Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

1. Jazmine Sullivan
   Heaux Tales
2. L'Rain
   Fatigue
3. Tyler, The Creator
   Call Me If You Get Lost
4. Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
   Promises
5. Low
   Hey What
6. Turnstile
   Glow On
7. The Weather Station
   Ignorance
8. Mdou Moctar
   Afrique Victime
9. Playboi Carti
   Whole Lotta Red
10. Dry Cleaning
    New Long Leg
11. Faye Webster
    I Know I'm Funny Haha
12. Arooj Aftab
    Vulture Prince
13. Tirzah
    Colourgrade
14. Japanese Breakfast
    Jubilee
15. Snail Mail
    Valentine
16. MIKE
    Disco!
17. Cassandra Jenkins
    An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
18. Grouper
    Shade
19. Dean Blunt
    Black Metal 2
20. Mach-Hommy
    Pray For Haiti
21. Olivia Rodrigo
    Sour
22. Dawn Richard
    Second Line
23. Black Midi
    Cavalcade
24. Nala Sinephro
    Space 1.8
25. Indigo De Souza
    Any Shape You Take
26. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
    Haram
27. Moor Mother
    Black Encyclopedia of the Air
28. The Spirit Of The Beehive
    Entertainment, Death
29. Little Simz
    Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
30. Claire Rousay
    a softer focus
31. Wiki
    Half God
32. Adele
    30
33. Xenia Rubinos
    Una Rosa
34. The War on Drugs
    I Don’t Live Here Anymore
35. illuminati hotties
    Let Me Do One More
36. Lost Girls
    Menneskekollektivet
37. RP Boo
    Established!
38. Navy Blue
    Song of Sage: Post Panic!
38. Navy Blue
    Navy’s Reprise
39. Loraine James
    Reflection
40. Erika de Casier
    Sensational
41. Lingua Ignota
    Sinner Get Ready
42. Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
    Uneasy
43. Hand Habits
    Fun House
44. Sofia Kourtesis
    Fresia Magdalena
45. Aya
    im hole
46. Helado Negro
    Far In
47. Dltzk
    Frailty
48. Ka
    A Martyr’s Reward
49. Magdalena Bay
    Mercurial World
50. Yasmin Williams
    Urban Driftwood