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…
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Out:
Future Islands: As Long As You Are
Nicolas Jaar: Cenizas
Working Men’s Club: Working Men’s Club
Dream Wife: So When You Gonna…
Declan McKenna: Zeros
Lanterns On The Lake: Spook The Herd
William Basinski: Lamentations
100 - Dehd: Flower Of Devotion – 75,0 (79,0 / 9)
Highlights: Loner – Haha - No Time
Indie Rock
99 - Jessie Reyez: Before Love Came To Kill Us - 75,1 (78,8 / 10)
Highlights: Imported - Figures - Intruders
Trap Rap
98 - Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip - 75,1 (76,5 / 17)
Highlights: Self-Effacing - I’m Toast - iPhone
Art Pop
97 - Autechre: Sign - 75,2 (76,2 / 18)
Highlights: M4 Lema - si00 - sch.Mefd 2
Ambient
96 - Code Orange: Underneath – 75,2 (78,2 / 12)
Highlights: Swallowing the Rabbit Whole - Sulfur Surrounding - You and You Alone
Metalcore
95 - 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
94 - Idles: Ultra Mono – 75,2 (72,9 / 28)
Highlights: Model Village – A Hymn - Grounds
Art Punk
93 - The Weeknd: After Hours – 75,2 (74,6 / 23)
Highlights: Blinding Lights - After Hours - Scared to Live
Alternative R&B
92 - Julianna Barwick: Healing Is A Miracle - 75,2 (77,6 / 14)
Highlights: Inspirit - In Light - Nod
Ambient
91 - Bad Bunny: YHLQMDLG - 75,3 (79,6 / 8)
Highlights: Highlights: Safaera – Yo perreo sola - Vete
Reggaeton
90 - The Strokes: The New Anormal – 75,3 (71,7 / 32)
Highlights: Bad Decisions - The Adults Are Talking - Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus
Indie Rock
89 - Jeff Rosenstock: No Dream - 75,3 (80,0 / 7)
Highlights: NODREAM - Nikes [Alt] - State Line
Pop Punk
88 - Hamilton Leithauser: The Loves Of Your Life - 75,4 (77,7 / 14)
Highlights: Here They Come - Don't Check the Score - Isabella
Indie Rock
87 - Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison - 75,4 (72,7 / 29)
Highlights: Silver Springs - Serpentine Prison - Distant Axis
Chamber Pop
86 - Victoria Monét: Jaguar - 75,5 (80,1 / 7)
Highlights: Experience - Ass Like That - Go There with You
R&B
85 - Lady Gaga: Chromatica - 75,5 (74,8 / 23)
Highlights: Stupid Love - Sine from Above - Rain on Me
Dance Pop
84 - Arca: KiCk i – 75,5 (74,8 / 23)
Highlights: KLK – Time - Mequetrefe
Deconstructed Club
83 - Kvelertak: Splid - 75,5 (79,9 / 8)
Highlights: Bråtebrann - Crack of Doom - Fanden ta dette Hull!
Hardcore Punk
82 - Mary Lattimore: Silver Ladders - 75,6 (79,6 / 9)
Highlights: Sometimes He’s In My Dreams - Silver Ladders - Til a Mermaid Drags You Under
Ambient
81 - 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
80 - The Soft Pink Truth: Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? – 75,6 (78,9 / 11)
Highlights: We – Shall - Sinning
Ambient
79 - Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts VI: Locusts – 75,6 (78,6 / 12)
Highlights: Run Like Hell - Around Every Corner - The Cursed Clock
Dark Ambient
78 - Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs Of Sorrow – 75,7 (76,3 / 19)
Highlights: Skeleton Key - This Game of Love - Stockholm City Blues
Singer-Songwriter
77 - Ben Watt: Storm Damage – 75,7 (79,0 / 11)
Highlights: Irene - Balanced on a Wire - Retreat to Find
Alternative Rock
76 - Mac Miller: Circles - 75,8 (77,4 / 16)
Highlights: Good News - Everybody - Complicated
Neo-Soul
75 - Georgia: Seeking Thrills - 75,8 (73,8 / 27)
Highlights: About Work the Dancefloor - Never Let You Go - 24 Hours
Electropop
74 - Keeley Forsyth: Debris – 75,8 (80,1 / 8)
