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2020
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627.

NOFX - Single Album
February 26, 2021
Punk Rock, Skate Punk
Pop Punk
Critic Score
70
6 reviews
Amazon

628.

The Darkness - Motorheart
November 19, 2021
Hard Rock
Critic Score
70
9 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl

632.

Baio - Dead Hand Control
January 29, 2021
Indie Pop
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
70
8 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl

634.

Alice Cooper - Detroit Stories
February 26, 2021
Hard Rock
Blues Rock, Boogie Rock
Critic Score
70
15 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify

635.

Pale Waves - Who Am I?
February 12, 2021
Pop Rock
Critic Score
70
18 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl

636.

Kele - The Waves Pt. 1
May 28, 2021
Indie Pop, Dream Pop
Critic Score
70
9 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify

637.

Julia Stone - Sixty Summers
April 30, 2021
Art Pop, Indie Pop
Critic Score
70
9 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl

641.

MONSTA X - The Dreaming
December 10, 2021
Pop, Dance-Pop, K-Pop, Disco
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify

642.

Rival Consoles - Overflow
December 3, 2021
Progressive Electronic, IDM
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify

643.

Graham Coxon - Superstate
August 27, 2021
Alternative Dance, Art Pop, Synthpop
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon

644.

DZ Deathrays - Positive Rising, Pt. 2
July 9, 2021
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp

645.

White Flowers - Day By Day
June 11, 2021
Dream Pop
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp

647.

Moby - Reprise
May 28, 2021
Art Pop, Electroacoustic, Electronic
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl

648.

TEKE::TEKE - Shirushi
May 7, 2021
Psychedelic Rock
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify

650.

William The Conqueror - Maverick Thinker
March 5, 2021
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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