Best Albums of the 2020s (so far)

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11.

Brat 

 Charli XCX

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"Charlie is truly a talent, but it cannot be overstated, she has a guaranteed high place in the middle class and it will not be possible to reach the top, but what she is doing deserves honorable recognition"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

357 charts

Rank Score:

2,927

Rank in 2024:

2

Rank in 2020s:

11

Overall Rank:

580

Average Rating:

 77 (324 votes)

Comments:

26

12.

Blue Rev 

 Alvvays

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"Shimmery, jangling indie rock that perhaps gets a lil blurred at times but stands overall as a perfect autumnal listen ?"  Reply

- jbentley3997 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 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:

363 charts

Rank Score:

2,632

Rank in 2022:

4

Rank in 2020s:

12

Overall Rank:

650

Average Rating:

 78 (301 votes)

Comments:

17

13.

Javelin 

 Sufjan Stevens

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"For me, Sufjan’s thirteenth studio offering perfectly matches in mood its autumnal release date. Sonically, it is almost ‘folklore’-esque at times and I found it to be the perfect musical accomplice for making apple crumble during one cold afternoon late in October. This quality sits in juxtaposi...""For me, Sufjan’s thirteenth studio offering perfectly matches in mood its autumnal release date. Sonically, it is almost ‘folklore’-esque at times and I found it to be the perfect musical accomplice for making apple crumble during one cold afternoon late in October. This quality sits in juxtaposition with the emotive, personal lyric writing, conveying the trauma he’s experienced during the last year or so. Overall, I think this contrast is what makes for a very good album, if not an all time classic."  [+]  Reply

- jbentley3997 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 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:

2023

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

2,468

Rank in 2023:

1

Rank in 2020s:

13

Overall Rank:

700

Average Rating:

 81 (302 votes)

Comments:

12

14.

Songs Of A Lost World 

 The Cure

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"Have recently been fully getting into 'Disintegration' (long overdue, I know) and then this came along... felt like serendipity! Really great to hear them still making music at such a high level thirty five years later :)"  Reply

- jbentley3997 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 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:

355 charts

Rank Score:

2,311

Rank in 2024:

3

Rank in 2020s:

14

Overall Rank:

747

Average Rating:

 81 (297 votes)

Comments:

14

15.

Only God Was Above Us 

 Vampire Weekend

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"When Vampire Weekend reformed and released Father of the Bride in 2019 I was just glad that my favourite band in my teenage years could still produce fun and exciting music, even if the output was a bit less consistent in quality than the stuff I'd grown to love years earlier. Only God Was Above ...""When Vampire Weekend reformed and released Father of the Bride in 2019 I was just glad that my favourite band in my teenage years could still produce fun and exciting music, even if the output was a bit less consistent in quality than the stuff I'd grown to love years earlier. Only God Was Above Us is a different prospect altogether, we're back to a shorter 10 track structure with each of these brimming with ideas and none having the throwaway quality of some of FotB's worse tracks. There's something else though, I've always found something very warm and reassuring in the band's earliest records and I'm finding it here as well, the baroque pop of Capricorn or Connect feels like the natural next step from Don't Lie and Everlasting Arms. It's a tough quality to completely describe but there's an effortless feel to these tracks, as though they simply grew from the emotions of the band members and the city setting. Maybe losing the pressure of delivering for a big comeback album has helped the band out or maybe they've just fully adjusted to Rostam's departure, either way they really feel back to their full powers here. Through their early records, the improvements in the lyrics really charted the band's overall progress. The self-titled's sometimes anxious commentary on campus life gave way to something more emotionally resonant on Contra, before Modern Vampires of the City took the elaborate lyricism that the band were known for and twisted it into something strangely evocative and profound. Only God Was Above Us comes in at a similar level, there's lots of lines that I couldn't totally explain to you, but I could tell you how they made me feel. It's strong musically as well, the quirks in each of the tracks still hold close to the overall feel of a track and never feel like they were thrown in to try to make a song more interesting. None of the tracks stand out quite as much as Classical, where the multiple tracks of percussion, warm keys and wilder guitars & brass blend in this beautiful way. Ezra's vocals, reaching that mournful but not hopeless place he's so good at getting to, really wrap it all up as one of the band's best ever songs. There's no stand-out bad or even lacklustre tracks across the rest of the record, but it doesn't reach this level again. I'm also not always 100% sure about some of the more dissonant elements on some of these tracks, the final moments of Capricorn are especially guilty of this, as one of the better songs here starts to fall apart under the weight of the sound. Still, these are pretty minor points to make about an indie band which has had to adapt to so many changes in the musical landscape while either on hiatus or between albums. As a teenage Vampire Weekend obsessive I think I built myself up for the release of Modern Vampires of the City more than I have for any album before or since, I got a pleasant surprise with these subsequent two releases where I held much less of an interest in what was coming prior to their release, but with this I've really taken notice again and will be glad to be back on the VW hype train when it next rolls into the station."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

