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2021 Music

Flood: The Best Albums of 2021

16 December 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Flood Magazine: The Best Albums of 2021

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

  1. Glow On
    Turnstile
  2. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
  3. Heaux Tales
    Jazmine Sullivan
  4. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  5. Any Shape You Take
    Indigo De Souza
  6. Hey What
    Low
  7. Valentine
    Snail Mail
  8. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
  9. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
  10. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves
  11. Let Me Do One More
    illuminati hotties
  12. if I could make it go quiet
    girl in red
  13. Carnage
    Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
  14. Fatigue
    L'Rain
  15. Sour
    Olivia Rodrigo
  16. The Million Masks Of God
    Manchester Orchestra
  17. I Know I'm Funny haha
    Faye Webster
  18. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
  19. Death of a Cheerleader
    Pom Pom Squad
  20. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
  21. The House Is Burning
    Isaiah Rashad
  22. Modern Fiction
    Ducks Ltd.
  23. Stand For Myself
    Yola
  24. Illusory Walls
    The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
  25. Thirstier
    Torres

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