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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Dangereens - Tough Luck
May 25, 2020
Score
90
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2.

Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
October 23, 2020
Heartland Rock
Score
90
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3.

Songhoy Blues - Optimisme
October 23, 2020
Score
90
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4.

Lionheart - The Reality of Miracles
July 31, 2020
AOR
Score
90
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5.

Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
September 18, 2020
Grindcore
Score
90
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6.

Stephen Dale Petit - 2020 Visions
June 12, 2020
Score
90
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iTunes
Music

7.

Eight Rounds Rapid - Love Your Work
August 21, 2020
Garage Rock
Score
90
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8.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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9.

The James Hunter Six - Nick of Time
March 6, 2020
Blue-eyed Soul
Score
90
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10.

Deep Purple - Whoosh!
August 7, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
90
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11.

Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs Of Sorrow
May 8, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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12.

The Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromantic
February 28, 2020
Score
90
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13.

The Airborne Toxic Event - Hollywood Park
May 22, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
90
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iTunes
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14.

Green Day - Father of All...
February 7, 2020
Pop Rock
Score
90
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iTunes
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15.

When Rivers Meet - We Fly Free
November 20, 2020
Score
80
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iTunes
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Spotify

16.

Jeff Scott Soto - Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)
November 6, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

17.

Paul McCartney - McCartney III
December 18, 2020
Pop Rock
Score
80
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iTunes
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18.

Red Spektor - Heart of the Renewed Sun
October 2, 2020
Score
80
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19.

Jim Kirkpatrick - Ballad of a Prodigal Son
September 4, 2020
Score
80
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20.

Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Pressure
October 16, 2020
Score
80
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21.

Michael J. Sheehy - Distance Is The Soul of Beauty
October 23, 2020
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music

22.

Ascension of the Watchers - Apocrypha
October 9, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

23.

AC/DC - Power Up
November 13, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Drive-By Truckers - The New OK
October 2, 2020
Southern Rock
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Dirty Shirley - Dirty Shirley
January 24, 2020
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Classic Rock awarded albums throughout 2020.
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