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Îïèñàíèå: best_of_2021: The Wire, Uncut, Resident Advisor, The Quietus, Rough Trade UK, Gorilla vs Bear, Mojo, Rolling Stone, Louder Than War, Stereogum, Billboard, AllMusic, Consequence of Sound, Pitchfork, NME, Slant, NPR, PopMatters, Gigwise, The Guardian & deepskyobject. The Wire's Releases of the Year 2021 1. L'Rain - Fatigue 2. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air 3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 4. Low - Hey What 5. Daniel Bachman - Axacan 6. Apartment House - Number Pieces 7. Hamid Drake, Elaine Mitchener, William Parker, Orphy Robinson & Pat Thomas - Some Good News 8. Jana Rush - Painful Enlightenment 9. Circuit Des Yeux - -io 10. Phew - New Decade 11. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 12. Angel Bat Dawid - Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1 Doxology 13. James Brandon Lewis - Jesup Wagon 14. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound 15. Les Filles de Illighadad - At Pioneer Works 16. Tomaga - Intimate Immensity 17. Anthony Braxton - 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 18. The Bug - Fire 19. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future 20. Maggie Nicols - Creative Contradiction: Poetry, Story, Song & Sound 21. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Minds in Flux 22. Muqata'a - Kamil manqus 23. Alpha Maid - CHUCKLE 24. William Parker - Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Volumes 1–10) 25. Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt - Lucy & Aaron 26. Space Afrika - Honest Labour 27. Clarissa Connelly - The Voyager 28. Perila - How much time it is between you and me? 29. Grouper - Shade 30. Sourdure - De m`ort viva 31. Madlib - Sound Ancestors 32. Moor Mother & Billy Woods - BRASS 33. Divide And Dissolve - Gas Lit 34. RP Boo - Established! 35. Eliane Radigue - Occam Ocean 3 36. Karkhana - Al Azraqayn 37. Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight 38. Pamela Z - A Secret Code 39. Patricia Brennan - Maquishti 40. Rambutan - parallel systems 41. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 42. Azita - Glen Echo 43. Raed Yassin - Archeophony 44. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble - Now 45. William Parker - Mayan Space Station 46. Meemo Comma - Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter^2 47. Patrick Shiroishi - Hidemi 48. Ahmed [] - Nights on Saturn (Communication) 49. Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms to Open Us 50. IZ Band - IZ: Drop by Old Heaven Books ... Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2021 1. The Weather Station - Ignorance 2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 3. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 4. Low - Hey What 5. SAULT - Nine 6. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince 7. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature 8. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 9. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 10. Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki 11. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club 12. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future 13. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 14. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You 15. Mogwai - As the Love Continues 16. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs 17. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 18. Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It 19. John Grant - Boy from Michigan 20. Modern Nature - Island Of Noise 21. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 22. The Coral - Coral Island 23. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home 24. Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers 25. Jane Weaver - Flock 26. Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1) 27. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 28. Ryley Walker - Course In Fable 29. Steve Gunn - Other You 30. Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade 31. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof 32. The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy 33. Chuck Johnson - The Cinder Grove 34. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time 35. John Murry - The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes 36. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark 37. Dean Wareham - I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L A 38. Madlib - Sound Ancestors 39. Squid - Bright Green Field 40. Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood & Juanita 41. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows 42. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha 43. My Morning Jacket - My Morning Jacket 44. Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi - They're Calling Me Home 45. Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes 46. Israel Nash - Topaz 47. Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders 48. David Crosby - For Free 49. Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Pick A Day To Die 50. Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham 51. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood 52. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble - Now 53. The Black Keys - Delta Kream 54. Daniel Bachman - Axacan 55. LoneLady - Former Things 56. Damon & Naomi - A Sky Record 57. Haiku Salut - The Hill, The Light, The Ghost 58. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? 59. Strand of Oaks - In Heaven 60. Grouper - Shade 61. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings 62. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind 63. Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor - Time No Changes 64. Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Notes With Attachments 65. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air 66. Sarah Davachi - Antiphonals 67. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 68. Cathal Coughlan - Song of Co-Aklan 69. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together 70. black midi - Cavalcade 71. Buffalo Nichols - Buffalo Nichols 72. Marianne Faithfull With Warren Ellis - She Walks In Beauty 73. Sleater-Kinney - Path of Wellness 74. Rosali - No Medium 75. Rose City Band - Earth Trip ... Resident Advisor's Best Albums of 2021 1. Space Afrika - Honest Labour 2. AceMoMa - A Future 3. Eris Drew - Quivering in Time 4. Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze 5. Erika De Casier - Sensational 6. George Riley - interest rates, a tape 7. Hoavi - Invariant 8. Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 9. Various Artists - The Sound Of Limo 10. Skee Mask - Pool 11. Yu Su - Yellow River Blue 12. Perila - How much time it is between you and me? 13. Andy Stott - Never the Right Time 14. Wanton Witch - Wanton Witch 15. Dawn Richard - Second Line 16. L'Rain - Fatigue 17. Various Artists - Amapiano Now 18. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 19. DJ Manny - Signals in My Head 20. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2 21. Tirzah - Colourgrade 22. aya - im hole 23. HTRK - Rhinestones 24. Joy Orbison - still slipping vol. 1 25. Mr. Mitch - Lazy 26. Loraine James - Reflection 27. Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac Sky 28. Conclave - Conclave 29. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 ... The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2021 1. The Bug – Fire 2. aya – im hole 3. Dean Blunt – Black Metal 2 4. The Weather Station – Ignorance 5. William Doyle – Great Spans Of Muddy Time 6. Loraine James – Reflection 7. Richard Dawson & Circle – Henki 8. Scotch Rolex – Tewari 9. Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs 10. Gazelle Twin & NYX – Deep England 11. Tanz Mein Herz – Quattro 12. Liars – The Apple Drop 13. Divide And Dissolve – Gas Lit 14. The Armed – ULTRAPOP 15. L'Rain – Fatigue 16. Tomaga – Intimate Immensity 17. Tirzah – Colourgrade 18. Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark 19. Rn Cp Du^oi – Ng Ng`ay Ngay Ng`ay Tn Th 20. black midi – Cavalcade 21. Natalia Beylis & Eimear Reidy – Whose Woods These Are 22. Eris Drew – Quivering In Time 23. audiobooks – Astro Tough 24. Ben LaMar Gay – Open Arms To Open Us 25. MICROCORPS – XMIT 26. Joy Orbison – still slipping vol. 1 27. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 28. The Transcendence Orchestra – All Skies Have Sounded 29. HARD FEELINGS – HARD FEELINGS 30. Part Chimp – Drool 31. Rochelle Jordan – Play With The Changes 32. ioulus – oddkin 33. K`izis – Tidib`abide / Turn 34. Black Country, New Road – For The First Time 35. Space Afrika – Honest Labour 36. Shirley Collins – Crowlink 37. Skee Mask – Pool 38. Shackleton – Departing Like Rivers 39. Grouper – Shade 40. Ed Dowie – The Obvious I 41. Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg 42. ---__--___ – The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid 43. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee At STATE'S END! 44. Erika de Casier – Sensational 45. Hawthonn – Earth Mirror 46. Rufus Isabel Elliot – A/am/ams (come ashore, turn over) 47. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee 48. Ruth Goller – Skylla 49. Succumb – XXI 50. Melvins – Working With God 51. Frog Of Earth – Frog Of Earth 52. Oliver Leith – 'Me Hollywood' 53. Andy Stott – Never The Right Time 54. Goodbye World – At Death's Door 55. Slikback – MELT 56. Max Syedtollan / Plus-Minus Ensemble – Four Assignments 57. Time Binding Ensemble – Nothing New Under The Sun 58. William Parker – Mayan Space Station 59. NONEXISTENT – NONEXISTENT 60. Arabrot – Norwegian Gothic 61. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson – Searching For The Disappeared Hour 62. Manic Street Preachers – The Ultra Vivid Lament 63. Claire Rousay – a softer focus 64. Helm – Axis 65. Clairo – Sling 66. Aging ~ Land Trance – Embassy Nocturnes 67. Rien Virgule – La Consolation Des Violettes 68. Jane Weaver – Flock 69. Jeff Parker – Forfolks 70. Vapour Theories – Celestial Scuzz 71. At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being 72. GNOD – La Mort Du Sens 73. Ursula Sereghy – OK Box 74. Bloody Head – The Temple Pillars Dissolve Into The Clouds 75. Jorja Chalmers – Midnight Train 76. Leather Rats – No Live 'Til Leather '98 77. Koreless – Agor 78. Snapped Ankles – Forest Of Your Problems 79. Hedvig Mollestad – Tempest Revisited 80. Richard Youngs – CXXI 81. Squid – Bright Green Field 82. Mirage – Mirage 83. Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis – May Sounds 84. My Bloody Sex Party – Vol. 2 85. Taqbir – Victory Belongs To Those Who Fight For A Right Cause 86. The Altered Hours – Convertible 87. Perkins & Federwisch – One Dazzling Moment 88. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe – Bloodmoon. I 89. Fluisteraars – Gegrepen Door De Geest Der Zielsontluiking 90. Angharad Davies – gwneud a gwneud eto / Do And Do Again 91. Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou 92. Antonina Nowacka – Vocal Sketches From Oaxaca 93. Turnstile – GLOW ON 94. Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime 95. Senyawa – Alkisah 96. Ruth Mascelli – A Night At The Baths 97. LoneLady – Former Things 98. Low – HEY WHAT 99. Marco Shuttle – Cobalt Desert Oasis 100. Celestial – I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night ... Rough Trade UK's Albums of the Year 2021 1. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 2. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 3. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 4. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 5. Idles - CRAWLER 6. Squid - Bright Green Field 7. Jane Weaver - Flock 8. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 9. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature 10. Madlib - Sound Ancestors 11. The Weather Station - Ignorance 12. black midi - Cavalcade 13. For Those I Love - For Those I Love 14. Bicep - Isles 15. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 16. St Vincent - Daddy's Home 17. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time 18. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 19. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 20. [Park Hye Jin] - Before I Die 21. Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever 22. L'Rain - Fatigue 23. Koreless - Agor 24. Alfa Mist - Bring Backs 25. Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou 26. Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz 27. Snapped Ankles - Forest of Your Problems 28. Pip Blom - Welcome Break 29. Jungle - Loving In Stereo 30. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows 31. shame - Drunk Tank Pink 32. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! 33. Lady Blackbird - Black Acid Soul 34. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me 35. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs 36. Altin G"un - Yol 37. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 38. Marina Allen - Candlepower 39. Clairo - Sling 40. Tindersticks - Distractions 41. Tirzah - Colourgrade 42. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You 43. LUMP - Animal 44. Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space 45. Joy Orbison - still slipping vol 46. Sunroof - Electronic Music Improvisations Vol 47. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind 48. Desire Marea - Desire 49. Mogwai - As the Love Continues 50. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready 51. SAULT - Nine 52. Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic 53. Martha Wainwright - Love Will Be Reborn 54. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 55. Orla Gartland - Woman on the Internet 56. Low - Hey What 57. FUR - When You Walk Away 58. Nao - And Then Life Was Beautiful 59. Goat Girl - On All Fours 60. Drug Store Romeos - The world within our bedrooms 61. Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life 62. Portico Quartet - Terrain 63. Sedibus - The Heavens 64. Elder Island - Swimming Static 65. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future 66. dodie - Build a Problem 67. Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1) 68. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE 69. Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament 70. The Joy Formidable - Into the Blue 71. Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes 72. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life 73. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 74. John Grant - Boy from Michigan 75. TORRES - Thirstier 76. Django Django - Glowing in the Dark 77. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha 78. The Goon Sax - Mirror II 79. Tot Taylor - Frisbee 80. Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader 81. Yann Tiersen - Kerber 82. Squirrel Flower - Planet (i) 83. Spencer Cullum - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection 84. Hannah Peel - Fir Wave 85. Berwyn - DEMOTAPE/VEGA 86. Skee Mask - Pool 87. slowthai - TYRON 88. Kojaque - Town’s Dead 89. Pearl Charles - Magic Mirror 90. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy 91.Steve Earle - J.T. 92. Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses 93. Geese - Projector 94. Nation of Language - A Way Forward 95. Rostam - Changephobia 96. Villagers - Fever Dreams 97. Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods 98. Sleater-Kinney - Path of Wellness 99. Chubby and The Gang - The Mutt's Nuts 100. serpentwithfeet - DEACON ... Gorilla vs Bear’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 1. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World 2. Tirzah - Colourgrade 3. HTRK - Rhinestones 4. Grouper - Shade 5. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti 6. Dean Blunt - Dean Blunt 7. Space Afrika - Honest Labour 8. Wet - Letter Blue 9. Dorothea Paas - Anything Can't Happen 10. Karima Walker - Waking the Dreaming Body 11. Enumclaw - Jimbo Demo 12. Doss - 4 New Hit Songs 13. Jessy Lanza - DJ-Kicks 14. Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul 15. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram 16. Erika de Casier - Sensational 17. Men I Trust - Untourable Album 18. Wednesday - Twin Plagues 19. Loraine James - Reflection 20. Small Black - Cheap Dreams 21. Hildegard - Hildegard 22. Ada Lea - one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden 23. Sun June - Somewhere 24. Nana Yamato - Before Sunrise 25. Rosie Lowe & Duval Timothy - Son 26. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - The Makin' Magick II Album 27. Madlib - Sound Ancestors 28. Buzzy Lee - Spoiled Love 29. Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost 30. Sangre Nueva - Goteo 31. Indigo Sparke - echo 32. harvey_dug - Nu Grip 33. Snail Mail - Valentine 34. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature 35. Nite Jewel - No Sun 36. Skee Mask - Pool 37. Ren'ee Reed - Ren'ee Reed / J’ai r^ev'e 38. Cleo Sol - Mother 39. Low - Hey What 40. JPEGMAFIA - LP! (OFFLINE) 41. Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters 42. Hand Habits - Fun House 43. Holy Other - Lieve 44. Sloppy Jane - Madison 45. VA - I can't complain but sometimes I still do 46. Navy Blue - Navy’s Reprise 47. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince 48. Equiknoxx - Basic Tools 49. You’ll Never Get to Heaven - Wave Your Moonlight Hat for the Snowfall Train 50. Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom ... Mojo's 75 Best Albums of 2021 1. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 2. St Vincent - Daddy's Home 3. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club 4. Low - Hey What 5. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 6. Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1) 7. The Coral - Coral Island 8. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future 9. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof 10. Villagers - Fever Dreams 11. John Grant - Boy from Michigan 12. The Weather Station - Ignorance 13. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs 14. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 15. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 16. Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament 17. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 18. Idles - CRAWLER 19. David Crosby - For Free 20. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 21. The Bug - Fire 22. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me 23. Teenage Fanclub - Endless Arcade 24. SAULT - Nine 25. The Black Keys - Delta Kream 26. Mogwai - As the Love Continues 27. Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham 28. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 29. Field Music - Flat White Moon 30. Yola - Stand for Myself 31. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - L.W. 32. Paul McCartney - McCartney III 33. Endless Boogie - Admonitions 34. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE 35. The Stranglers - Dark Matters 36. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 37. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions) 38. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You 39. Jane Weaver - Flock 40. Chrissie Hynde - Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Dylan 41. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 42. Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space 43. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows 44. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark 45. Jungle - Loving In Stereo 46. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha 47. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 48. Squid - Bright Green Field 49. Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic 50. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolves 51. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2 52. Nathan Salsburg - Psalms 53. Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood - LIVE 54. Tony Joe White - Smoke from the Chimney 55. BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory 56. Lorde - Solar Power 57. Reigning Sound - A Little More Time with Reigning Sound 58. Ryley Walker - Course In Fable 59. Billy F Gibbons - Hardware 60. Cedric Burnside - I Be Trying 61. Steve Gunn - Other You 62. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life 63. Howlin' Rain - The Dharma Wheel 64. Tony Allen - There Is No End 65. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! 66. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 67. AC/DC - Power Up 68. Loretta Lynn - Still Woman Enough 69. Dinosaur Jr. - Sweep It Into Space 70. black midi - Cavalcade 71. Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow 72. Hiss Golden Messenger - Quietly Blowing It 73. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy 74. Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods 75. BLK JKS - Abantu/Before Humans ... The 50 Best Albums of 2021 by deepskyobject 1. Crystal Canyon - Yours With Affection and Sorrow [shoegaze] 2. