Year-End Lists

Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2021

1. Self Esteem
   Prioritise Pleasure
2. Sleaford Mods
   Spare Ribs
3. Amyl and The Sniffers
   Comfort To Me
4. Sons of Kemet
   Black To The Future
5. PinkPantheress
   To Hell with It
6. McKinley Dixon
   For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her
7. For Those I Love
   For Those I Love
8. Little Simz
   Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
9. Arab Strap
   As Days Get Dark
10. Du Blonde
    Homecoming
11. Sam Fender
    Seventeen Going Under
12. Emma-Jean Thackray
    Yellow
13. Charli Adams
    Bullseye
14. Billie Eilish
    Happier Than Ever
15. Olivia Rodrigo
    Sour
16. Silk Sonic
    An Evening with Silk Sonic
17. Mogwai
    As The Love Continues
18. Jazmine Sullivan
    Heaux Tales
19. Idles
    Crawler
20. Surfbort
    Keep On Truckin’
21. Dry Cleaning
    New Long Leg
22. Drug Store Romeos
    The world within our bedrooms
23. Mdou Moctar
    Afrique Victime
24. Lil Nas X
    Montero
25. Wolf Alice
    Blue Weekend
26. Tyler, The Creator
    Call Me If You Get Lost
27. Tommy Genesis
    Goldilocks X
28. The Vaccines
    Back In Love City
29. Summer Walker
    Still Over It
30. Indigo De Souza
    Any Shape You Take
31. Arlo Parks
    Collapsed in Sunbeams
32. Clairo
    Sling
33. The War on Drugs
    I Don’t Live Here Anymore
34. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
    Carnage
35. JPEGMAFIA
    LP!
36. St. Vincent
    Daddy's Home
37. Laura Mvula
    Pink Noise
38. Bicep
    Isles
39. CHAI
    WINK
40. Paris Texas
    Boy Anonymous
41. Low Hummer
    Modern Tricks for Living
42. Nation of Language
    A Way Forward
43. Parquet Courts
    Sympathy for Life
44. James Blake
    Friends That Break Your Heart
45. Doja Cat
    Planet Her
46. Joe & The Shitboys
    The Reson For Hardcore Vibes
47. Iceage
    Seek Shelter
48. Royal Blood
    Typhoons
49. Bull
    Discover Effortless Living
50. Ashnikko
    Demidevil
51. Remi Wolf
    Juno