Best Albums of the 2020s (so far)

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Passage Du Desir 

 Johnny Blue Skies

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"Misfit country songwriter Sturgill Simpson may have changed his performing name, but he continues the lush country-soul he pioneered back on his Sailor's Guide to Earth album. Excellent! Track: What If the Sun Never Rises Again"  Reply

- henrygreen0203 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

208

Rank in 2024:

67

Rank in 2020s:

471

Overall Rank:

6,368

Average Rating:

 74 (52 votes)

Comments:

1

472.

Weather Alive 

 Beth Orton

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"Listened to this during a bright winter’s train ride home on Christmas Eve which was the perfect pairing for such a trip :))"  Reply

- jbentley3997 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

208

Rank in 2022:

91

Rank in 2020s:

472

Overall Rank:

6,379

Average Rating:

 75 (51 votes)

Comments:

2

473.

Plastic Hearts 

 Miley Cyrus

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"Usually my response to "my new album is '80s inspired" is "oh really, how refreshing" in a very sarcastic tone. The disaster of Muse's last album and the infinite blandness of Dua Lipa's latest release (however the opinions are divided on that) are proof of that. But someone who even dares to bri...""Usually my response to "my new album is '80s inspired" is "oh really, how refreshing" in a very sarcastic tone. The disaster of Muse's last album and the infinite blandness of Dua Lipa's latest release (however the opinions are divided on that) are proof of that. But someone who even dares to bring back the hideous trend of the mullet shows enough dedication for me to be interested. And after the triumph of "Midnight Sky" which was impossible to evade unless you live under a rock, and which made the radio a little bit more bearable, there was no doubt in my mind to listen this release. And that's not to say I wouldn't have listened it otherwise, but her previous releases didn't make me very excited for more. She has suffered from a strong case of authenticity signalling (just like 99% of people on this site, which is why her top album here is that awful "Dead Pets" album), first useless experimentalism, then cringy back-to-basicsness which only americans could have enjoyed, which showed (big surprise) that her love for hip hop was disingeneous to say the least and that she doesn't see it as a genuine art form. This time she's trying out the '80s and flirts with hard rock (Poppy's fault perhaps?), but the boring power ballads and hillbilly tracks are here still (can you blame me not giving a fuck as a European?), which ruin the experience and make the album ultimately unfocused. But the first half of the album is very good. The songs are well written. The band is doing its job, but nothing much outstanding from them. So all in all very neutral about this album, you might find some gems but don't count on it."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

207

Rank in 2020:

97

Rank in 2020s:

473

Overall Rank:

6,388

Average Rating:

 67 (53 votes)

Comments:

3

474.

Vertigo Days 

 The Notwist

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"(A solid, if somewhat sterile to my ears, Notwist album. Some nice warm and peaceful indie songs with electronic elements.) It's nice to get reacquainted with The Notwist. I had Neon Golden in my CD player a lot back in the day, never delved into their earlier stuff nor their later stuff and just...""(A solid, if somewhat sterile to my ears, Notwist album. Some nice warm and peaceful indie songs with electronic elements.) It's nice to get reacquainted with The Notwist. I had Neon Golden in my CD player a lot back in the day, never delved into their earlier stuff nor their later stuff and just kinda moved away and forgot about them. Now all these years later here I am hearing those same vocals coldly singing over somewhat similar music. There is something nice about the warm yet also detached sound of this album. The tones are generally the warm things, intermingled with some electro beats and sounds, thus the genre description of Indietronica (which like most genre tags is stupid and I hate). The way the album, especially at the start, is bound together and flows from one track to the next seamlessly is quite cool. I didn't know I was hearing "Ship (featuring Saya)" until a minute in. The songs themselves are nice and have some cool compositions that build. The instrumentals are layered and yet dignified and I also quite like that. The vocals are the usual detached near-singing. And I am used to this style and its alright but far from a selling point or highlight. I think generally the album starts nice and then gets kinda draggy tworard the back half or 2/3s. Its a respectable and well recorded album, but its also quite ... plain, I guess. It doesn't fill me with wonder or revelation nor excite me with sharp sounds and moments, its all so delicately crafted to be a nice somewhat dreamy album with no sharp turns or lowlights or highlights. Its just a plain 'ol indietronica Notwist record and I felt a little cold by the end. Song highlights include the aforementioned "Ship", as well as "Exit Strategy to Myself", "Into Love/Stars", the short little instrumental "Ghost" is quite fun, and "Al Sur" injects some more much needed energy into this album toward the end. Oh and the closing track is a nice closing track, quite pretty, peaceful and somewhat forlorn and world-weary. Track lowlights (none of which are really bad, just not as high energy or as charming to me as the others) include "Loose Ends" (although it gets nice toward the back end after a meh start), "Into The Ice Age", "Oh Sweet Fire (kinda had a promising start, but loses its steam and by the end I was bored out my mind), "Sans Soleil", "Night's Too Dark" etc... you get it, I was kinda checked out on the second half with few exceptions. I have a tendency that I've noticed this year to give myself over to new and up-and-coming artists much more than already established artists. If you look at my top 10-20 of this year thus far (its April 29th) its mostly debut albums or sophomore efforts. I'm not sure why this is. I honestly can't put my finger on it. This is a fine indie and electronic album with some good tunes and some really cool tracks but I am overall pretty cold and unmoved by it and not feeling a rise of excitement that I may feel had this been a debut album or by a young group. This isn't fair AT ALL to this group. They are quite impressive in their ability to craft these soundscapes. But, anyway, I just wanted to openly acknowledge my bias. Also this year I have been swerving a lot more to the verges - either super intense and wild or very very slow and methodical, and this album is firmly in that middle zone - occupying a certain professional, vibey indie pop. Good for what it is. But not what I'm gravitating toward these days. I had this album on my "To Listen" list and so here I am, respecting it from a distance with one foot out the door to go listen to some weird Noisy Grindcore album or whatever."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