Highlights: Lost - Look to Yourself - Large Oak
Avant-Folk
73 - Bob Mould: Blue Hearts – 75,8 (77,8 / 15)
Highlights: American Crisis - Forecast of Rain - Next Generation
Alternative Rock
72 - King Krule: Man Alive! - 75,8 (73,5 / 28)
Highlights: Alone, Omen 3 - Stoned Again - Cellular
Art Rock
71 - Bill Callahan: Gol Record - 75,9 (76,5 / 19)
Highlights:
Americana
70 - Bdrmm: Bedroom - 76,3 (80,6 / 8)
Highlights: A Reason to Celebrate - Happy - If…
Dream Pop
69 - Owen Pallet: Island – 76,4 (79,4 / 12)
Highlights: The Sound of the Engines - A Bloody Morning - Paragon of Order
Chamber Folk
68 - Grimes: Miss Anthropocene - 76,5 (72,8 / 32)
Highlights: Delete Forever - My Name Is Dark - Violence
Art Pop
67 - 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
66 - Childish Gambino: 3.15.2020 – 76,7 (76,3 / 22)
Highlights: Algorhythm - Time - 19.10
Neo Soul
65 - Shirley Collins: Heart's Ease – 75,5 (78,5 / 12)
Highlights: The Merry Golden Tree - Locked in Ice - Sweet Greens and Blues
Folk
64- Nadine Shah: Kitchen Sink – 76,7 (78,1 / 17)
Highlights: Ladies for Babies (Goats for Love) - Kitchen Sink - Trad
Art Rock
63 - Jarv Is: Beyond The Pale – 76,8 (76,4 / 22)
Highlights: Must I Evolve? - House Music All Night Long - Save the Whale
Art Rock
62 - 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
61 - Paul McCartney: McCartney III - 76,9 (76,5 / 22)
Highlights: Long Tailed Winter Bird - Find My Way - Winter Bird / When Winter Comes
Pop Rock
60 - Nubya Garcia: Source – 76,9 (80,6 / 10)
Highlights: Pace – Source - La cumbia me está llamando
Jazz
59 - 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
58 - Angel Olsen: Whole New Mess – 77,0 (75,3 / 26)
Highlights: Whole New Mess - Waving, Smiling - (New Love) Cassette
Folk
57 - Sorry: 925 – 77,1 (76,4 / 23)
Highlights: Right Round the Clock - Starstruck - More
Indie Rock
56 - Lucinda Williams: Good Souls Better Angels – 77,1 (78,4 / 17)
Highlights: Big Black Train - Wakin' Up - When the Way Gets Dark
Blues Rock
55 - BC Camplight: Shortly After Takeoff – 77,1 (80,8 / 10)
Highlights: Arm Around Your Sadness - Back to Work - Ghosthunting
Psychedelic Pop
54 - Sault: Untitled (Black Is) - 77,1 (80,8 / 10)
Highlights: Wildfires – Bow - Eternal Life
Neo-Soul
53 - Torres: Silver Tongue – 77,2 (77,1 / 21)
Highlights: Good Grief - Last Forest - Dressing America
Indie Rock
52 - Khruangbin: Mordechai - 77,2 (77,1 / 21)
Highlights: Time (You and I) - So We Won’t Forget - Pelota
Psychedelic Rock
51 - Napalm Death: Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism – 77,3 (81,3 / 9)
Highlights: Fuck the Factoid - Backlash Just Because - Amoral
Grindcore
50 - Doves: The Universal Want – 77,3 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Prisoners - Cathedrals of the Mind - Broken Eyes
Indie Rock
49 - Destroyer: Have We Meet – 77,5 (75,8 / 26)
Highlights: Crimson Tide - It Just Doesn't Happen - University Hill
Synthpop
48 - Megan Thee Stallion: Good News - 77,8 (78,15 / 19)
Highlights: Freaky Girls – Savage Remix - Body
Trap Rap
47 - Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist: Alfredo -78,0 (81,7 / 10)
Highlights: 1985 - Baby $hit - Frank Lucas
Hip Hop
46 - Clipping.: Visions of Bodies Being Burned – 78,2 (79,2 / 18)
Highlights: Say the Name - ’96 Neve Campbell - Check the Lock
Horrorcore
45 - U.S. Girls: Heavy Light – 78,4 (77,4 / 24)
Highlights: 4 American Dollars - Overtime - Woodstock '99
Art Pop
44 - Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song – 78,6 (78,6 / 21)
Highlights: On - Melt! - L.I.N.E.
