Metacritic Aggregate: 2020 Old Music: Electronica/Dance

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Burial: Tunes 2011 to 2019 (Hyperdub -2CD -19) {9}: PM_r:2, Tx:5 -- TH:*
  2. Portals: A Kosmische Journey Through Outer Worlds and Inner Space (Behind the Sky) {8}: CD:1 -- TH:***
  3. HOA011 (House of ALTR) {7}: RA:20, YW_r:38; npr_af:1, pf_e:+
  4. Mort Garson: Music From Patch Cord Productions (Sacred Bones) {6}: AM:*, No_r:15; am_z:+, bv_r:12 -- TH:*
  5. Pole: Pole 1 2 3 (Mute) {4}: Mj_r:10, No_r:29
  6. Erotique New Beat (1989, Mental Groove) {4}: GMD:24 -- TH:***
  7. Brian Eno: Film Music 1976-2020 (Astralwerks) {3}: Mj:*, Sp:* -- A:90/1, TH:*
  8. Global Communication: 76:14 (Sanctuary) {3}: No_r:7
  9. Still in My Arms: Compiled by Bayu and Moopie (A Colourful Storm) {3}: AM:*, YW:146; am_z:+
  10. Foul Play: Origins (Sneaker Social Club) {2}: AM:*; am_z:+
  11. Ned Lagin: Seastones (1975, Important) {2}: YW_r:63; aqd:+
  12. Deutsche Elektronische Musik 4: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1971-83 (Soul Jazz) {2}: Mj:*, No_r:33
  13. HOA010 (House of ALTR) {2}: RA:20
  14. HOA012 (House of ALTR) {2}: RA:20
  15. Physically Sick 3 (Allergy Season) {2}: RA:12
  16. Arca: &&&&& (self-released) {1}: Pf:* -- A:84/1
  17. Black Deer: Collected Works 2013-2018 (Rush Hour Music) {1}: bc_r:*
  18. Bluetech: Sines & Singularities (2005, Behind the Sky) {1}: No_r:24
  19. DATacide: DATacide I (1993, AtomTM_Audio_Archiv) {1}: YW_r:40
  20. Mort Garson/Lucifer: Black Mass (1971, Geffen) {1}: AM:*
  21. Mort Garson: Didn't You Hear? (1970, Sacred Bones) {1}: AM:* -- TH:B
  22. Global Communication: Transmissions (Evolution) {1}: U:* -- A:80/1
  23. Harald Grosskopf: Synthesist [40th Anniversary Edition] (1980, RVNG Intl/Bureau B) {1}: No_r:48
  24. Motohiko Hamase: Technodrome (WRWTFWW) {1}: YW_r:65
  25. Kruder & Dorfmeister: 1995 (G-Stone) {1}: df:+
  26. Lone: Greenhills Road Archive Traks Volume Two (self-released) {1}: YW_r:49
  27. Man Jumping: Jumpcut (1985, Emotional Rescue) {1}: npr_x:+
  28. Doug McKechnie: San Francisco Moog 1968-72 (Vg+) {1}: ES:26
  29. Mnemonic45: Sky Is a Painter (Headphone Commute) {1}: YW_r:28
  30. Hans-Joachim Roedelius: Tape Archive Essence 1973-1978 (Bureau B) {1}: jml:+
  31. Ulrich Schnauss: Goodbye (2007, Scripted Realities) {1}: YW_r:50
  32. Akio Suzuki: Zeitstudie (1984, Room40) {1}: jfn:+
  33. Anthology of Experimental Music From Mexico (Unexplained Sounds Group) {1}: PO:+
  34. Best of Senso Sounds 2020 (Senso Sounds) {1}: YW:57
  35. Chalo (The Jazz Diaries) {1}: g_w:6
  36. Hot Steep (Trip) {1}: bc_e:*
  37. Join the Future: UK Bleep & Bass 1988-91 (Cease & Desist) {1}: bc_e:*
  38. Kraut! Die Innovativen Jahre Des Krautrock 1968-1979: Teil 1 Der Norden (Bear Family -2CD) {1}: SE_r:41
  39. Meditation Data/Ambient Dreampunk Mix (self-released) {1}: YW_r:55
  40. Memphis Concrete Presents Sound in Geometry Series, Volume 1: On Triangles (Memphis Concrete -18) {1}: PO:+
  41. Music for Abandoned Cold War Places (Zero K) {1}: PO:+
  42. Music in Support of Black Mental Health (Music in Support of Black Mental Health) {1}: PO:+
  43. SOS Music Vol 1 (SOS Music) {1}: bc_e:+
  44. Sound Portraits From Bulgaria: A Journey Into a Vanished World 1966-1979 (Smithsonian Folkways -19) {1}: sol_eu:+
  45. Still Life (Veyl) {1}: YW:65
  46. The Many (Meda Fury) {1}:
  47. Unbroken Dreams of Light (Blueberry) {1}: bc_e:*
  48. Unchained: The Year of the Rat (Unchained) {1}: bc_e:*