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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Songhoy Blues - Optimisme
October 23, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
September 25, 2020
Indietronica
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Bill Callahan - Gold Record
September 4, 2020
Americana
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Thurston Moore - By the Fire
September 25, 2020
Noise Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

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

6.

Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs Of Sorrow
May 8, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison
October 16, 2020
Chamber Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Eels - Earth to Dora
October 30, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Fleet Foxes - Shore
September 22, 2020
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease
July 24, 2020
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

The Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus - Songs of Yearning
April 4, 2020
Neoclassical Darkwave
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

12.

Brigid Mae Power - Head Above The Water
June 5, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow the Rules
July 10, 2020
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

JARV IS... - Beyond the Pale
July 17, 2020
Art Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Car Seat Headrest - Making A Door Less Open
May 1, 2020
Indietronica
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Lucinda Williams - Good Souls Better Angels
April 24, 2020
Blues Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Soccer Mommy - color theory
February 28, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Viscerals
April 3, 2020
Stoner Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Caribou - Suddenly
February 28, 2020
Indietronica
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers
March 20, 2020
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band - Just Like Moby Dick
January 24, 2020
Americana
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Bill Fay - Countless Branches
January 17, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
February 14, 2020
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Wire - Mind Hive
January 24, 2020
Post-Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
October 23, 2020
Heartland Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Record Collector awarded albums throughout 2020.
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