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76
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Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell
January 28, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
13
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
77
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Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
March 4, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
80
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
78
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Blossoms - Ribbon Around the Bomb
April 29, 2022
Indie Pop
Critic Score
80
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
79
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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
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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
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Old Crow Medicine Show - Paint This Town
April 22, 2022
Country
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
84
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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
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Miranda Lambert - Palomino
April 29, 2022
Country
Critic Score
80
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
88
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Whatever The Weather - Whatever the Weather
April 8, 2022
Ambient
Critic Score
80
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
89
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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
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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
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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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