Tech House
43 - The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You - 78,6 (77 / 26)
Highlights: Running Red Lights - We Will Always Love You – Interstellar Love
Neo-Psychedelia
42 - Lianne La Havas: Lianne La Havas - 78,7 (79,1 / 20)
Highlights: Paper Thin - Read My Mind - Weird Fishes
Neo-Soul
41 - J Hus: Big Conspiracy – 78,8 (82,1 / 11)
Highlights: Must Be - No Denying - Play Play
Hip Hop
40 - Charli XCX: how i'm feeling now - 78,8 (77,4 / 25)
Highlights: Forever - Claws - Anthems
Bubblegum Bass
39 - Bruce Springsteen: Letter to You – 78,8 (77,8 / 24)
Highlights: One Minute You’re Here – House of a Thousand Guitars – Janey Needs a Shooter
Heartland Rock
38 - Deftones: Ohms – 78,8 (78,1 / 23)
Highlights: Error – Ohms - Genesis
Alternative Metal
37 - Hinds: The Prettiest Curse - 78,9 (79,6 / 19)
Highlights: Good Bad Times – Riding Solo – Come Back and Love Me <3
Indie Rock
36 - Jehnny Beth: To Love Is To Live – 79,0 (77,0 / 27)
Highlights: I’m the Man - French Countryside - Flower
Art Pop
35 - Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension – 79,1 (74,4 / 26)
Highlights: Video Game – America - Make Me An Offer I Can’t Refuse
Indietronica
34 - Hayley Williams: Petals For Armor – 79,2 (80,2 / 18)
Highlights: Simmer - Dead Horse - Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris
Art Pop
33 - Adrianne Lenker: Instrumentals - 79,4 (80,7 / 17)
Highlights: Music for Indigo - Mostly Chimes *(Album with only two song)
Ambient
32 - Baxter Dury: The Night Chancers - 79,4 (81,1 / 16)
Highlights: I'm Not Your Dog - Carla's Got a Boyfriend - Slumlord
Synthpop
31 - 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
30 - Tame Impala: The Slow Rush – 79,5 (75,8 / 32)
Highlights: Lost in Yesterday - Posthumous Forgiveness - Breathe Deeper
Neo-Psychedelia
29 - Soccer Mommy: Color Theory – 79,6 (78,2 / 25)
Highlights: Circle the Drain - Bloodstream - Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes
Singer-Songwriter
28 - Crack Cloud: Pain Olympics – 79,9 (83,9 / 9)
Highlights: Post Truth (Birth of a Nation) - The Next Fix (A Safe Space) - Ouster Stew
Post-Punk
27 - Róisín Murphy: Roisin Machine – 80,0 (79,6 / 22)
Highlights: Simulation – Murphy’s Law – Kingdom Ends
Nu-Disco
26 - Laura Marling: Song For Our Daughter – 80,2 (79,6 / 23)
Highlights: Blow by Blow - Alexandra - Strange Girl
Folk
25 - Rina Sawayama: Sawayama – 80,0 (80,3 / 20)
Highlights: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) - XS - Dinasty
R&B
24 - The Microphones: Microphones in 2020 – 80,3 (83,0 / 13)
Highlights: The Microphones in 2020 *(Album with only one song)
Singer-Songwriter
23 - Taylor Swift: Evermore - 80,5 (78,5 / 27)
Highlights: Marjorie – Willow - No Body, No Crime
Folk Pop
22 - Bright Eyes: Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was – 80,6 (78,3 / 28)
Highlights: Dance and Sing - One and Done - Persona Non Grata
Indie Folk
21 - Thundercat: It Is What It Is – 80,8 (79,8 / 24)
Highlights: Dragonball Durag - Black Qualls - Innerstellar Love
Nu Jazz
20 - Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure? – 80,8 (79,5 / 25)
Highlights: Spotlight - Save a Kiss - Remember Where You Are
Dance Pop
19 - Neil Young: Homegrown – 81,2 (81,6 / 20)
Highlights: Separate Ways - Try - Vacancy
Singer-Songwriter
18 - Sault: Untitled (Rise) – 82,0 (86,0 / 9)
Highlights: Free - Fearless – Little Boy
Neo-Soul
17 - Caribou: Suddenly – 82,1 (79,4 / 29)
Highlights: You and I - Home - Never Come Back
Indietronica
16 - Protomartyr: Ultimate Success Today – 82,1 (80,5 / 26)
Highlights: Bridge & Crown - Processed by the Boys - Worm in Heaven
Post-Punk
15 - Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia – 82,1 (80,8 / 25)
Highlights: Physical - Break My Heart - Don’t Start Now
Dance Pop
14 - 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
13 - Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud – 82,4 (79,7 / 29)
Highlights: Lilacs - Can't Do Much - Fire
Singer-Songwriter
12 - Haim: Women In Music Pt. III – 82,8 (79,4 / 31)
Highlights: The Steps - Up for a Dream - Summer Girl
Indie Pop
11 - Fleet Foxes: Shore – 82,8 (79,8 / 30)
Highlights: Maestranza - Can I Believe You - Sunblind
Indie Folk
10 - Porridge Radio: Every Bad - 82,8 (82,2 / 23)
Highlights: Lilac - Sweet - Born Confused
Indie Rock
09 - Adrianne Lenker: Songs – 83,1 (82,8 / 22)
Highlights: Anything - Dragon Eyes – Zombie Girl
Folk
08 - Taylor Swift: Folklore - 83,9 (80,9 / 30)
Highlights: The Last Great American Dynasty - Cardigan - Exile
Singer-Songwriter
07 - Moses Sumney: græ – 84,2 (84,6 / 20)
Highlights: Polly - Virile - Neither/Nor
Art Pop
06 - Yves Tumor: Heaven To A Tortured Mind – 84,2 (81,9 / 28)
Highlights: Kerosene! - Gospel for a New Century - Romanticist
Nu Jazz
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 – 94,9 (92,6 / 28)
Highlights: Shameika - I Want You to Love Me - Under the Table
Art Pop
