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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
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2.

Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Hip Hop
Score
80
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3.

Destroyer - Have We Met
January 31, 2020
Synthpop
Score
80
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4.

Moses Sumney - græ
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
80
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5.

Pearl Jam - Gigaton
March 27, 2020
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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6.

Thundercat - It Is What It Is
April 3, 2020
Psychedelic Soul
Score
80
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7.

Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor
May 8, 2020
Art Pop
Score
80
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8.

Built to Spill - Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston
June 12, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
80
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9.

HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
June 26, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
80
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10.

Margo Price - That’s How Rumors Get Started
July 10, 2020
Country Pop
Score
80
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11.

Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
May 15, 2020
Bubblegum Bass
Score
80
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12.

Khruangbin - Mordechai
June 26, 2020
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
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13.

James Krivchenia - A New Found Relaxation
June 26, 2020
Score
80
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14.

The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
May 22, 2020
Art Pop
Score
70
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15.

TORRES - Silver Tongue
January 31, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
70
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16.

Son Little - aloha
January 31, 2020
R&B
Score
70
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17.

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
March 27, 2020
Dance Pop
Score
70
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18.

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun
February 7, 2020
Psychedelic Soul
Score
70
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19.

The Strokes - The New Abnormal
April 10, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
70
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20.

Morrissey - I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
March 20, 2020
Alternative Rock
Score
70
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21.

LA Priest - GENE
June 5, 2020
Score
70
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22.

Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
70
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23.

Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels
April 24, 2020
Blues Rock
Score
70
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24.

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions
May 15, 2020
Americana
Score
70
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25.

Willie Nelson - First Rose of Spring
July 3, 2020
Country
Score
70
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings FLOOD Magazine awarded albums throughout 2020.
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