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1
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Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Hip Hop
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100
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2
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Rose City Band - Summerlong
May 15, 2020
Country Rock
Score
100
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3
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Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
February 21, 2020
Art Pop
Score
80
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4
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070 Shake - Modus Vivendi
January 17, 2020
Alternative R&B
Score
80
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5
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Green Day - Father of All...
February 7, 2020
Pop Rock
Score
80
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6
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Halsey - Manic
January 17, 2020
R&B
Score
80
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7
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Kesha - High Road
January 31, 2020
Pop
Score
80
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8
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Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
February 14, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
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9
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Algiers - There Is No Year
January 17, 2020
Post-Punk
Score
80
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10
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Beach Bunny - Honeymoon
February 14, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
80
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11
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Nils Landgren & Jan Lundgren - Kristallen
January 10, 2020
Score
80
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12
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Cornershop - England is a Garden
March 6, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
80
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13
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Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
March 27, 2020
Dance Pop
Score
80
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14
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Ren Harvieu - Revel In The Drama
April 3, 2020
Chamber Pop
Score
80
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15
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Sam Lee - Old Wow
January 31, 2020
Folk
Score
80
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16
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Mac Miller - Circles
January 17, 2020
Neo-Soul
Score
80
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17
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U.S. Girls - Heavy Light
March 6, 2020
Art Pop
Score
80
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18
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King Krule - Man Alive!
February 21, 2020
Art Rock
Score
80
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19
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J Hus - Big Conspiracy
January 24, 2020
UK Hip Hop
Score
80
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20
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Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Mixing Colours
March 20, 2020
Ambient
Score
80
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21
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Carla Bley / Steve Swallow / Andy Sheppard - Life Goes On
February 14, 2020
Score
80
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22
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Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
March 13, 2020
Jazz
Score
80
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23
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J Balvin - Colores
March 19, 2020
Reggaeton
Score
80
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24
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Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink
June 26, 2020
Art Rock
Score
80
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25
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Låpsley - Through Water
March 20, 2020
Ambient Pop
Score
80
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Observer awarded albums throughout 2020.
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