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The Highest Rated Albums of the 2020s

Decade
Source
Genre
Min. Reviews
2020s
2020

1.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
Critic Score
94
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Critic Score
90
29 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Rose City Band - Summerlong
May 15, 2020
Country Rock
Critic Score
89
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

JARV IS... - Beyond the Pale
September 4, 2020
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

6.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
88
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Folk
Critic Score
87
28 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
86
36 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
May 1, 2020
Ambient
Critic Score
86
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Paradise Lost - Obsidian
May 15, 2020
Gothic Metal
Critic Score
86
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Moses Sumney - græ
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Critic Score
86
23 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
March 27, 2020
Dance Pop
Critic Score
86
28 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
May 29, 2020
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Jadakiss - Ignatius
March 6, 2020
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
April 17, 2020
R&B
Critic Score
85
23 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
June 26, 2020
Indie Pop
Critic Score
84
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas
March 27, 2020
Ambient
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Alt-Country
Critic Score
84
33 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics
July 17, 2020
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon

20.

J Hus - Big Conspiracy
January 24, 2020
UK Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Porridge Radio - Every Bad
March 13, 2020
Indie Rock
Critic Score
84
18 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Owen Pallett - Island
May 22, 2020
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
April 3, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
Critic Score
84
22 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Boniface - Boniface
February 14, 2020
Synthpop
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Caribou - Suddenly
February 28, 2020
Indietronica
Critic Score
84
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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