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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10, 2020
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams - Aporia
March 24, 2020
New Age
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Clt Drp - Without the Eyes
August 28, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Deftones - Ohms
September 25, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Keaton Henson - Monument
October 23, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

8.

International Teachers of Pop - Pop Gossip
May 29, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

9.

Toots & The Maytals - Got to Be Tough
August 28, 2020
Reggae
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

The Cool Greenhouse - The Cool Greenhouse
May 29, 2020
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics
July 17, 2020
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death
July 31, 2020
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Kate NV - Room For The Moon
June 12, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club
October 2, 2020
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Westerman - Your Hero Is Not Dead
June 5, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

JARV IS... - Beyond the Pale
July 17, 2020
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
August 28, 2020
Tech House
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Black Orchid Empire - Semaphore
June 12, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

19.

Pottery - Welcome to Bobby's Motel
June 26, 2020
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Jehnny Beth - TO LOVE IS TO LIVE
June 12, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
May 1, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Sorry - 925
March 27, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
March 27, 2020
Alt-Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Brian Fallon - Local Honey
March 27, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Creeper - Sex, Death & the Infinite Void
July 31, 2020
Pop Rock
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 Gigwise awarded albums throughout 2020.
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