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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Bai Kamara Jr & The Voodoo Sniffers - Salone
January 24, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

2.

Kevin Godley - Muscle Memory
December 17, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Sodom - Genesis XIX
November 27, 2020
Thrash Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

4.

Dangereens - Tough Luck
May 25, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
October 23, 2020
Heartland Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Songhoy Blues - Optimisme
October 23, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Lionheart - The Reality of Miracles
July 31, 2020
AOR
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
September 18, 2020
Grindcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

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

10.

Eight Rounds Rapid - Love Your Work
August 21, 2020
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

The James Hunter Six - Nick of Time
March 6, 2020
Blue-eyed Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Deep Purple - Whoosh!
August 7, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs Of Sorrow
May 8, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

The Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromantic
February 28, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

The Airborne Toxic Event - Hollywood Park
May 22, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Green Day - Father of All...
February 7, 2020
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Helen Love - Power On
November 20, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

19.

Ruff Majik - The Devil’s Cattle
October 30, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

20.

Cats in Space - Atlantis
November 27, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Half Japanese - Crazy Hearts
December 4, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

When Rivers Meet - We Fly Free
November 20, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

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

24.

Paul McCartney - McCartney III
December 18, 2020
Pop Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - K.G.
November 20, 2020
Psychedelic 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 Classic Rock awarded albums throughout 2020.
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