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This is an ordered list of The Needle Drop's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out
The Needle Drop's Year End List
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青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)
December 2, 2020
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
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2
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clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
October 23, 2020
Horrorcore
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Industrial Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
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3
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Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2
August 7, 2020
Pop Rap
,
Contemporary R&B
,
R&B
Score
90
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4
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Blu & Exile - Miles
July 17, 2020
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
Score
90
Source →
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5
.
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
June 26, 2020
Dance-Pop
,
Disco
,
Nu-Disco
Score
90
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6
.
Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell
April 13, 2020
Electro-Industrial
,
Industrial Rock
,
Noise Pop
Score
90
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iTunes
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7
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Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
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8
.
Moor Mother & Billy Woods - BRASS
December 11, 2020
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
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9
.
Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger On McNichols
July 22, 2020
Gangsta Rap
,
Jazz Rap
,
Jazz
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Chamber Jazz
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
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10
.
The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed
June 19, 2020
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Liturgy - Origin of the Alimonies
November 20, 2020
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Black Metal
,
Chamber Music
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
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12
.
Undeath - Lesions of a Different Kind
September 23, 2020
Death Metal
Score
80
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13
.
Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
November 13, 2020
Country
,
Americana
Score
80
Source →
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14
.
Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR
October 30, 2020
Alternative Metal
,
Industrial Metal
,
Metalcore
,
Nu Metal
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
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15
.
Adrianne Lenker - songs
October 23, 2020
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
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16
.
Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
October 23, 2020
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
,
Alternative Dance
Score
80
Source →
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Music
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17
.
Dorian Electra - My Agenda
October 16, 2020
Hyperpop
,
Electropop
,
Glitch Pop
,
Electronic Dance Music
,
Bubblegum Bass
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
Idles - Ultra Mono
September 25, 2020
Art Punk
,
Post-Punk
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
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19
.
Sevdaliza - Shabrang
August 28, 2020
Art Pop
,
Trip Hop
,
Alternative R&B
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Flaming Lips - American Head
September 11, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Dream Pop
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
Conway the Machine - From King to a GOD
September 11, 2020
Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Meridian Brothers - Cumbia Siglo XXI
August 21, 2020
Art Pop
,
Cumbia
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
.
Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
August 21, 2020
Sound Collage
,
Experimental
,
IDM
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
July 31, 2020
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
,
Blackened Death Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
July 17, 2020
Neo-Soul
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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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 2020.
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