207

Rank in 2021:

97

Rank in 2020s:

474

Overall Rank:

6,390

Average Rating:

 71 (51 votes)

Comments:

4

475.

Stereo Mind Game 

 Daughter (UK)

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"79/100 Daugther is shaped little by little, deviating from their main flaw that has always followed them: being on the edge of the generic. Their best album to date Key songs : Be On Your Way / Party / Swim Back / Neptune Other ratings: - If You Leave (2013) 75 - Not To Disappear (2016) 66""79/100 Daugther is shaped little by little, deviating from their main flaw that has always followed them: being on the edge of the generic. Their best album to date Key songs : Be On Your Way / Party / Swim Back / Neptune Other ratings: - If You Leave (2013) 75 - Not To Disappear (2016) 66"  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

207

Rank in 2023:

81

Rank in 2020s:

475

Overall Rank:

6,402

Average Rating:

 76 (47 votes)

Comments:

2

476.

Cold Visions 

 Bladee

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Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

206

Rank in 2024:

68

Rank in 2020s:

476

Overall Rank:

6,410

Average Rating:

 73 (25 votes)

Comments:

0

477.

Alfredo 2 

 Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

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Year of Release:

2025

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

206

Rank in 2025:

43

Rank in 2020s:

477

Overall Rank:

6,413

Average Rating:

 74 (64 votes)

Comments:

0

478.

Songs And Instrumentals 
Compilation

 Adrianne Lenker

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"my favorite album in the lords year of 2024"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

206

Rank in 2020:

98

Rank in 2020s:

478

Overall Rank:

6,420

Average Rating:

 77 (27 votes)

Comments:

1

479.

The Clearing 

 Wolf Alice

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"I liked the album and was surprised. I need to listen to it more times for a better evaluation, but for now it's in my top 10 of 2025."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2025

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

206

Rank in 2025:

44

Rank in 2020s:

479

Overall Rank:

6,423

Average Rating:

 74 (72 votes)

Comments:

3

480.

Asphalt Meadows 

 Death Cab For Cutie

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"The band's best and most adventurous in over a decade. Even when the songwriting isn't quite where you want it to be, the production is some of the most forward-thinking and intense of Death Cab's career. Great stuff."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

205

Rank in 2022:

92

Rank in 2020s:

480

Overall Rank:

6,444

Average Rating:

 74 (71 votes)

Comments:

5

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Best Albums of the 2020s (so far) composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Year	Albums	%
2020	199	20%
2021	204	20%
2022	192	19%
2023	157	16%
2024	147	15%
2025	98	10%
2026	3	0%

Artist	Albums	%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	12	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	5	1%
Black Country, New Road	4	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Maruja	4	0%
Bad Bunny	4	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	501	50%
	240	24%
	46	5%
	40	4%
	31	3%
	19	2%
	15	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	3	0%