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Highest Rated Albums of the 2010s

Decade
Source
Genre
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

1.

Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
October 26, 2018
Noise Rock
Score
100
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2.

Kids See Ghosts - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
June 8, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
100
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3.

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 16, 2015
Hip Hop
Score
100
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4.

Swans - To Be Kind
May 13, 2014
Experimental Rock
Score
100
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5.

Death Grips - The Money Store
April 21, 2012
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
100
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6.

Liturgy - H.A.Q.Q.
November 12, 2019
Avant-Garde Metal
Score
90
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7.

Matana Roberts - COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
October 18, 2019
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
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8.

Richard Dawson - 2020
October 11, 2019
Art Rock
Score
90
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9.

Charli XCX - Charli
September 13, 2019
Electropop
Score
90
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10.

Lingua Ignota - Caligula
July 19, 2019
Death Industrial
Score
90
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11.

Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
May 17, 2019
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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12.

Otoboke Beaver - Itekoma Hits
April 26, 2019
Hardcore Punk
Score
90
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13.

Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
April 5, 2019
Art Pop
Score
90
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14.

Little Simz - GREY Area
March 1, 2019
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
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Spotify

15.

Xiu Xiu - Girl with Basket of Fruit
February 8, 2019
Post-Industrial
Score
90
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Spotify

16.

Horrendous - Idol
September 28, 2018
Death Metal
Score
90
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17.

Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
August 31, 2018
Post-Punk
Score
90
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18.

Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
June 22, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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19.

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
May 18, 2018
Art Punk
Score
90
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20.

Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017
February 17, 2018
Deep House
Score
90
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21.

Jack White - Boarding House Reach
March 23, 2018
Blues Rock
Score
90
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22.

Portal - Ion
January 26, 2018
Death Metal
Score
90
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23.

Rina Sawayama - RINA
October 27, 2017
Electropop
Score
90
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Music
Spotify

24.

Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
October 27, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
90
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

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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