Year-End Lists

Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2021, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2011]

1. Deja
   Bomba Estéreo
2. Outside Child
   Allison Russell
3. Seis
   Mon Laferte
4. Ignorance
   The Weather Station
5. Afrique Victime
   Mdou Moctar
6. Little Oblivions
   Julien Baker
7. Cavalcade
   black midi
8. Sour
   Olivia Rodrigo
9. Songwrights Apothecary Lab
   Esperanza Spalding
10. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator

Another 15 deserving albums, alphabetically

• 30
  Adele
• Vulture Prince
  Arooj Aftab
• Live In New York
  Khaira Arby
• Happier Than Ever
  Billie Eilish
• Promises
  Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
• Head of Roses
  Flock of Dimes
• They're Calling Me Home
  Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
• Crawler
  Idles
• A Martyr’s Reward
  Ka
• The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
  Valerie June
• Fatigue
  L'Rain
• Collapsed in Sunbeams
  Arlo Parks
• Raise The Roof
  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• An East African Journey
  Omar Sosa
• Heaux Tales
  Jazmine Sullivan