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16 April 2024

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Fiona Apple's Fetch The Bolt Cutters is the most acclaimed album of the year.

The ADM Top 10 2020

Now everyone's had their say with the Best Albums of 2020 roundups, it's time to take stock of the cold hard facts of what really were the most critically-acclaimed albums over the past 12 months.

The AnyDecentMusic top 10 of 2020 is the most reliable guide to what earned the most extensive overall praise from reviewers.

We have excluded from the rankings any albums with fewer than ten reviews from our list of more than 50 sources from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Ireland, and the formula we apply to arrive at the ADM rating takes the number of reviews into account

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9.21

Fiona Apple

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

"The songwriter unlocks her most challenging, raw, and liberating listen to date" Consequence Of Sound

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8.93

Bob Dylan

Rough and Rowdy Ways

"Full of bleak and brooding rhythm and blues, Rough and Rowdy Ways reveals Dylan at his lyrical best" The Guardian

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8.80

Run The Jewels

RTJ4

"Finally, a proper soundtrack for a societal upheaval" Albumism

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8.77

Perfume Genius

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

"Brimming with a palpable, passionate sense of exploration" DIY

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8.57

Creeper

Sex, Death and The Infinite Void

"A driven epic that eclipses this band's debut" Gigwise

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8.56

Deftones

Ohms

"The band's reunion with producer Terry Date results in an album that's as thrilling - and as emotional - as they have ever sounded" NME

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8.55

Laura Marling

Song For Our Daughter

"Full of Californian haze, making for a gorgeously contemplative experience" The Arts Desk

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8.54

Dua Lipa

Future Nostalgia

"A game-changer for pop" The Irish Times

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8.49

Taylor Swift

Folklore

"Folklore is sad, beautiful, somewhat tragic, a little bit off the wall, but most of all it feels free" music OMH

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8.41

Waxahatchee

Saint Cloud

"'Saint Cloud' is the refreshed, reformed and matured Waxahatchee - and it's glorious" Clash

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And the next 10

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18. Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics Reviews
19. Porridge Radio - Every Bad Reviews
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