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend [alternative] 3. ×åðíîïëîäü/×åðíîõîð - È Ç Ã Î Ð À [drone, russian avantgarde metal] 4. Nation of Language - A Way Forward [new wave] 5. Amyl and The Sniffers - Comfort To Me [punk] 6. Trigg & Gusset - Black Ocean [dark jazz] 7. TRPP - TRPP [dream pop] 8. Biosphere - Angel's Flight [ambient] 9. Alessandro Cortini - Scuro Chiaro [drone, electronic] 10. Divide and Dissolve - Gas Lit [doom] 11. Flyying Colours - Fantasy Country [shoegaze, dream pop] 12. Stereolab - Electrically Possessed [Switched On vol. 4] [lo-fi] 13. ÍÎÌ - ÌÀËÃÈË [Ïîñâÿùàåòñÿ ÎÁÝÐÈÓ] [russian avantgarde] 14. Krak'ow Loves Adana - Follow The Voice [darkwave] 15. Kaelan Mikla - Undir K"oldum Nordurlj'osum [icelandic post-punk] 16. Soft Blade - Softic [minimal wave, russian electronic] 17. Drug Store Romeos - The World Within Our Bedrooms [indie pop] 18. Vollam - Mirror EP [shoegaze, dream pop] 19. Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion [atmospheric black] 20. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour [pop] 21. Goat Girl - On All Fours [indie pop] 22. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny Haha [indie pop] 23. The Splashers - Homesick EP [dream pop] 24. Francoiz Breut - Flux Flou de la Foule [french pop] 25. Jarvis Cocker - Chansons D'Ennui Tip-Top [pop] 26. Tape Waves - Bright [dream pop] 27. [BrokenTeeth] - (The Letters) [shoegaze, dream pop] 28. Blankenberge - Everything [shoegaze] 29. Midwife - Luminol [ambient pop, shoegaze, slowcore] 30. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg [indie rock] 31. Minuit Machine - Sainte Rave [darkwave] 32. Leila Abdul-Rauf - Phantasiai [dark ambient] 33. Alice Phoebe Lou - Glow [pop] 34. Wednesday - Twin Plagues [dream pop] 35. Lucid Express - Lucid Express [shoegaze, dream pop] 36. Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning [black, death] 37. Vessel of Iniquity - The Doorway [death, industrial] 38. Space Afrika - Honest Labour [ambient] 39. Still Corners - The Last Exit [dream pop] 40. Seefeel - St / Fr / Sp [unreleased][electronic] 41. Pia Fraus - Now You Know It Still Feels the Same [shoegaze, dream pop] 42. BadBadNotGood - Talk Memory [jazz fusion] 43. White Flowers - Day By Day [dream pop] 44. Dummy - Mandatory Enjoyment [noise pop, kraut] 45. Mogwai - As The Love Continues [post-rock] 46. Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders [nu-jazz] 47. Shamblemaths - Shamblemaths 2 [avant-prog] 48. Ora Clementi - Sylva Sylvarum [electroacoustic] 49. BRUIT <= - The Machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again [post-rock, drone] 50. Valentina Goncharova - Recordings 1987-1991, vol. 1,2 (2020-2021) [musique concr`ete] ... Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 2. Adele - 30 3. Rauw Alejandro - VICE VERSA 4. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 5. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 6. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 7. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 8. Turnstile - GLOW ON 9. C. Tangana - El Madrile~no 10. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 11. Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red 12. He has never been more enigmatic 13. PinkPantheress - to hell with it 14. Morgan Wade - Reckless 15. Polo G - Hall Of Fame 16. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 17. Low - Hey What 18. Tems - If Orange Was A Place 19. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 20. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 21. Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound 22. Doja Cat - Planet Her 23. Dawn Richard - Second Line 24. Cimafunk - El Alimento 25. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 26. Carly Pearce - 29 27. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 28. This is how free rock & roll should sound 29. The Weather Station - Ignorance 30. Mabiland - Ni~nxs Rotxs 31. Young Thug - Punk 32. Mustafa - When Smoke Rises 33. Madlib - Sound Ancestors 34. Snail Mail - Valentine 35. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT 36. Adult Mom - Driver 37. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic 38. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 39. Pooh Shiesty - Shiesty Season 40. Yola - Stand for Myself 41. Topaz Jones - Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma 42. Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight 43. Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name 44. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More 45. Myke Towers - LYKE MIKE 46. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu 47. Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson 48. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - The Chaos Chapter: FIGHT OR ESCAPE 49. Jhay Cortez - Timelezz 50. Drake - Certified Lover Boy ... Louder Than War Albums of the Year 2021 1. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me 2. JOHN - Nocturnal Manoeuvres 3. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 4. The Courettes - Back in Mono 5. Mogwai - As the Love Continues 6. The Stranglers - Dark Matters 7. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs 8. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure 9. Cold Water Swimmers - Holiday At The Secret Lake 10. Squid - Bright Green Field 11. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 12. Gazelle Twin & NYX - Deep England 13. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - L.W. 14. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future 15. Carol Hodge - The Crippling Space Between 16. Hello Cosmos - Golden Dirt 17. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 18. Idles - CRAWLER 19. CHIHUAHUA - Violent Architecture 20. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE 21. Rats On Rafts - Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths 22. The Mudd Club - Bottle Blonde 23. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark 24.St. Vincent - Daddy's Home 25. black midi - Cavalcade 26. Matt Berry - The Blue Elephant 27. Mad Daddy - Mad Daddy 28. Private Function - Whose Line Is It Anyway? 29. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy 30. Pink Suits - Political Child 31. Blue Orchids - Speed The Day 32. Jane Weaver - Flock 33. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 34. ZoZo Ginzburg - Blue Mountains 35. Steve Conte - Bronx Cheer 36. James - All the Colours of You 37. 24/7 Diva Heaven - Stress 38. Deathretro - Deathretro 39. The William Loveday Intention - Will There Ever Be A Day That You’re Hung Like A Thief? 40. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows 41. Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds 42. Lola In Slacks - Moon Moth 43. Neighborhood Brats - Confines of Life 44. The Catenary Wires - Birling Gap 45. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 46. Turner - Daydreams & Stars 47. LUMP - Animal 48. Reigning Sound - A Little More Time with Reigning Sound 49. Slow Down, Molasses - Minor Deaths 50. The Stan Laurels - There is No Light Without the Dark 51. Low - Hey What 52. La Luz - La Luz 53. Gojira - Fortitude 54. Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz 55. Kiwi Jr 56. Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament 57. Dark Mark & Skeleton Joe - Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe 58. The Bug - Fire 59. The Shadracks - From Human Like Forms 60. Amigo the Devil - Born Against 61. shame - Drunk Tank Pink 62. LoneLady - Former Things 63. Night Beats - Outlaw R&B 64. Fightmilk - Contender 65. Johnny Mafia - Sentimental 66. Jim Bob - Who Do We Hate Today 67. The Coral - Coral Island 68. Field Music - Flat White Moon 69. Jim McCulloch - When I Mean What I Say 70. Alan Vega - Mutator 71. Kiss Me, Killer - 2020 Vision 72. John Grant - Boy from Michigan 73. Lou Barlow - Reason To Live 74. