Best Albums of the 2020s (so far)
Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s (so far) as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
"This is really good. Like really good. Gotta love a great debut album." Reply
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ExTeaSea | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2024
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"Dark Matter sees Pearl Jam rekindle energy that most fans were starting to doubt they could offer. The band hasn’t sounded this focused since the turn of the century and is their best effort since the greatly under-appreciated Binaural. Dark Matter sounds like what you would expect from a Pearl J..." [+] Reply
"It's not bad but there are too many songs that just go on for about ten minutes where nothing really happens. Maiden struggle to write memorable melodies these days and there are certainly a lack of those here. Once a song has finished it's hard to remember anything about it. It sounds good and t..." [+] Reply
"Every year there seems to be an album in the noise rock, post-punk scene that seemingly appears out of nowhere. This is that album in 2023." Reply
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pjohnsongolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I like this album. It's not bad. But personally, it's the Big Thief album that I find the least rich in substance." Reply
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2025
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438
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"My favourite of this year's set of 80s style throwback albums. The modern twist on 80s disco aesthetics is so intoxicating, especially on some of the longer cuts on the regular album and the extended versions on the deluxe edition. The vocals are mixed in pretty much perfectly to flow with the re..." [+] Reply
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2020
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436
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"This is like Pink Floyd level instrumentation. And by that I mean that words aren't needed to express the feelings meant to come from this album. The thing that makes that even more impressive is that the instrumentation on this record isn't nearly as complex as a Floyd record, it's really fairly..." [+] Reply
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Keatownrodriguez | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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"This a very consistent album as there is no real weak track and they are all pretty decent. However, it is lacking real attention grabbing songs that keep you interested and I do find a lot of the songs out stay their welcome a little. There is a lot of great musicianship on here, that really mak..." [+] Reply
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2022
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"The slower and more experimental tracks on here are the highlights and some of IDLES best cuts yet. Although it lacks the punch of past projects this still is quite enjoyable." Reply
- pjohnsongolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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"Along with Mumford and Sons, The 1975 are one of the most polarising artists out there. Your either in the love em camp or loath them with a passion camp & just for the record I'm most certainly in the love em camp & I really don’t give a flying rats as to what other people think After their Gen ..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2022
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 22 of 100
Best Albums of the 2020s (so far) composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2020 | 199 | 20% | |
| 2021 | 204 | 20% | |
| 2022 | 193 | 19% | |
| 2023 | 157 | 16% | |
| 2024 | 147 | 15% | |
| 2025 | 99 | 10% | |
| 2026 | 6 | 1% |
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 12 | 1% | |
| Taylor Swift | 7 | 1% | |
| Nas | 5 | 0% | |
| Charli XCX | 4 | 0% | |
| Black Country, New Road | 4 | 0% | |
| 파란노을 [Parannoul] | 4 | 0% | |
| Maruja | 4 | 0% | |
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501 | 50% | |
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240 | 24% | |
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47 | 5% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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19 | 2% | |
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