Best of 2021: Albums

A list of long plays that replaced all the live shows. Crudely arranged and poorly explained, these are the best albums of the year.

 

20 – 11


20. Juno / Remi Wolf

19. Una Rosa / Xenia Rubinos

18. By The Time I Get To Phoenix / Injury Reserve

17. Public Storage / Hana Vu

16. The Turning Wheel / Spellling

15. Blue Weekend / Wolf Alice

14. Mythopoetics / Half Waif

13. Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) / Floating Points & Pharaoh Sanders

12. Call Me If You Get Lost / Tyler the Creator

11. Home Video / Lucy Dacus

10

 

Ignorance
The Weather Station

is

coming to terms with the end of it all.

09

 

LP! (Offline Version)
JPEGMAFIA

is

flexing on literally everybody.

08

 

Animal
LUMP

is

a beautiful and surreal fantasy.

07

 

Let Met Do One More
illuminati hotties

is

bruised, battered, and laughing about it.

06

 

Smiling With No Teeth
Genesis Owusu

is

a tapestry weaved from many inspirations.

05

 

A Common Turn
Anna B Savage

is

a luxurious diary, shuttering with feeling.

04

 

Hey What
Low

is

something genuinely new for once.

03

 

Jubilee
Japanese Breakfast

is

equal parts mournful, witty, and beautiful.

02

 

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Little Simz

is

an uncompromising masterwork, and knows it.

01

 

An Overview of Phenomenal Nature
Cassandra Jenkins

is

the best album of the year.

Now Listen

The best albums (in part) of the year, in one playlist for you.