Fiona Apple's Fetch The Bolt Cutters is the most acclaimed album of the year.
The ADM Top 10 2020
Now everyone's had their say with the Best Albums of 2020
roundups, it's time to take stock of the cold hard facts of what
really were the most critically-acclaimed albums over the past 12
months.
The AnyDecentMusic top 10 of 2020 is the most reliable guide to
what earned the most extensive overall praise from reviewers.
We have excluded from the rankings any albums with fewer than ten
reviews from our list of more than 50 sources from the UK, US,
Canada, Australia and Ireland, and the formula we apply to arrive
at the ADM rating takes the number of reviews into account
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9.21
Fiona Apple
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
"The songwriter unlocks her most challenging, raw, and
liberating listen to date" Consequence Of Sound
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8.93
Bob Dylan
Rough and Rowdy Ways
"Full of bleak and brooding rhythm and blues, Rough and Rowdy Ways
reveals Dylan at his lyrical best" The Guardian
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Run The Jewels
RTJ4
"Finally, a proper soundtrack for a societal upheaval"
Albumism
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Perfume Genius
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
"Brimming with a palpable, passionate sense of exploration"
DIY
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Creeper
Sex, Death and The Infinite Void
"A driven epic that eclipses this band's debut" Gigwise
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Deftones
Ohms
"The band's reunion with producer Terry Date results in an album
that's as thrilling - and as emotional - as they have ever sounded"
NME
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Laura Marling
Song For Our Daughter
"Full of Californian haze, making for a gorgeously contemplative
experience" The Arts Desk
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Dua Lipa
Future Nostalgia
"A game-changer for pop" The Irish Times
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Taylor Swift
Folklore
"Folklore is sad, beautiful, somewhat tragic, a little bit off the
wall, but most of all it feels free" music OMH
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Waxahatchee
Saint Cloud
"'Saint Cloud' is the refreshed, reformed and matured Waxahatchee
- and it's glorious" Clash
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11. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Reviews
12. Moses Sumney - græ Reviews
13. The Cribs - Night Network Reviews
14. Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
Reviews
15. Adrianne Lenker - songs
Reviews
16. Yves Tumor - Heaven To A
Tortured Mind Reviews
17. Jessie Ware - What's Your
Pleasure? Reviews
18. Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics
Reviews
19. Porridge Radio - Every Bad
Reviews
20. Neil Young - Homegrown Reviews
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