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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Andrew Wasylyk - Fugitive Light And Themes Of Consolation
September 4, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

The Fellowship Of Hallucinatory Voyagers - The Imaginary Gallery
December 4, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

10.

Hjalte Ross - Waves Of Haste
December 4, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

11.

Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions)
December 11, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Lavender Diamond - Now Is the Time
December 4, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

5 Billion In Diamonds - Divine Accidents
November 20, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

14.

Gryphon - Get Out Of My Father's Car
November 25, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

15.

Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations 2020
November 20, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

16.

The Nels Cline Singers - Share The Wealth
November 13, 2020
Jazz Fusion
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

17.

Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood - LIVE
October 31, 2020
Jazz
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

18.

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Dimensional Stardust
November 20, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

19.

Evie Sands - Get Out of Your Own Way
September 15, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

20.

Skyway Man - The World Only Ends When You Die
October 23, 2020
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Hawkwind Light Orchestra - Carnivorous
July 23, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

22.

Herman Dune - Notes from Vinegar Hill
November 6, 2020
Alt-Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Jennifer Castle - Monarch Season
October 16, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)
October 16, 2020
Bluegrass
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

25.

AC/DC - Power Up
November 13, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
80
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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