Year-End Lists

The Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

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1. Prioritise Pleasure
   Self Esteem
2. Blue Weekend
   Wolf Alice
3. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
4. Ignorance
   The Weather Station
5. Call Me If You Get Lost
   Tyler, The Creator
6. Nine
   Sault
7. New Long Leg
   Dry Cleaning
8. Sour
   Olivia Rodrigo
9. Collapsed in Sunbeams
   Arlo Parks
10. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
11. Seventeen Going Under
    Sam Fender
12. Heaux Tales
    Jazmine Sullivan
13. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
14. Montero
    Lil Nas X
15. Carnage
    Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
16. Infinite Granite
    Deafheaven
17. Colourgrade
    Tirzah
18. Glow On
    Turnstile
19. We're All Alone in This Together
    Dave
20. Vulture Prince
    Arooj Aftab
21. Coral Island
    The Coral
22. Pink Noise
    Laura Mvula
23. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
24. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
25. Sound Ancestors
    Madlib
26. As The Love Continues
    Mogwai
27. Daddy's Home
    St. Vincent
28. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves
29. Sling
    Clairo
30. Man Made
    Greentea Peng
31. Hey What
    Low
32. An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
    Cassandra Jenkins
33. to hell with it
    PinkPantheress
34. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
35. a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun
    Aly & AJ
36. im hole
    aya
37. Sensational
    Erika de Casier
38. On All Fours
    Goat Girl
39. Flowers for Vases / Descansos
    Hayley Williams
40. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
41. Quivering In Time
    Eris Drew
42. Fortitude
    Gojira
43. Made Out Of Sound
    Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt
44. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
45. For Those I Love
    For Those I Love
46. Busy Guy
    Stephen Fretwell
47. WINK
    CHAI
48. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
49. Diorama
    MØL
50. Magic Still Exists
    Agnes