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This is an ordered list of The Needle Drop's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out
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青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)
December 2, 2020
Chamber Folk
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90
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clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
October 23, 2020
Horrorcore
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90
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Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2
August 7, 2020
Pop Rap
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90
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Blu & Exile - Miles
July 17, 2020
Hip Hop
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90
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Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Folk
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90
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Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell
April 13, 2020
Electro-Industrial
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90
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Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
June 26, 2020
Dance Pop
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90
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Moor Mother & Billy Woods - BRASS
December 11, 2020
Abstract Hip Hop
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80
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Liturgy - Origin of the Alimonies
November 20, 2020
Avant-Garde Metal
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80
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Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR
October 30, 2020
Alternative Metal
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80
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Dorian Electra - My Agenda
October 16, 2020
Hyperpop
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80
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Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
October 23, 2020
Art Pop
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80
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Adrianne Lenker - songs
October 23, 2020
Folk
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80
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Undeath - Lesions of a Different Kind
September 23, 2020
Death Metal
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80
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Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
November 13, 2020
Country
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80
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Sevdaliza - Shabrang
August 28, 2020
Art Pop
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80
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Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
August 21, 2020
Sound Collage
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80
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Conway the Machine - From King to a GOD
September 11, 2020
Hip Hop
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80
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The Flaming Lips - American Head
September 11, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
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80
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Boris - NO
July 3, 2020
Crust Punk
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80
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The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed
June 19, 2020
Conscious Hip Hop
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80
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Idles - Ultra Mono
September 25, 2020
Art Punk
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80
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Meridian Brothers - Cumbia Siglo XXI
August 21, 2020
Art Pop
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80
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Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger On McNichols
July 22, 2020
Hip Hop
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80
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Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
May 29, 2020
Hip Hop
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80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Needle Drop awarded albums throughout 2020.
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