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Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2021

08 December 2021

For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022]

  1. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
  2. SHILOH: Lost For Words
    John Glacier
  3. Prioritise Pleasure
    Self Esteem
  4. An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
    Cassandra Jenkins
  5. Astro Tough
    Audiobooks
  6. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
  7. A Common Turn
    Anna B Savage
  8. Intra-I
    Theon Cross
  9. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
    Little Simz
  10. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
  11. Spare Ribs
    Sleaford Mods
  12. Great Spans of Muddy Time
    William Doyle
  13. Bright Green Field
    Squid
  14. Colourgrade
    Tirzah
  15. Black Metal 2
    Dean Blunt
  16. For Those I Love
    For Those I Love
  17. private LIFE
    Virginia Wing
  18. Lei Line Eon
    Iglooghost
  19. Space 1.8
    Nala Sinephro
  20. Hey What
    Low
  21. Conflict of Interest
    Ghetts
  22. Honest Labour
    Space Afrika
  23. Fire
    The Bug
  24. The Changing Account
    G.S. Schray
  25. Heart Ego
    Sassy 009
  26. Cavalcade
    black midi
  27. Deacon
    serpentwithfeet
  28. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
  29. Gas Lit
    Divide and Dissolve
  30. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  31. Harlecore
    Danny L Harle
  32. We're All Alone in This Together
    Dave
  33. Painful Enlightenment
    Jana Rush
  34. Boy Anonymous
    Paris Texas
  35. WINK
    CHAI
  36. Será que ahora podremos entendernos
    Mabe Fratti
  37. Terrain
    Portico Quartet
  38. Shade
    Grouper
  39. MiiRROR
    BABii
  40. Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe
    New Age Doom & Lee "Scratch" Perry

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