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Dangereens - Tough Luck
May 25, 2020
Score
90
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Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You
October 23, 2020
Heartland Rock
Score
90
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3
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Songhoy Blues - Optimisme
October 23, 2020
Score
90
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4
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Lionheart - The Reality of Miracles
July 31, 2020
AOR
Score
90
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5
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Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
September 18, 2020
Grindcore
Score
90
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6
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Stephen Dale Petit - 2020 Visions
June 12, 2020
Score
90
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7
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Eight Rounds Rapid - Love Your Work
August 21, 2020
Garage Rock
Score
90
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8
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Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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9
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The James Hunter Six - Nick of Time
March 6, 2020
Blue-eyed Soul
Score
90
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10
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Deep Purple - Whoosh!
August 7, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
90
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11
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Mark Lanegan - Straight Songs Of Sorrow
May 8, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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12
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The Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromantic
February 28, 2020
Score
90
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13
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The Airborne Toxic Event - Hollywood Park
May 22, 2020
Indie Rock
Score
90
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14
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Green Day - Father of All...
February 7, 2020
Pop Rock
Score
90
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15
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When Rivers Meet - We Fly Free
November 20, 2020
Score
80
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16
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Jeff Scott Soto - Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)
November 6, 2020
Score
80
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17
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Paul McCartney - McCartney III
December 18, 2020
Pop Rock
Score
80
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18
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Red Spektor - Heart of the Renewed Sun
October 2, 2020
Score
80
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19
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Jim Kirkpatrick - Ballad of a Prodigal Son
September 4, 2020
Score
80
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20
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Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Pressure
October 16, 2020
Score
80
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21
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Michael J. Sheehy - Distance Is The Soul of Beauty
October 23, 2020
Score
80
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22
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Ascension of the Watchers - Apocrypha
October 9, 2020
Score
80
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23
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AC/DC - Power Up
November 13, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
80
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24
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Drive-By Truckers - The New OK
October 2, 2020
Southern Rock
Score
80
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25
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Dirty Shirley - Dirty Shirley
January 24, 2020
Score
80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Classic Rock awarded albums throughout 2020.
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