - Ion
January 26, 2018
Death Metal
Score
90
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Rina Sawayama - RINA
October 27, 2017
Electropop
Score
90
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24
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Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
October 27, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
90
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BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION
June 9, 2017
Pop Rap
Score
90
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Needle Drop awarded albums throughout 2010.
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