Best Albums

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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade

2020s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient
  - Art Pop
  - Chamber Pop
  - Country
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Folk Pop
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Jazz
  - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Neo-Soul
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - Psychedelic Pop
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

2020s

2020

1. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

February 14, 2020

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

100

2. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

March 27, 2020

Dance Pop

Score

100

3. Caribou - Suddenly

February 28, 2020

Indietronica

Score

100

4. Anna Calvi - Hunted

March 6, 2020

Art Pop

Score

100

5. Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History

March 13, 2020

Jazz

Score

100

6. Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot

January 24, 2020

Score

7. Field Music - Making a New World

January 10, 2020

Score

8. Aoife Nessa Frances - Land of No Junction

January 17, 2020

Score

9. Squirrel Flower - I Was Born Swimming

January 31, 2020

Score

10. Maria McKee - La Vita Nuova

March 13, 2020

Score

11. Lanterns on the Lake - Spook The Herd

February 21, 2020

Score

12. Black Lips - Sing in a World That's Falling Apart

January 24, 2020

Score

13. Tennis - Swimmer

February 14, 2020

Score

14. Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man

February 21, 2020

Score

15. Pat Metheny - From This Place

February 21, 2020

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16. Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers

March 20, 2020

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17. Sepultura - Quadra

February 7, 2020

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18. Ren Harvieu - Revel In The Drama

April 3, 2020

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19. Sam Lee - Old Wow

January 31, 2020

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April 3, 2020

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21. Thundercat - It Is What It Is

April 3, 2020

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22. The Weeknd - After Hours

March 20, 2020

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23. Seth Lakeman - A Pilgrim's Tale

February 7, 2020

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24. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

March 27, 2020

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25. Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Mixing Colours

March 20, 2020

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

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