2020 Albums I've listened to

Here are the new albums I've listened to this year, and my scores out of 10. Scores are average of track ratings out of 10. This list will be updated semi-frequently.

5 Seconds of Summer - CALM (5.8/10)
Best Track: "Red Desert"

Allie X - Cape God (6.9/10)
Best Track: "Love Me Wrong"

Birds of Tokyo - Human Design (5.5/10)
Best Track: "Designed"

Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes (5.0/10)
Best Track: "D4L"

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (8.7/10)
Best Track: "Physical"

Dune Rats - Hurry Up and Wait (5.2/10)
Best Track: "No Plans"

Echosmith - Lonely Generation (5.8/10)
Best Track: "Love You Better"

Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters (7.6/10)
Best Track: "Heavy Balloon"

Green Day - Father of All... (4.4/10)
Best Track: "Take The Money and Crawl"

Grimes - Miss Anthropocene (7.9/10)
Best Track: "So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth"

Grouplove - Healer (5.1/10)
Best Track: "Deleter"

Halsey - Manic (7.5/10)
Best Track: "3am"

Justin Bieber - Changes (3.2/10)
Best Track: "At Least For Now"

Kesha - High Road (4.9/10)
Best Track: "Chasing Thunder"

Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake (6.1/10)
Best Track: "Futsal Shuffle 2020"

Northeast Party House - Shelf Life (6.6/10)
Best Track: "American Diamond"

Ocean Grove - Flip Phone Fantasy (7.0/10)
Best Track: "THOUSAND GOLDEN PEOPLE"

Overcoats - The Fight (7.0/10)
Best Track: "Fire & Fury"

Poppy - I Disagree (8.1/10)
Best Track: "Fill The Crown"

Purity Ring - WOMB (6.5/10)
Best Track: "vehemence"

Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA (8.6/10)
Best Track: "Dynasty"

Selena Gomez - Rare (5.7/10)
Best Track: "Fun"

Soccer Mommy - color theory (8.1/10)
Best Track: "yellow is the color of her eyes"

Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (8.2/10)
Best Track: "Posthumous Forgiveness"

The Big Moon - Walking Like We Do (6.9/10)
Best Track: "Your Light"

The Chats - High Risk Behaviour (5.7/10)
Best Track: "Pub Feed"

The Kite String Tangle - C()D3X (6.0/10)
Best Track: "P()L4R"

The Smith Street Band - Don't Waste Your Anger (7.2/10)
Best Track: "Don't Waste Your Anger"

The Strokes - The New Abnormal (7.9/10)
Best Track: "Bad Decisions"

The Weeknd - After Hours (8.1/10)
Best Track: "Blinding Lights"

Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK (5.9/10)
Best Track: "Easy"

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