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life 75. Snapped Ankles - Forest of Your Problems 76. Sonny Vincent - Snake Pit Therapy 77. The Chills - Scatterbrain 78. Sister John - I Am By Day 79. Du Blonde - Homecoming 80. Hooveriii - Water for the Frogs 81. Erica Nockalls - Dark Music From a Warm Place 82. Piroshka - Love Drips And Gathers 83. Amy MacDonald - The Human Demands 84. Francis Lung - Miracle 85. Cult Figures - Deritend 86. ANTHRAX - Serfs Out 87. VEX - Average Minds Think Alike 88. Freya Beer - Beast 89. Digital Resistance - Alternative Facts 90. Divide And Dissolve - Gas Lit 91. Mush - Lines Redacted 92. Filthydirty - The Rise And Fall Of Blasphemouth 93. Gary Numan - Intruder 94. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! 95. Rutger Hoedemaekers - The Age of Oddities 96. The Bevis Frond - Little Eden 97. Blowers - Blowers 98. The Brothers Steve - Dose 99. Delilah Bon - Delilah Bon 100. Primitive Knot - A New Ontology of Evil 101. TV Priest - Uppers ... Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 2. Snail Mail - Valentine 3. Turnstile - GLOW ON 4. Low - Hey What 5. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 6. serpentwithfeet - DEACON 7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolves 8. The Weather Station - Ignorance 9. Polo G - Hall Of Fame 10. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature 11. Wednesday - Twin Plagues 12. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 13. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 14. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 15. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 16. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 17. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark 18. Tirzah - Colourgrade 19. Clairo - Sling 20. Fiddlehead - Between The Richness 21. Water From Your Eyes - Structure 22. KA - A Martyr's Reward 23. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 24. The Armed - Ultrapop 25. Nation of Language - A Way Forward 26. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 27. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH 28. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed 29. Squid - Bright Green Field 30. [Parannoul] - To See the Next Part of the Dream 31. Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson 32. One Step Closer - This Place You Know 33. Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa 34. Madlib - Sound Ancestors 35. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future 36. Men I Trust - Untourable Album 37. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM 38. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT 39. Home Is Where - I Became Birds 40. Erika De Casier - Sensational 41. Ada Lea - one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden 42. Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone 43. Loraine James - Reflection 44. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound 45. Iceage - Seek Shelter 46. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence 47. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti 48. Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses 49. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days 50. Closer - Within One Stem ... Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 2. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 3. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 4. Adele - 30 5. Doja Cat - Planet Her 6. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 7. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic 8. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 9. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 10. C. Tangana - El Madrile~no 11. Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue 12. Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs) 13. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed 14. PinkPantheress - to hell with it 15. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 16. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 17. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT 18. Drake - Certified Lover Boy 19. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 20. Snail Mail - Valentine 21. Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning 22. Giveon - When It's All Said And Done 23. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days 24. Karol G - KG0516 25. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 26. girl in red - if i could make it go quiet 27. Turnstile - GLOW ON 28. Lucky Daye - Table For Two 29. Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions 30. Porter Robinson - Nurture 31. Car'in Le'on - In'edito 32.J. Cole - The Off-Season 33. Mon Laferte - SEIS 34. Vince Staples - Vince Staples 35. Carly Pearce - 29: Written In Stone 36. Justin Bieber - Justice 37. Rauw Alejandro - VICE VERSA 38. Joy Oladokun - In Defense of My Own Happiness 39. Kanye West - Donda 40. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 41. Willow - lately i feel EVERYTHING 42. Tems - If Orange Was A Place 43. Don Toliver - Life of a DON 44. Fred Again 45. Myke Towers - LYKE MIKE 46. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 47. SG Lewis - times 48. Young Dolph & Key Glock - Dum and Dummer 2 49. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes 50. Clairo - Sling ... AllMusic's Best of 2021 (alphabetic) Adele - 30 Aimee Mann - Queens Of The Summer Hotel Allison Russell - Outside Child Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms to Open Us Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever Billy F Gibbons - Hardware Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs) Bomba Est'ereo - Deja Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days C. Tangana - El Madrile~no Cadence Weapon - Parallel World Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature Chelsea Carmichael - The River Doesn’t Like Strangers CHVRCHES - Screen Violence Clark - Playground in a Lake Cleo Sol - Mother Cola Boyy - Prosthetic Boombox Colleen - The Tunnel and the Clearing Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I Curtis Harding - If Words Were Flowers Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg Ed Dowie - The Obvious I Eivind Aarset - Phantasmagoria or a Different Kind of Journey Eric Bibb - Dear America Field Music - Flat White Moon Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight Geoffrey O'Connor - For As Long As I Can Remember Grouper - Shade Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power Helado Negro - Far In Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek - P"art: Passio Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - The Marfa Tapes James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee Jazzmeia Horn And Her Noble Force - Dear Love Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 Jerry Cantrell - Brighten John Carroll Kirby - Septet Jon Batiste - WE ARE Jorge Elbrecht - Presentable Corpse 002 Karol G - KG0516 Kenneth Whalum - Broken Land 2 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 Klenke Quartett, Nicola J"urgensen & Stephan Katte - Mozart: Clarinet Quintet; Horn Quintet L'Rain - Fatigue Laura Mvula - Pink Noise Lil Nas X - MONTERO Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Liz Phair - Soberish LoneLady - Former Things Los Lobos - Native Sons Makthaverskan - F"or Allting Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Marisa Monte - Portas Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds Mastodon - Hushed and Grim Matthias Goerne / Seong-Jin Cho - Im Abendrot: Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime Mocky - Overtones for the Omniverse Mogwai - As the Love Continues Mouse on Mars - AAI Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR Olivier Latry - Liszt: Inspirations PinkPantheress - to hell with it Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red Polo & Pan - Cyclorama Ren'e Jacobs - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Robert Finley - Sharecropper's Son Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof Rochelle Jordan - Play with the Changes Roxana Amed - Ontology Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You Smile Machine - Bye For Now Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future Squid - Bright Green Field Steve Gunn - Other You TEKE::TEKE - Shirushi Terrace Martin - DRONES The Armed - Ultrapop The Coral - Coral Island The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy The Mountain Goats - Dark in Here The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Uncommon Weather ... Consequence of Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2021 1. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 2. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 3. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 4. Turnstile - GLOW ON 5. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 6. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 7. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence 8. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 9. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM 10. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More 11. serpentwithfeet - DEACON 12. Snail Mail - Valentine 13. Doja Cat - Planet Her 14. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God 15. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 16. Idles - CRAWLER 17. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 18. Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson 19. Geese - Projector 20. Adele - 30 21. Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader 22. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 23. McKinley Dixon - For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her 24. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 25. Hovvdy - True Love 26. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 27. SAULT - Nine 28. Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take 29. Remi Wolf - Juno 30. Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs) 31. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 32. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 33. Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning 34. Jon Batiste - WE ARE 35. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 36. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti 37. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 38. The Armed - Ultrapop 39. Amigo the Devil - Born Against 40. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 41. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix 42. The Weather Station - Ignorance 43. Squid - Bright Green Field 44. Haviah Mighty - Stock Exchange 45. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time 46. BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE 47. Yola - Stand for Myself 48. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me 49. Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place 50. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home ... Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 2. L'Rain - Fatigue 3. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 4. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 5. Low - Hey What 6. Turnstile - GLOW ON 7. The Weather Station - Ignorance 8. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 9. Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red 10. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 11. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha 12. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince 13. Tirzah - Colourgrade 14. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 15. Snail Mail - Valentine 16. MIKE - Disco! 17. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature 18. Grouper - Shade 19. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2 20. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti 21. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 22. Dawn Richard - Second Line 23. black midi - Cavalcade 24. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 25. Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take 26. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM 27. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air 28. Spirit Of The Beehive - Entertainment, Death 29. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 30. Claire Rousay - A Softer Focus 31. Wiki - Half God 32. Adele - 30 33. Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa 34. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 35. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More 36. Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet 37. RP Boo - Established! 38. Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise / Song of Sage: Post Panic! 39. Loraine James - Reflection 40. Erika De Casier - Sensational 41. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready 42. Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy 43. Hand Habits - Fun House 44. Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia Magdalena 45. aya - im hole 46. Helado Negro - Far In 47. dltzk - Frailty 48. KA - A Martyr's Reward 49. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World 50. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood ... NME's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 2. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 3. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 4. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure 5. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 6. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 7. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 8. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 9. Turnstile - GLOW ON 10. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 11. For Those I Love - For Those I Love 12. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 13. Ghetts - Conflict Of Interest 14. Clairo - Sling 15. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 16. