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Decade
Source
Genre
Min. Reviews
2020s
2020
2021
2022

26.

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future
March 25, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

27.

The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
May 13, 2022
Art Rock
Critic Score
84
25 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

28.

Keeley Forsyth - Limbs
February 25, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

29.

Venom Prison - Erebos
February 4, 2022
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
84
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

30.

Yard Act - The Overload
January 21, 2022
Post-Punk
Critic Score
84
28 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

31.

Melt Yourself Down - Pray For Me I Don’t Fit In
February 25, 2022
Art Punk
Critic Score
84
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

32.

Wet Leg - Wet Leg
April 8, 2022
Indie Rock
Critic Score
83
38 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

33.

Tomberlin - i don’t know who needs to hear this...
April 29, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
16 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

34.

Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky
May 20, 2022
Indie Rock
Critic Score
83
15 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

35.

Hurray For The Riff Raff - Life On Earth
February 18, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
19 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

36.

Crows - Beware Believers
April 1, 2022
Garage Rock
Critic Score
83
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

37.

CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
March 4, 2022
Indie Pop
Critic Score
83
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

38.

The Weeknd - Dawn FM
January 7, 2022
Synthpop
Critic Score
83
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

39.

Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
May 13, 2022
Folk Rock
Critic Score
83
14 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

40.

Walt Disco - Unlearning
April 1, 2022
Synthpop
Critic Score
83
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

41.

Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
February 4, 2022
Art Pop
Critic Score
83
25 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

42.

Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
April 22, 2022
Space Rock
Critic Score
83
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

43.

Congotronics International - Where’s The One
April 29, 2022
Math Rock
Critic Score
83
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

44.

Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
May 20, 2022
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
83
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

45.

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer
March 4, 2022
Tech House
Critic Score
83
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

46.

Yeule - Glitch Princess
February 4, 2022
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
82
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

47.

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - The Harvest
March 25, 2022
Doom Metal
Critic Score
82
5 reviews
Amazon

48.

Gregor Barnett - Don't Go Throwing Roses In My Grave
February 18, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
82
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

49.

Undeath - It's Time​...​To Rise From the Grave
April 22, 2022
Death Metal
Critic Score
82
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

50.

Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
April 8, 2022
Progressive Folk
Critic Score
82
14 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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