Year-End Lists

Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2021

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1. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
2. Immigrants
   Nitin Sawhney
3. Blue Weekend
   Wolf Alice
4. Promises
   Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
5. No Gods No Masters
   Garbage
6. Black To The Future
   Sons of Kemet
7. Mother
   Cleo Sol
8. Ocean to Ocean
   Tori Amos
9. Collapsed in Sunbeams
   Arlo Parks
10. Mood Valiant
    Hiatus Kaiyote
11. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
    Halsey
12. Screen Violence
    Chvrches
13. Future Past
    Duran Duran
14. I've Been Trying To Tell You
    Saint Etienne
15. Pink Noise
    Laura Mvula
16. Nine
    Sault
17. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves
18. Black Acid Soul
    Lady Blackbird
19. Soberish
    Liz Phair
20. Blackest Blue
    Morcheeba
21. Blood
    Juliana Hatfield
22. Californian Soil
    London Grammar
23. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
24. King's Disease II
    Nas
25. Subconsciously
    Black Coffee
26. We're All Alone in This Together
    Dave
27. Crooked Machine
    Róisín Murphy
28. Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land
    Marina
29. Firebird
    Natalie Imbruglia
30. Son
    Rosie Lowe & Duval Timothy
31. Flying Dream 1
    Elbow
32. Ultramarine
    Wesley Joseph
33. We Are
    Jon Batiste
34. Hi
    Texas
35. Little Oblivions
    Julien Baker
36. Aspects
    STR4TA
37. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
    Damon Albarn
38. Sweet Inspiration
    Kate Ceberano
39. Medicine at Midnight
    Foo Fighters
40. When Smoke Rises
    Mustafa
41. Queens of the Summer Hotel
    Aimee Mann
42. Dawn
    Yebba
43. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
44. Sgt Culpepper
    Joel Culpepper
45. 30
    Adele
46. Bad Meditation
    Mara TK
47. Nothing Feels Like Everything
    Scrimshire
48. How Many Times
    Esther Rose
49. Sound Ancestors
    Madlib
50. Not Your Muse
    Celeste
51. Hunter and the Dog Star
    Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
52. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
53. Sour
    Olivia Rodrigo
54. If Words Were Flowers
    Curtis Harding
55. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
56. The Ultra Vivid Lament
    Manic Street Preachers
57. Flock
    Jane Weaver
58. Bring Backs
    Alfa Mist
59. Daddy's Home
    St. Vincent
60. Pins and Needles
    Natalie Hemby
61. Somewhere Different
    Brandee Younger
62. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
63. What We Call Life
    Jordan Rakei
64. The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
    Valerie June
65. In Praise of Shadows
    Puma Blue
66. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
67. In These Silent Days
    Brandi Carlile
68. Friends That Break Your Heart
    James Blake
69. Yellow
    Emma-Jean Thackray
70. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
71. Bloom
    Rosie Frater-Taylor
72. Time Flies
    Ladyhawke
73. And Then Life Was Beautiful
    Nao
74. The Golden Casket
    Modest Mouse
75. Valentine
    Snail Mail
76. An Evening with Silk Sonic
    Silk Sonic
77. Heart-Shaped Scars
    Dot Allison
78. Pressure Machine
    The Killers
79. Stand For Myself
    Yola
80. I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A.
    Dean Wareham
81. Back of My Mind
    H.E.R.
82. Crawler
    Idles
83. An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
    Cassandra Jenkins
84. Love Will Be Reborn
    Martha Wainwright
85. Tell Me What You Miss The Most
    Tasha
86. still slipping vol. 1
    Joy Orbison
87. Hey What
    Low
88. Path of Wellness
    Sleater-Kinney
89. Alpha
    Charlotte Day Wilson
90. As The Love Continues
    Mogwai
91. Good Woman
    The Staves
92. Pandora's Playhouse
    Sananda Maitreya
93. Laura Stevenson
    Laura Stevenson
94. Drones
    Terrace Martin
95. Coral Island
    The Coral
96. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
97. Memories Of Love
    Myles Sanko
98. Times
    SG Lewis
99. Sob Rock
    John Mayer
100. Simple, Sweet, and Smiling
     Kacy Hill