The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 32 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash; DIY; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; Music OMH; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar
Highlights: Rob makes the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
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95 - James Dean Bradfield: Even In Exile - 74,6 (77,9 / 11)
Highlights: The Boy from the Plantation – La Partida – Thirty Thousand Milk Bottles
Alternative Rock
94 - The Beths: Jump Rope Gazers - 74,6 (75,3 / 19)
Highlights: I’m Not Getting Excited - Acrid - Mars, the God of War
Indie Rock
93 - Idles: Ultra Mono - 74,6 (72,6 / 27)
Highlights: Model Village – A Hymn - Grounds
Art Punk
92 - The Chats: High Risk Behaviour - 74,6 (78,3 / 10)
Highlights: Pub Feed - Identity Theft - Stinker
Garage Punk
91 - Lanterns On The Lake: Spook The Herd – 74,7 (79,0 / 8)
Highlights: Every Atom - Before They Excavate - Swimming Lessons
Dream Pop
90 - Declan McKenna: Zeros - 74,7 (77,4 / 13)
Highlights: You Better Believe!! - Be an Astronaut - The Key to Life on Earth
Indie Rock
89 - Dream Wife: So When You Gonna… - 74,7 (76,7 / 15)
Highlights: Sports! - Hasta la vista - Temporary
Indie Rock
88 - Dehd: Flower Of Devotion – 75,0 (79,0 / 9)
Highlights: Loner – Haha - No Time
Indie Rock
87 - Creeper: Sex, Death and The Infinite Void - 75,1 (79,4 / 8)
Highlights: All My Friends – Cyanide - Annabelle
Pop Rock
86 - Jessie Reyez: Before Love Came To Kill Us - 75,1 (78,8 / 10)
Highlights: Imported - Figures - Intruders
Trap Rap
85 - Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip - 75,1 (76,5 / 17)
Highlights: Self-Effacing - I’m Toast - iPhone
Art Pop
84 - Code Orange: Underneath – 75,2 (78,2 / 12)
Highlights: Swallowing the Rabbit Whole - Sulfur Surrounding - You and You Alone
Metalcore
83 - Sonic Boom: All Things Being Equal - 75,2 (78,5 / 11)
Highlights: Just a Little Piece of Me - I Feel a Change Coming On - Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper)
Neo-Psychedelia
82 - The Weeknd: After Hours – 75,2 (74,6 / 23)
Highlights: Blinding Lights - After Hours - Scared to Live
Alternative R&B
81 - Julianna Barwick: Healing Is A Miracle - 75,2 (77,6 / 14)
Highlights: Inspirit - In Light - Nod
Ambient
80 - The Strokes: The New Anormal – 75,3 (71,7 / 32)
Highlights: Bad Decisions - The Adults Are Talking - Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus
Indie Rock
79 - Jeff Rosenstock: No Dream - 75,3 (80,0 / 7)
Highlights: NODREAM - Nikes [Alt] - State Line
Pop Punk
78 - Hamilton Leithauser: The Loves Of Your Life - 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: Here They Come - Don't Check the Score - Isabella
Indie Rock
77 - Victoria Monét: Jaguar - 75,5 (80,1 / 7)
Highlights: Experience - Ass Like That - Go There with You
R&B
76 - Lady Gaga: Chromatica - 75,5 (74,8 / 23)
Highlights: Stupid Love - Sine from Above - Rain on Me
Dance Pop
75 - Arca: KiCk i – 75,5 (74,8 / 23)
Highlights: KLK – Time - Mequetrefe
Deconstructed Club
74 - Kvelertak: Splid - 75,5 (79,9 / 8)
Highlights: Bråtebrann - Crack of Doom - Fanden ta dette Hull!
