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1.

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
95
45 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
March 9, 2010
Americana
Critic Score
94
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
93
37 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers
September 29, 2017
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
93
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
92
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
November 22, 2019
Death Metal
Critic Score
92
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010
Pop Rap
Critic Score
92
44 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Critic Score
92
39 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
September 14, 2010
Country
Critic Score
91
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
Critic Score
91
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
July 10, 2012
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
91
42 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Indie Folk
Critic Score
91
45 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
September 30, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
Critic Score
90
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Lankum - The Livelong Day
October 25, 2019
Folk
Critic Score
90
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Employed to Serve - Eternal Forward Motion
May 10, 2019
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
90
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads
January 26, 2018
Americana
Critic Score
90
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
90
20 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23, 2016
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
90
38 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
32 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
Critic Score
89
23 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
89
32 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Sam Lee & Friends - The Fade In Time
June 16, 2015
Folk
Critic Score
89
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Indie Rock
Critic Score
89
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net
February 5, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
Critic Score
89
7 reviews
Amazon
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