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs 17. Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters 18. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together 19. Lorde - Solar Power 20. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 21. London Grammar - Californian Soil 22. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic 23. Bicep - Isles 24. Snail Mail - Valentine 25. Royal Blood - Typhoons 26. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence 27. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT 28. Idles - CRAWLER 29. Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth 30. The Killers - Pressure Machine 31. slowthai - TYRON 32. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise 33. AJ Tracey - Flu Game 34. Remi Wolf - Juno 35. Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? 36. girl in red - if i could make it go quiet 37. Ray BLK - Access Denied 38. TOMORROW X TOGETHER - The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE 39. Easy Life - Life's a Beach 40. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 41. Joy Crookes - Skin 42. Vince Staples - Vince Staples 43. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 44. Bleachers - Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night 45. Young Thug - Punk 46. Nao - And Then Life Was Beautiful 47. SAULT - Nine 48. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed 49. Inhaler - It Won't Always Be Like This 50. Doja Cat - Planet Her ... Slant Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 2. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home 3. Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters 4. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club 5. Low - Hey What 6. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 7. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 8. serpentwithfeet - DEACON 9. PinkPantheress - to hell with it 10. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time 11. Suzanne Santo - Yard Sale 12. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 13. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 14. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 15. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature 16. Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet 17. TORRES - Thirstier 18. Erika De Casier - Sensational 19. Spellling - The Turning Wheel 20. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 21. Loraine James - Reflection 22. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 23. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 24. Snail Mail - Valentine 25. The Killers - Pressure Machine 26. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind 27. James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds 28. Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant 29. Doja Cat - Planet Her 30. Porter Robinson - Nurture 31. Kanye West - Donda 32. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 33. DJ Seinfeld - Mirrors 34. Helado Negro - Far In 35. Tinashe - 333 36. LSDXOXO - Dedicated 2 Disrespect 37. For Those I Love - For Those I Love 38. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 39. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready 40. Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers 41. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 42. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 43. Squid - Bright Green Field 44. Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna - Slime Language 2 (Deluxe) 45. Vince Staples - Vince Staples 46. Lightning Bug - A Color of the Sky 47. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM 48. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 49. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 50. MARINA - Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land ... NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 2. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 3. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 4. Allison Russell - Outside Child 5. C. Tangana - El Madrile~no 6. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 7. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince 8. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 9. Vince Staples - Vince Staples 10. Wild Up & Christopher Rountree - Julius Eastman, Vol. 1: Femenine 11. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 12. Helado Negro - Far In 13. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 14. Adele - 30 15. Tems - If Orange Was A Place 16. Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue 17. Willow - lately i feel EVERYTHING 18. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti 19. illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More 20. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix 21. Low - Hey What 22. PinkPantheress - to hell with it 23. Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name 24. Turnstile - GLOW ON 25. Eris Drew - Quivering in Time 26. Cleo Sol - Mother 27. Toumani Diabat'e & The London Symphony Orchestra - K^or^ol'en 28. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT 29. Lukah - When The Black Hand Touches You 30. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 31. Doja Cat - Planet Her 32. Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant 33. James Brandon Lewis - Jesup Wagon 34. Emily D'Angelo - enargeia 35. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air 36. Spellling - The Turning Wheel 37. Amythyst Kiah - Wary + Strange 38. Mon Laferte - SEIS 39. MIKE - Disco! 40. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood 41. Susana Baca - Palabras Urgentes 42. Kenny Garrett - Sounds from the Ancestors 43. Yebba - Dawn 44. Adia Victoria - A Southern Gothic 45. Rodrigo Amarante - Drama 46. Vadim Repin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Andris Nelsons - Sofia Gubaidulina: Dialog: Ich und Du; The Wrath of God; The Light of the End 47. Artifacts - ...and then there's this 48. Pink Siifu - GUMBO'! 49. Circuit Des Yeux - -io 50. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic ... PopMatters' 75 Best Albums of 2021 1. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 3. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 4. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 5. Dawn Richard - Second Line 6. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs 7. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed 8. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together 9. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 10. Rochelle Jordan - Play with the Changes 11. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix 12. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite 13. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 14. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 15. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 16. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home 17.Pepe Delux'e - Phantom Cabinet, Vol. 1 18. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days 19. The Bug - Fire 20. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World 21. Loraine James - Reflection 22. