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2021 Music

Northern Transmissions: Top 20 Albums of 2021

02 January 2022

Glow On - Turnstile

Northern Transmissions: Top 20 Albums of 2021

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

  1. Glow On
    Turnstile
  2. Hey What
    Low
  3. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
  4. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
    Little Simz
  5. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
  6. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
  7. Ultrapop
    The Armed
  8. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  9. Seek Shelter
    Iceage
  10. Bright Green Field
    Squid
  11. Sling
    Clairo
  12. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
  13. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
  14. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
  15. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
  16. Valentine
    Snail Mail
  17. Drunk Tank Pink
    Shame
  18. Fortitude
    Gojira
  19. Sympathy for Life
    Parquet Courts
  20. Things Take Time, Take Time
    Courtney Barnett

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