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2021 Music

Les Inrocks: Top 25 Albums of 2021

01 December 2021

Bright Green Field - Squid

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 25 Albums of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Bright Green Field
    Squid
  2. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  3. Everything Tasteful
    Lala &ce
  4. Black Metal 2
    Dean Blunt
  5. Hey What
    Low
  6. Sling
    Clairo
  7. Talk Memory
    BADBADNOTGOOD
  8. Brûler le feu
    Juliette Armanet
  9. Change
    Anika
  10. Paradigmes
    La Femme
  11. Cœur
    Clara Luciani
  12. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
  13. Escapades
    Gaspard Augé
  14. Troie
    Malik Djoudi
  15. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
  16. Acquainted with Night
    Lael Neale
  17. Cavalcade
    black midi
  18. Sensational
    Erika de Casier
  19. Colourgrade
    Tirzah
  20. Friends That Break Your Heart
    James Blake
  21. PICTURA DE IPSE: Musique directe
    Hubert Lenoir
  22. Sympathy for Life
    Parquet Courts
  23. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
  24. Fatigue
    L'Rain
  25. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
    Damon Albarn

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