Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s
by 
ForegroundNoise 
The Best Albums of the Decade So Far... 2020-2024
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Best Short Releases 2020-2024
1. Mach-Hommy - Mach's Hard Lemonade (2020) [HT/US]
hip hop (n/a, 22:07) - 8/10
2. Marina Herlop - Pripyat (2022) [ES]
glitch pop • avant-folk (PAN, 29:30) - 8/10
3. Slauson Malone - Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak) (2020) [US]
neo-soul • sound collage (n/a, 24:14) - 8/10
4. bar italia - CDr (2022) [GB]
indie rock • slacker rock (n/a, 15:48) - 8/10
5. Asian glow - pt.2345678andstill (2021) [KR]
emo • lo-fi / slacker rock • noise pop • folktronica (Longinus, 16:00) - 8/10
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Retrospective/Archival
Meredith Monk / Theo Bleckmann / Katie Geissinger / Allison Sniffin / Bang on a Can All-Stars - Memory Game (Cantaloupe, 50:20) [US]
post-minimalism - 8.5/10
Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall (Ninja Tune, 46:55)
progressive pop • art rock • chamber pop - 8/10
- Chart updated: 4 days ago
- (Created: 10/24/2025 11:11).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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art rock • post-rock • chamber pop
(Ninja Tune, 58:46)
9/10
"You walk up on the raised edge
Hands out for balance
Slipping, you almost grab mine, but you find your feet
And I never wanted so much someone to fall"
ONR:
For the First Time (2021)
post-rock • experimental rock • post-punk (Ninja Tune, 40:44) - 8/10
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art rock • post-rock • chamber pop
(Ninja Tune, 58:46)
9/10
"You walk up on the raised edge
Hands out for balance
Slipping, you almost grab mine, but you find your feet
And I never wanted so much someone to fall"
ONR:
For the First Time (2021)
post-rock • experimental rock • post-punk (Ninja Tune, 40:44) - 8/10
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Year of Release:
2022
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Rank Score:
6,798
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post-industrial • opera • experimental
(PAN, 54:54)
8.5/10
"Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Why do I have to"
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post-industrial • opera • experimental
(PAN, 54:54)
8.5/10
"Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Why do I have to"
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avant-folk • free folk
(Glitterbeat, 77:10)
8/10
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avant-folk • free folk
(Glitterbeat, 77:10)
8/10
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art pop • glitch pop
(Rough Trade, 44:13)
8/10
"She tortured me still
With the darkest spell
Fought about like forever and ever
She pulled on my hair,
Whispered in my ear
'You fucking love
You love to fuck
To fuck it up'
Fucking listen to her sing"
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art pop • glitch pop
(Rough Trade, 44:13)
8/10
"She tortured me still
With the darkest spell
Fought about like forever and ever
She pulled on my hair,
Whispered in my ear
'You fucking love
You love to fuck
To fuck it up'
Fucking listen to her sing"
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Year of Release:
2022
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Rank Score:
688
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art pop • experimental
(Matador, 52:14)
8/10
"Our body is stretched
And holding one breath
And sharpen the palm
And sever the flesh
Harvest the pit
And spit out the rest"
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art pop • experimental
(Matador, 52:14)
8/10
"Our body is stretched
And holding one breath
And sharpen the palm
And sever the flesh
Harvest the pit
And spit out the rest"
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Year of Release:
2022
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Rank Score:
320
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experimental hip hop • abstract hip hop • jazz rap
(Total Works, 82:56)
7.5/10
"Ears of a virgin, we on the front streets splurging
Pour some libations, for the trap door workers
Run a living to the river, they was great surgeon
By the pyramids, creeps in the night, lurkers"
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experimental hip hop • abstract hip hop • jazz rap
(Total Works, 82:56)
7.5/10
"Ears of a virgin, we on the front streets splurging
Pour some libations, for the trap door workers
Run a living to the river, they was great surgeon
By the pyramids, creeps in the night, lurkers"
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abstract hip hop • experimental hip hop
(Backwoodz, 36:40)
7.5/10
"When the revolution was over, they gave 'em half what they promised
Let's be honest
And the ones who bust they guns went home to tin cups of tea that same plate of porridge (Let's be honest)
Wake up thinking 'bout the ones they left in the forest
It's no church in the wild
My uncle told me they can't bury that many bodies they burned 'em in piles
It was dark
I could see his teeth, it wasn't a smile"
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abstract hip hop • experimental hip hop
(Backwoodz, 36:40)
7.5/10
"When the revolution was over, they gave 'em half what they promised
Let's be honest
And the ones who bust they guns went home to tin cups of tea that same plate of porridge (Let's be honest)
Wake up thinking 'bout the ones they left in the forest
It's no church in the wild
My uncle told me they can't bury that many bodies they burned 'em in piles
It was dark
I could see his teeth, it wasn't a smile"
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screamo • post-hardcore
(Red Creek, 42:54)
7.5/10
"You punished me with a smile
You punished me with a smile
I once was your slave, once your lover, once a fraud, once your mirror
A smile to hide the insides, as if our insides had limits
A smile to hide the insides, as if our insides had limits
I'm drooling, I'm sweating, I'm pissing, I'm shitting my feelings on green carpets of love
In your Eden of teeth"
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screamo • post-hardcore
(Red Creek, 42:54)
7.5/10
"You punished me with a smile
You punished me with a smile
I once was your slave, once your lover, once a fraud, once your mirror
A smile to hide the insides, as if our insides had limits
A smile to hide the insides, as if our insides had limits
I'm drooling, I'm sweating, I'm pissing, I'm shitting my feelings on green carpets of love
In your Eden of teeth"
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alternative R&B • art pop
(Stones Throw, 53:42)
7.5/10
"We're not fighting
We're just discovering our fate in this
I'm not crying
No, I'm just a kid who's fell on her head again"
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alternative R&B • art pop
(Stones Throw, 53:42)
7.5/10
"We're not fighting
We're just discovering our fate in this
I'm not crying
No, I'm just a kid who's fell on her head again"
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Year of Release:
2022
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Rank Score:
500
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post-industrial • powwow music
(37d03d, 46:51)
7/10
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post-industrial • powwow music
(37d03d, 46:51)
7/10
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s composition
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| Squid (2020s) | 1 | 2% | |
| Širom | 1 | 2% | |
| Birds In Row | 1 | 2% | |
| Perfume Genius | 1 | 2% | |
| Joe Rainey | 1 | 2% | |
| Armand Hammer | 1 | 2% | |
| Otay:onii | 1 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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27 | 54% | |
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8 | 16% | |
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4 | 8% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 24th to 25th By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Injury Reserve |
| Down 1 from 25th to 26th Bright Green Field by Squid (2020s) |
| Down 1 from 26th to 27th Shrines by Armand Hammer |
| New entries |
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