Hardcore Punk
73 - Shabaka And The Ancestors: We Are Sent Here By History - 75,6 (79,6 / 9)
Highlights: The Coming of the Strange Ones - They Who Must Die - We Will Work (On Redefining Manhood)
Jazz
72 - The Soft Pink Truth: Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? – 75,6 (78,9 / 11)
Highlights: We – Shall - Sinning
Ambient
71 - Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts VI: Locusts – 75,6 (78,6 / 12)
Highlights: Run Like Hell - Around Every Corner - The Cursed Clock
Dark Ambient
70 - Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs Of Sorrow – 75,7 (76,3 / 19)
Highlights: Skeleton Key - This Game of Love - Stockholm City Blues
Singer-Songwriter
69 - Ben Watt: Storm Damage – 75,7 (79,0 / 11)
Highlights: Irene - Balanced on a Wire - Retreat to Find
Alternative Rock
68 - Mac Miller: Circles - 75,8 (77,4 / 16)
Highlights: Good News - Everybody - Complicated
Neo-Soul
67 - Georgia: Seeking Thrills - 75,8 (73,8 / 27)
Highlights: About Work the Dancefloor - Never Let You Go - 24 Hours
Electropop
66 - Keeley Forsyth: Debris – 75,8 (80,1 / 8)
Highlights: Lost - Look to Yourself - Large Oak
Avant-Folk
65 - King Krule: Man Alive! - 75,8 (73,5 / 28)
Highlights: Alone, Omen 3 - Stoned Again - Cellular
Art Rock
64 - Bill Callahan: Gol Record - 75,9 (76,5 / 19)
Highlights:
Americana
63 - Bob Mould: Blue Hearts – 76,2 (78,6 / 14)
Highlights: American Crisis - Forecast of Rain - Next Generation
Alternative Rock
62 - Jarv Is: Beyond The Pale – 76,2 (76,2 / 21)
Highlights: Must I Evolve? - House Music All Night Long - Save the Whale
Art Rock
61 - Bdrmm: Bedroom - 76,3 (80,6 / 8)
Highlights: A Reason to Celebrate - Happy - If…
Dream Pop
60 - Working Men’s Club: Working Men’s Club - 76,4 (79,7 / 11)
Highlights: John Cooper Clarke – White Rooms and People - Teeth
Synthpop
59 - Owen Pallet: Island – 76,4 (79,4 / 12)
Highlights: The Sound of the Engines - A Bloody Morning - Paragon of Order
Chamber Folk
58 - Grimes: Miss Anthropocene - 76,5 (72,8 / 32)
Highlights: Delete Forever - My Name Is Dark - Violence
Art Pop
57 - The Flaming Lips: American Head - 76,6 (75,6 / 24)
Highlights: Dinosaurs on the Mountain – Flowers of Neptune 6 – Will You Return/ When You Come Down
Neo-Psychedelia
56 - Childish Gambino: 3.15.2020 – 76,7 (76,3 / 22)
Highlights: Algorhythm - Time - 19.10
Neo Soul
55 - Shirley Collins: Heart's Ease – 75,5 (78,5 / 12)
Highlights: The Merry Golden Tree - Locked in Ice - Sweet Greens and Blues
Folk
54- Nadine Shah: Kitchen Sink – 76,7 (78,1 / 17)
Highlights: Ladies for Babies (Goats for Love) - Kitchen Sink - Trad
Art Rock
53 - Another Sky: I Slept On The Floor - 76,8 (81,4 / 7)
Highlights: The Cracks - Fell in Love With the City - Brave Face
Art Pop
52 - BC Camplight: Shortly After Takeoff – 76,9 (80,9 / 9)
Highlights: Arm Around Your Sadness - Back to Work - Ghosthunting
Psychedelic Pop
51 - Nubya Garcia: Source – 76,9 (80,6 / 10)
Highlights: Pace – Source - La cumbia me está llamando
Jazz
50 - Bill Fay: Countless Branches – 77,0 (79,6 / 13)
Highlights: Filled With Wonder Once Again - I Will Remain Here - Salt on the Earth
Singer-Songwriter
49 - Sorry: 925 – 77,1 (76,4 / 23)
