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Decade
Source
Genre
Min. Reviews
2020s
2020
2021
2022

76.

Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell
January 28, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
13 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

77.

Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
March 4, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
80
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

78.

Blossoms - Ribbon Around the Bomb
April 29, 2022
Indie Pop
Critic Score
80
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

79.

Cancer Bats - Psychic Jailbreak
April 15, 2022
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
80
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

80.

Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good and Green Again
January 21, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

81.

Ghost - IMPERA
March 11, 2022
AOR
Critic Score
80
14 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

82.

Leyla McCalla - Breaking the Thermometer
May 6, 2022
Critic Score
80
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

83.

Old Crow Medicine Show - Paint This Town
April 22, 2022
Country
Critic Score
80
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

84.

Lady Wray - Piece Of Me
January 28, 2022
Soul
Critic Score
80
5 reviews
Amazon

85.

Beach House - Once Twice Melody
February 18, 2022
Dream Pop
Critic Score
80
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

86.

Drug Church - Hygiene
March 11, 2022
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
80
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

87.

Miranda Lambert - Palomino
April 29, 2022
Country
Critic Score
80
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

88.

Whatever The Weather - Whatever the Weather
April 8, 2022
Ambient
Critic Score
80
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

89.

Earl Sweatshirt - SICK!
January 14, 2022
Abstract Hip Hop
Critic Score
80
21 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

90.

Rammstein - Zeit
April 29, 2022
Industrial Metal
Critic Score
80
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

91.

Ibaraki - Rashomon
May 6, 2022
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
80
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

92.

Tanya Tagaq - Tongues
January 21, 2022
Post-Industrial
Critic Score
80
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

93.

Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
May 6, 2022
Indie Rock
Critic Score
80
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

94.

Vince Staples - RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
April 8, 2022
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
79
13 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

95.

Empath - Visitor
February 11, 2022
Noise Pop
Critic Score
79
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

96.

Jenny Hval - Classic Objects
March 11, 2022
Art Pop
Critic Score
79
23 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

97.

Animals As Leaders - Parrhesia
March 25, 2022
Djent
Critic Score
79
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

98.

Underøath - Voyeurist
January 14, 2022
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
79
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

99.

Digga D - Noughty By Nature
April 15, 2022
UK Drill
Critic Score
79
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

100.

Mitski - Laurel Hell
February 4, 2022
Art Pop
Critic Score
79
38 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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