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The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2020 by User Score

Decade
Genre
Min. Ratings
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
April 17th, 2020
USER SCORE
84
3471 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18th, 2020
USER SCORE
83
2758 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
August 7th, 2020
USER SCORE
83
956 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

4.

Ichiko Aoba - アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)
December 2nd, 2020
USER SCORE
83
918 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Nick Cave - Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
November 20th, 2020
USER SCORE
81
95 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
July 17th, 2020
USER SCORE
80
1052 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Ichiko Aoba -
April 3rd, 2020
USER SCORE
80
194 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Taylor Swift - folklore: the long pond studio sessions (from the Disney+ special)
November 25th, 2020
USER SCORE
80
137 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Adrianne Lenker - songs
October 23rd, 2020
USER SCORE
79
796 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter
April 10th, 2020
USER SCORE
79
1337 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24th, 2020
USER SCORE
78
2781 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Taylor Swift - evermore
December 11th, 2020
USER SCORE
77
1558 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

James Blake - Covers
December 11th, 2020
USER SCORE
76
174 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Honey Harper - Starmaker
March 6th, 2020
USER SCORE
75
284 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Samia - The Baby
August 28th, 2020
USER SCORE
75
230 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Phoebe Bridgers - If We Make It Through December
November 23rd, 2020
USER SCORE
74
152 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Soccer Mommy - color theory
February 28th, 2020
USER SCORE
74
1354 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Brandy Clark - Your Life Is a Record
March 6th, 2020
USER SCORE
74
51 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners
May 29th, 2020
USER SCORE
74
126 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Matt Elliott - Farewell to All We Know
March 27th, 2020
USER SCORE
74
98 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Johanna Warren - Chaotic Good
May 1st, 2020
USER SCORE
74
53 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Wilbur Soot - Your City Gave Me Asthma
June 26th, 2020
USER SCORE
74
70 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
June 19th, 2020
USER SCORE
73
686 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Blake Mills - Mutable Set
May 8th, 2020
USER SCORE
73
172 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

A.A.Williams - Forever Blue
July 3rd, 2020
USER SCORE
73
130 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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