Highlights: Right Round the Clock - Starstruck - More
Indie Rock
48 - Lucinda Williams: Good Souls Better Angels – 77,1 (78,4 / 17)
Highlights: Big Black Train - Wakin' Up - When the Way Gets Dark
Blues Rock
47 - Angel Olsen: Whole New Mess – 77,1 (75,8 / 25)
Highlights: Whole New Mess - Waving, Smiling - (New Love) Cassette
Folk
46 - Nicolas Jaar: Cenizas – 77,1 (81,1 / 9)
Highlights: Mud - Garden - Faith Made of Silk
Ambient
45 - Torres: Silver Tongue – 77,2 (77,1 / 21)
Highlights: Good Grief - Last Forest - Dressing America
Indie Rock
44 - Khruangbin: Mordechai - 77,2 (77,1 / 21)
Highlights: Time (You and I) - So We Won’t Forget - Pelota
Psychedelic Rock
43 - Napalm Death: Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism – 77,2 (81,5 / 8)
Highlights: Fuck the Factoid - Backlash Just Because - Amoral
Grindcore
42 - Doves: The Universal Want – 77,3 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Prisoners - Cathedrals of the Mind - Broken Eyes
Indie Rock
41 - Destroyer: Have We Meet – 77,5 (75,8 / 26)
Highlights: Crimson Tide - It Just Doesn't Happen - University Hill
Synthpop
40 - U.S. Girls: Heavy Light – 78,4 (77,4 / 24)
Highlights: 4 American Dollars - Overtime - Woodstock '99
Art Pop
38 - Deftones: Ohms – 78,4 (78,0 / 22)
Highlights: Error – Ohms - Genesis
Alternative Metal
38 - Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song – 78,6 (78,9 / 20)
Highlights: On - Melt! - L.I.N.E.
Tech House
37 - Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension - 77,3 (78,6 / 25)
Highlights: Video Game – America - Make Me An Offer I Can’t Refuse
Indietronica
36 - Lianne La Havas: Lianne La Havas - 78,7 (79,1 / 20)
Highlights: Paper Thin - Read My Mind - Weird Fishes
Neo-Soul
35 - Charli XCX: how i'm feeling now - 78,8 (77,4 / 25)
Highlights: Forever - Claws - Anthems
Bubblegum Bass
34 - Hinds: The Prettiest Curse - 78,9 (79,6 / 19)
Highlights: Good Bad Times – Riding Solo – Come Back and Love Me <3
Indie Rock
33 - Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist: Alfredo -79,0 (83,0 / 9)
Highlights: 1985 - Baby $hit - Frank Lucas
Hip Hop
32 - Jehnny Beth: To Love Is To Live – 79,0 (77,0 / 27)
Highlights: I’m the Man - French Countryside - Flower
Art Pop
31 - Hayley Williams: Petals For Armor – 79,2 (80,2 / 18)
Highlights: Simmer - Dead Horse - Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris
Art Pop
30 - Baxter Dury: The Night Chancers - 79,4 (81,1 / 16)
Highlights: I'm Not Your Dog - Carla's Got a Boyfriend - Slumlord
Synthpop
29 - Makaya McCraven: We’re New Again – A Re-imagining - 79,4 (82,1 / 13)
Highlights: Where Did the Night Go - New York Is Killing Me - I'm New Here
Nu Jazz
28 - Tame Impala: The Slow Rush – 79,5 (75,8 / 32)
Highlights: Lost in Yesterday - Posthumous Forgiveness - Breathe Deeper
Neo-Psychedelia
27 - Soccer Mommy: Color Theory – 79,6 (78,2 / 25)
Highlights: Circle the Drain - Bloodstream - Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes
Singer-Songwriter
26 - J Hus: Big Conspiracy - 79,7 (83,4 / 10)
Highlights: Must Be - No Denying - Play Play
Hip Hop
25 - Bright Eyes: Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was – 80,2 (78,2 / 27)
