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This is an ordered list of AllMusic's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out
AllMusic's Year End List
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1
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Fatma Said - El Nour
October 16, 2020
Score
100
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2
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The Crossing / Donald Nally - James Primosch: Carthage
May 22, 2020
Score
100
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Amazon
3
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ORA - Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium; James Macmillan: Vidi Aquam
September 21, 2020
Score
100
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Amazon
4
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Anna Dennis / Gabrieli Consort / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Mhairi Lawson / Paul McCreesh - Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692
April 24, 2020
Score
100
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Amazon
5
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Thibaut Garcia - Aranjuez
October 3, 2020
Score
100
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6
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Carolyn Sampson, Minnesota Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä - Mahler 4
January 3, 2020
Score
100
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7
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Sean Shibe - Bach
May 22, 2020
Score
100
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8
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Cappella Amsterdam / Daniel Reuss - Inferno
June 12, 2020
Score
100
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9
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Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions)
December 11, 2020
Score
90
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10
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time OutTakes (Previously Unreleased Takes From the Original 1959 Sessions)
December 4, 2020
Score
90
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Amazon
11
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Joel Ross - Who Are You?
Score
90
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Amazon
12
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Takács Quartet & Garrick Ohlsson - Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets
May 29, 2020
Score
90
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Amazon
13
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Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki - St Matthew Passion
February 7, 2020
Score
90
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Amazon
14
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Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki - St John Passion
September 0, 2020
Score
90
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15
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Heathered Pearls - Cast
November 13, 2020
Score
90
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16
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Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Dimensional Stardust
November 20, 2020
Score
90
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Amazon
17
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Kaki King - Modern Yesterdays
October 23, 2020
Score
90
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Amazon
18
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Skyway Man - The World Only Ends When You Die
October 23, 2020
Score
90
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19
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Faten Kanaan - A Mythology of Circles
November 13, 2020
Score
90
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20
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Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR
October 30, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
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21
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Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)
October 16, 2020
Bluegrass
Score
90
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22
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The Bug - In Blue (feat. Dis Fig)
November 20, 2020
Score
90
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23
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Khatia Buniatishvili - Labyrinth
October 9, 2020
Score
90
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Amazon
24
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Waylon Payne - Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me
September 11, 2020
Americana
Score
90
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25
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Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump ..... on a wooden piano
November 20, 2020
Score
90
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