Year-End Lists

Clash Magazine: Albums of the Year 2021

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
2. We're All Alone in This Together
   Dave
3. Collapsed in Sunbeams
   Arlo Parks
4. Sensational
   Erika de Casier
5. Call Me If You Get Lost
   Tyler, The Creator
6. Jubilee
   Japanese Breakfast
7. For Those I Love
   For Those I Love
8. Sling
   Clairo
9. The House Is Burning
   Isaiah Rashad
10. still slipping vol. 1
    Joy Orbison
11. The Off-Season
    J. Cole
12. Heaux Tales
    Jazmine Sullivan
13. Conflict of Interest
    Ghetts
14. Bright Green Field
    Squid
15. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
16. Deacon
    serpentwithfeet
17. Montero
    Lil Nas X
18. Play With the Changes
    Rochelle Jordan
19. Prioritise Pleasure
    Self Esteem
20. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
21. Skin
    Joy Crookes
22. Black Metal 2
    Dean Blunt
23. Siren Spine Sysex
    Proc Fiskal
24. Man Made
    Greentea Peng
25. Blue Weekend
    Wolf Alice
26. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
27. Sour
    Olivia Rodrigo
28. Mother
    Cleo Sol
29. Honest Labour
    Space Afrika
30. Fatigue
    L'Rain
31. Provisional Licence
    M1llionz
32. Carnage
    Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
33. Nine
    Sault
34. Hushed and Grim
    Mastodon
35. Agor
    Koreless
36. Balance
    Children Of Zeus
37. Sound Ancestors
    Madlib
38. Hey What
    Low
39. Back of My Mind
    H.E.R.
40. 30
    Adele
41. Glow On
    Turnstile
42. Colourgrade
    Tirzah
43. Reflection
    Loraine James
44. Absolutely
    Dijon
45. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
46. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
47. SHILOH: Lost For Words
    John Glacier
48. Talk Memory
    BADBADNOTGOOD
49. As The Love Continues
    Mogwai
50. Fell in Love in Brasil
    Jevon
51. Seventeen Going Under
    Sam Fender
52. An Evening with Silk Sonic
    Silk Sonic
53. Frame of a Fauna
    Ouri
54. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
55. The Melodic Blue
    Baby Keem
56. Human Again
    Joy Anonymous
57. Still Over It
    Summer Walker
58. Quivering In Time
    Eris Drew
59. Utopian Ashes
    Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth
60. Friends That Break Your Heart
    James Blake