327 charts

Rank Score:

2,307

Rank in 2024:

4

Rank in 2020s:

15

Overall Rank:

749

Average Rating:

 81 (309 votes)

Comments:

15

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How I'm Feeling Now 

 Charli XCX

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"We have to protect Charli XCX at all costs."  Reply

- Vatsal | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 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:

2020

Appears in:

313 charts

Rank Score:

2,261

Rank in 2020:

4

Rank in 2020s:

16

Overall Rank:

761

Average Rating:

 77 (357 votes)

Comments:

21

17.

Hellfire 

 Black Midi

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"The boys have become theater kids Black Midi has gone full maximalist on this record and it's quite stunning. I loved Cavalcade and did not think at first that this album even came close, but this album takes many listens to fully digest. Cavalcade came off as immediately likeable to me for some ...""The boys have become theater kids Black Midi has gone full maximalist on this record and it's quite stunning. I loved Cavalcade and did not think at first that this album even came close, but this album takes many listens to fully digest. Cavalcade came off as immediately likeable to me for some reason, I think it's because it is a more straightforward album. No two consecutive seconds sound similar on this album, it's all over the place. And yet, each track is completely cohesive and the progressions make sense, nothing feels out of place. I think this album is their best achievement yet. To think how complex their songs sounded back in 2019, how far they've come. Godspeed Boyos"  [+]  Reply

- AvalancheGrips | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 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:

299 charts

Rank Score:

2,239

Rank in 2022:

5

Rank in 2020s:

17

Overall Rank:

770

Average Rating:

 79 (308 votes)

Comments:

18

18.

What's Your Pleasure? 

 Jessie Ware

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"This is a funking good album you feel meee? This has been the most groovy listen I’ve had in a long time. The hooks are catchy and the beats slap you back into the 70s. I was waiting for a track to hit me and stand out from the rest and the closing track did not disappoint. 8.8/10"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

335 charts

Rank Score:

2,237

Rank in 2020:

5

Rank in 2020s:

18

Overall Rank:

771

Average Rating:

 79 (354 votes)

Comments:

29

19.

Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 

 Lana Del Rey

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"It's a shame because there is easily a 50 minute 9/10 album in here. The first 4 tracks, track 6, and tracks 10-15 are utterly incredible, and on par with NFR. The interludes and the piano ballads in the middle of the album grind the momentum to a halt, and while the "Taco Truck" part of the last...""It's a shame because there is easily a 50 minute 9/10 album in here. The first 4 tracks, track 6, and tracks 10-15 are utterly incredible, and on par with NFR. The interludes and the piano ballads in the middle of the album grind the momentum to a halt, and while the "Taco Truck" part of the last track is pretty great, the trap remix of Venice Bitch is a pretty weak way to end the album, and just makes me want to listen to the original version instead. What a missed opportunity."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

318 charts

Rank Score:

2,196

Rank in 2023:

2

Rank in 2020s:

19

Overall Rank:

785

Average Rating:

 77 (298 votes)

Comments:

18

20.

A Light For Attracting Attention 

 The Smile

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"If this were a Radiohead album, it would be by far their worst. And wouldn't feel up to the standard of Radiohead's stellar discography. So I'm glad it isn't. But ignoring the Radiohead comparisons, it's a decent but unspectacular album in its own right. No real standout tracks, but my favourites...""If this were a Radiohead album, it would be by far their worst. And wouldn't feel up to the standard of Radiohead's stellar discography. So I'm glad it isn't. But ignoring the Radiohead comparisons, it's a decent but unspectacular album in its own right. No real standout tracks, but my favourites are The Opposite, Pana-vision, Speech Bubbles."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

2,193

Rank in 2022:

6

Rank in 2020s:

20

Overall Rank:

786

Average Rating:

 79 (415 votes)

Comments:

26

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Best Albums of the 2020s (so far) composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Year	Albums	%
2020	198	20%
2021	198	20%
2022	189	19%
2023	147	15%
2024	148	15%
2025	99	10%
2026	21	2%

Artist	Albums	%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	5	1%
Charli XCX	5	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Bad Bunny	4	0%
Maruja	4	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	501	50%
	246	25%
	47	5%
	40	4%
	34	3%
	18	2%
	15	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

Best Albums of the 2020s (so far) chart changes