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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 16, 2015
Hip Hop
Critic Score
95
38
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
2.
Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
November 22, 2019
Death Metal
Critic Score
94
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3.
D'Angelo - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
93
25
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
92
30
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5.
Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
March 9, 2010
Folk
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Hip Hop
Critic Score
92
36
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7.
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
Hip Hop
Critic Score
91
39
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Art Pop
Critic Score
91
36
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9.
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
September 14, 2010
Country
Critic Score
91
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10.
Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel
April 12, 2019
Post-Punk
Critic Score
91
19
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11.
Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23, 2016
R&B
Critic Score
91
32
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12.
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
August 29, 2011
Folk
Critic Score
90
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13.
Employed to Serve - Eternal Forward Motion
May 10, 2019
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
90
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14.
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
July 17, 2012
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
90
35
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Critic Score
90
30
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
90
17
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17.
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
October 22, 2012
Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
28
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
37
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19.
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
May 19, 2015
World
Critic Score
90
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20.
Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
Critic Score
90
20
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21.
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 15, 2011
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
89
33
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22.
FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
November 8, 2019
Art Pop
Critic Score
89
29
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
August 3, 2010
Indie Rock
Critic Score
89
36
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24.
Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa
January 8, 2013
World
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25.
Black Foxxes - REIðI
March 16, 2018
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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