Highlights: Dance and Sing - One and Done - Persona Non Grata
Indie Folk
24 - Laura Marling: Song For Our Daughter – 80,2 (79,6 / 23)
Highlights: Blow by Blow - Alexandra - Strange Girl
Folk
23 - The Microphones: Microphones in 2020 – 80,3 (83,3 / 12)
Highlights: The Microphones in 2020 *(Album with only one song)
Singer-Songwriter
22 - Rina Sawayama: Sawayama – 80,0 (80,3 / 20)
Highlights: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) - XS - Dinasty
R&B
21 - Crack Cloud: Pain Olympics - 80,7 (85,0 / 8)
Highlights: Post Truth (Birth of a Nation) - The Next Fix (A Safe Space) - Ouster Stew
Post-Punk
20 - Thundercat: It Is What It Is – 80,8 (79,8 / 24)
Highlights: Dragonball Durag - Black Qualls - Innerstellar Love
Nu Jazz
19 - Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure? – 80,8 (79,5 / 25)
Highlights: Spotlight - Save a Kiss - Remember Where You Are
Dance Pop
18 - Neil Young: Homegrown – 81,2 (81,6 / 20)
Highlights: Separate Ways - Try - Vacancy
Singer-Songwriter
17 - Róisín Murphy: Roisin Machine – 81,9 (81,9 / 21)
Highlights: Simulation – Murphy’s Law – Kingdom Ends
Nu-Disco
16 - Fleet Foxes: Shore – 82,0 (79,3 / 29)
Highlights: Maestranza - Can I Believe You - Sunblind
Indie Folk
15 - Caribou: Suddenly – 82,1 (79,4 / 29)
Highlights: You and I - Home - Never Come Back
Indietronica
14 - Protomartyr: Ultimate Success Today – 82,1 (80,5 / 26)
Highlights: Bridge & Crown - Processed by the Boys - Worm in Heaven
Post-Punk
13 - Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia – 82,1 (80,8 / 25)
Highlights: Physical - Break My Heart - Don’t Start Now
Dance Pop
12 - Fontaines D.C.: A Hero's Death – 82,3 (79,6 / 29)
Highlights: I Don’t Belong - A Lucid Dream - A Hero’s Death
Post-Punk
11 - Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud – 82,4 (79,7 / 29)
Highlights: Lilacs - Can't Do Much - Fire
Singer-Songwriter
10 - Haim: Women In Music Pt. III – 82,8 (79,4 / 31)
Highlights: The Steps - Up for a Dream - Summer Girl
Indie Pop
09 - Porridge Radio: Every Bad - 82,8 (82,2 / 23)
Highlights: Lilac - Sweet - Born Confused
Indie Rock
08 - Yves Tumor: Heaven To A Tortured Mind – 83,9 (81,9 / 27)
Highlights: Kerosene! - Gospel for a New Century - Romanticist
Nu Jazz
07 - Taylor Swift: Folklore - 83,9 (80,9 / 30)
Highlights: The Last Great American Dynasty - Cardigan - Exile
Singer-Songwriter
06 - Moses Sumney: græ – 84,1 (84,8 / 19)
Highlights: Polly - Virile - Neither/Nor
Art Pop
05 - Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher - 85,9 (82,9 / 30)
Highlights: Kyoto - Garden Song - I Know the End
Singer-Songwriter
04 - Run The Jewels: RTJ4 – 87,7 (85,7 / 27)
Highlights: Walking in the Snow - Yankee and the Brave (ep. 4) – JU$T
Hip Hop
03 - Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways – 88,3 (88,0 / 22)
Highlights: I Contain Multitudes - Murder Most Foul - Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Singer-Songwriter
02 - Perfume Genius: Set My Heart On Fire Immediately – 90,2 (87,2 / 30)
Highlights: Describe - On the Floor - Without You
Art Pop
01 - Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters – 94,3 (92,3 / 27)
Highlights: Shameika - I Want You to Love Me - Under the Table
Art Pop
