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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - RoundAgain
July 10, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

2.

HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
June 26, 2020
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Benjamin Biolay - Grand Prix
June 26, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

4.

Holy Wave - Interloper
July 3, 2020
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Ekhidna
June 12, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

6.

Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano - Arctic Riff
June 26, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

7.

Derrick Hodge - COLOR OF NOIZE
June 26, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

8.

Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
June 26, 2020
Dance Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Neil Young - Homegrown
June 19, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Haken - Virus
June 19, 2020
Progressive Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

11.

Bill Stewart, John Scofield & Steve Swallow - Swallow Tales
June 5, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

12.

Run the Jewels - RTJ4
June 3, 2020
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Gilfema - Three
April 3, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

14.

KA - Descendants Of Cain
May 1, 2020
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Damu The Fudgemunk, Archie Shepp & Raw Poetic - Ocean Bridges
May 22, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Steve Earle & The Dukes - Ghosts of West Virginia
May 22, 2020
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Woods - Strange To Explain
May 22, 2020
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Rafael Anton Irisarri - Peripeteia
May 22, 2020
Drone
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Moses Sumney - græ
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Reunions
May 15, 2020
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

I Break Horses - Warnings
May 8, 2020
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
May 8, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor
May 8, 2020
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Hot Country Knights - The K Is Silent
May 1, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2020.
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