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 23. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready 24. Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows 25. Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic 26. Snail Mail - Valentine 27. Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers 28. The Weather Station - Ignorance 29. Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth 30. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 31. Elbow - Flying Dream 1 32. Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air 33. Headie One - Too Loyal for My Own Good 34. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club 35. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood 36. Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi - They're Calling Me Home 37. Amythyst Kiah - Wary + Strange 38. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions 39. Helado Negro - Far In 40. Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming 41. Backxwash - I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses 42. Lucy Dacus - Home Video 43. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure 44. Yola - Stand for Myself 45. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 46. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 47. Maisie Peters - You Signed Up For This 48. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature 49. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! 50. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence 51. Goat Girl - On All Fours 52. Hayes Carll - You Get It All 53. Vince Staples - Vince Staples 54. Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant 55. Jungle - Loving In Stereo 56. Turnstile - GLOW ON 57. Jane Weaver - Flock 58. Between the Buried and Me - Colors II 59. John Grant - Boy from Michigan 60. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time 61. Anz - All Hours 62. Mastodon - Hushed and Grim 63. Alessia Cara - In The Meantime 64. Bremer/McCoy - Natten 65. King Woman - Celestial Blues 66. John Hiatt With The Jerry Douglas Band - Leftover Feelings 67. Jon Hopkins - Music for Psychedelic Therapy 68. Low Cut Connie - Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts 69. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! 70. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu 71. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power 72. Portico Quartet - Terrain 73. black midi - Cavalcade 74. Altin G"un - Yol 75. Mogwai - As the Love Continues ... Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2021 1. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure 2. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs 3. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me 4. Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future 5. PinkPantheress - to hell with it 6. McKinley Dixon - For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her 7. For Those I Love - For Those I Love 8. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 9. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark 10. Du Blonde - Homecoming 11. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 12. Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow 13. Charli Adams - Bullseye 14. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 15. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 16. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic 17. Mogwai - As the Love Continues 18. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 19. Idles - CRAWLER 20. Surfbort - Keep On Truckin' 21. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 22. Drug Store Romeos - The world within our bedrooms 23. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 24. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 25. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 26. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 27. Tommy Genesis - goldilocks x 28. The Vaccines - Back In Love City 29. Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT 30. Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take 31. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 32. Clairo - Sling 33. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 34. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 35. JPEGMAFIA - LP! 36. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home 37. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise 38. Bicep - Isles 39. CHAI - WINK 40. Paris Texas - BOY ANONYMOUS 41. Low Hummer - Modern Tricks For Living 42. Nation of Language - A Way Forward 43. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life 44. James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart 45. Doja Cat - Planet Her 46. Joe & The Shitboys - The Reson for Hardcore Vibes Again 47. Iceage - Seek Shelter 48. Royal Blood - Typhoons 49. Bull - Discover Effortless Living 50. Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL 51. Remi Wolf - Juno ... The Guardian's 50 Best Albums of 2021 1. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure 2. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend 3. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 4. The Weather Station - Ignorance 5. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 6. SAULT - Nine 7. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg 8. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 9. Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams 10. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime 11. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 12. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales 13. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 14. Lil Nas X - MONTERO 15. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE 16. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite 17. Tirzah - Colourgrade 18. Turnstile - GLOW ON 19. Dave - We're All Alone In This Together 20. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince 21. The Coral - Coral Island 22. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise 23. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises 24. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 25. Madlib - Sound Ancestors 26. Mogwai - As the Love Continues 27. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home 28. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed 29. Clairo - Sling 30. Greentea Peng - MAN MADE 31. Low - Hey What 32. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature 33. PinkPantheress - to hell with it 34. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore 35. Aly & AJ - a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet... 36. aya - im hole 37. Erika De Casier - Sensational 38. Goat Girl - On All Fours 39. Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos 40. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club 41. Eris Drew - Quivering in Time 42. Gojira - Fortitude 43. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound 44. Black Country, New Road - For the first time 45. For Those I Love - For Those I Love 46. Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy 47. 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