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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021
This is an ordered list of AllMusic's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out AllMusic's Year End List.

1.

Fatma Said - El Nour
October 16, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

The Crossing / Donald Nally - James Primosch: Carthage
May 22, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

ORA - Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium; James Macmillan: Vidi Aquam
September 21, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

4.

Anna Dennis / Gabrieli Consort / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Mhairi Lawson / Paul McCreesh - Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692
April 24, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

Thibaut Garcia - Aranjuez
October 3, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Carolyn Sampson, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä - Mahler 4
January 3, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Sean Shibe - Bach
May 22, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Cappella Amsterdam / Daniel Reuss - Inferno
June 12, 2020
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions)
December 11, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

10.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time OutTakes (Previously Unreleased Takes From the Original 1959 Sessions)
December 4, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

11.

Joel Ross - Who Are You?
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

12.

May 29, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

13.

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki - St Matthew Passion
February 7, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

14.

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki - St John Passion
September 0, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

15.

Heathered Pearls - Cast
November 13, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Dimensional Stardust
November 20, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

17.

Kaki King - Modern Yesterdays
October 23, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

18.

Skyway Man - The World Only Ends When You Die
October 23, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Faten Kanaan - A Mythology of Circles
November 13, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR
October 30, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)
October 16, 2020
Bluegrass
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

22.

The Bug - In Blue (feat. Dis Fig)
November 20, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

23.

Khatia Buniatishvili - Labyrinth
October 9, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

24.

Waylon Payne - Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me
September 11, 2020
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump ..... on a wooden piano
November 20, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2020.
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