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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade

2020s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s
- 2000s
- 1990s

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative Metal
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Indietronica
  - Metal
  - Post-Punk
  - Progressive Pop
  - Punk
- - Punk Rock
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Sophisti-Pop
  - Synthpop

2020

1. A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around

A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around

January 17, 2020

Score

90

2. Wire - Mind Hive

Wire - Mind Hive

January 24, 2020

Score

90

3. Les Amazones d'Afrique - Amazones Power

Les Amazones d'Afrique - Amazones Power

January 24, 2020

Score

90

4. Frank Lenz - Pyramid

Frank Lenz - Pyramid

January 24, 2020

Score

80

5. Georgia - Seeking Thrills

Georgia - Seeking Thrills

January 10, 2020

Score

80

6. Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

January 17, 2020

Score

80

7. Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline

Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline

January 24, 2020

Score

80

8. Bill Fay - Countless Branches

Bill Fay - Countless Branches

January 17, 2020

Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

9. Seamus Egan - Early Bright

Seamus Egan - Early Bright

January 17, 2020

Score

80

10. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories

January 17, 2020

Score

80

11. Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot

Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot

January 24, 2020

Score

80

12. Holy Fuck - Deleter

Holy Fuck - Deleter

January 17, 2020

Score

70

13. Marcus King - El Dorado

Marcus King - El Dorado

January 17, 2020

Score

70

14. Field Music - Making a New World

Field Music - Making a New World

January 10, 2020

Score

70

15. Halsey - Manic

January 17, 2020

Score

70

16. Poppy - I Disagree

Poppy - I Disagree

January 10, 2020

Alternative Metal

Score

70

17. Mura Masa - R.Y.C

Mura Masa - R.Y.C

January 17, 2020

Score

40

18. Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City

Beach Slang - The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City

January 10, 2020

Score

30

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings PopMatters awarded albums throughout 2020.

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