Year-End Lists

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2012]

1. Low
   Hey What
2. Black Midi
   Cavalcade
3. Lingua Ignota
   Sinner Get Ready
4. Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
   Promises
5. Pan Daijing
   Jade
6. Black Country, New Road
   For the First Time
7. The Spirit Of The Beehive
   Entertainment, Death
8. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
   Haram
9. Self Esteem
   Prioritise Pleasure
10. Tyler, The Creator
    Call Me If You Get Lost
11. Ka
    A Martyr’s Reward
12. Circuit Des Yeux
    -io
13. Dry Cleaning
    New Long Leg
14. Helado Negro
    Far In
15. Cassandra Jenkins
    An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
16. serpentwithfeet
    Deacon
17. portrayal of guilt
    We Are Always Alone
17. portrayal of guilt
    CHRISTFUCKER
18. Pink Siifu
    GUMBO'!
19. Karima Walker
    Waking the Dreaming Body
20. King Woman
    Celestial Blues
21. Squid
    Bright Green Field
22. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
    Candy Racer
23. Backxwash
    I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses
24. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
25. Japanese Breakfast
    Jubilee
26. Lost Girls
    Menneskekollektivet
27. Hana Vu
    Public Storage
28. Iceage
    Seek Shelter
29. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
    Carnage
30. Spellling
    The Turning Wheel
31. Loraine James
    Reflection
32. Snail Mail
    Valentine
33. Greentea Peng
    Man Made
34. Claire Rousay
    a softer focus
35. Anna B Savage
    A Common Turn
36. Dawn Richard
    Second Line
37. Cleo Sol
    Mother
38. Arooj Aftab
    Vulture Prince
39. Injury Reserve
    By the Time I Get to Phoenix
40. NTsKi
    Orca
41. Deafheaven
    Infinite Granite
42. The War on Drugs
    I Don’t Live Here Anymore
43. Indigo De Souza
    Any Shape You Take
44. Sophia Kennedy
    Monsters
45. Navy Blue
    Navy’s Reprise
46. Marisa Monte
    Portas
47. Divide and Dissolve
    Gas Lit
48. Twice
    Formula of Love: O+T=<3
49. Moor Mother
    Black Encyclopedia of the Air
50. Grouper
    Shade