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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021
This is an ordered list of PopMatters's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out PopMatters's Year End List.

1.

Childish Gambino - 3.15.20
March 22, 2020
Neo-Soul
Score
100
Source →
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Spotify

2.

Ital Tek - Outland
May 1, 2020
UK Bass
Score
100
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Spotify

3.

Phelimuncasi - Phelimuncasi: 2013-2019
September 17, 2020
Score
90
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4.

Tolouse Low Trax - Jumping Dead Leafs
September 11, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

5.

Whipped Cream - WHO IS WHIPPED CREAM?
August 21, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

6.

Deftones - Ohms
September 25, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
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7.

Low Cut Connie - Private Lives
October 13, 2020
Rock & Roll
Score
90
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8.

Thin Lear - Wooden Cave
July 24, 2020
Score
90
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9.

Max Richter - Voices
July 31, 2020
Modern Classical
Score
90
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10.

H.C. McEntire - Eno Axis
August 21, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

11.

Erasure - The Neon
August 21, 2020
Synthpop
Score
90
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12.

Jónsi - Shiver
October 2, 2020
Glitch Pop
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

13.

SAULT - UNTITLED (Black Is)
June 19, 2020
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Keleketla! & Coldcut - Keleketla!
July 3, 2020
Afrobeat
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

15.

Oumou Sangaré - Acoustic
June 19, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

16.

The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

17.

Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers - Vodou Ale
May 22, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

18.

David Grubbs & Taku Unami - Comet Meta
May 29, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

19.

Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
June 5, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

20.

Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease
July 24, 2020
Folk
Score
90
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iTunes
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21.

Jessy Lanza - All The Time
July 24, 2020
Alternative R&B
Score
90
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iTunes
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Spotify

22.

Matthew D. Gantt - Diagnostics
April 17, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

23.

Larkin Poe - Self Made Man
June 12, 2020
Blues Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Die Wilde Jagd - Haut
April 17, 2020
Progressive Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings PopMatters awarded albums throughout 2020.
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