Year-End Lists

The Quietus: Albums of the Year 2021

1. The Bug
   Fire
2. Aya
   im hole
3. Dean Blunt
   Black Metal 2
4. The Weather Station
   Ignorance
5. William Doyle
   Great Spans of Muddy Time
6. Loraine James
   Reflection
7. Richard Dawson & Circle
   Henki
8. Scotch Rolex
   Tewari
9. Sleaford Mods
   Spare Ribs
10. Gazelle Twin & NYX
    Deep England
11. Tanz Mein Herz
    Quattro
12. Liars
    The Apple Drop
13. Divide and Dissolve
    Gas Lit
14. The Armed
    Ultrapop
15. L'Rain
    Fatigue
16. Tomaga
    Intimate Immensity
17. Tirzah
    Colourgrade
18. Arab Strap
    As Days Get Dark
19. Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective
    Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
20. Black Midi
    Cavalcade
21. Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis
    Whose Woods These Are
22. Eris Drew
    Quivering In Time
23. Audiobooks
    Astro Tough
24. Ben LaMar Gay
    Open Arms to Open Us
25. Microcorps
    XMIT
26. Joy Orbison
    still slipping vol. 1
27. Little Simz
    Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
28. The Transcendence Orchestra
    All Skies Have Sounded
29. Hard Feelings
    Hard Feelings
30. Part Chimp
    Drool
31. Rochelle Jordan
    Play With the Changes
32. ioulus
    oddkin
33. Kìzis
    Tidibàbide / Turn
34. Black Country, New Road
    For the First Time
35. Space Afrika
    Honest Labour
36. Shirley Collins
    Crowlink
37. Skee Mask
    Pool
38. Shackleton
    Departing Like Rivers
39. Grouper
    Shade
40. Ed Dowie
    The Obvious I
41. Dry Cleaning
    New Long Leg
42. ---__--___
    The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid
43. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    G_d's Pee at State's End!
44. Erika de Casier
    Sensational
45. Hawthonn
    Earth Mirror
46. Rufus Isabel Elliot
    A/am/ams (come ashore, turn over)
47. Japanese Breakfast
    Jubilee
48. Ruth Goller
    Skylla
49. Succumb
    XXI
50. Melvins
    Working With God
51. Frog of Earth
    Frog of Earth
52. Oliver Leith
    'Me Hollywood'
53. Andy Stott
    Never The Right Time
54. Goodbye World
    At Death's Door
55. Slikback
    MELT
56. Max Syedtollan / Plus-Minus Ensemble
    Four Assignments
57. Time Binding Ensemble
    Nothing New Under the Sun
58. William Parker
    Mayan Space Station
59. Nonexistent
    Nonexistent
60. Årabrot
    Norwegian Gothic
61. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson
    Searching For The Disappeared Hour
62. Manic Street Preachers
    The Ultra Vivid Lament
63. Claire Rousay
    a softer focus
64. Helm
    Axis
65. Clairo
    Sling
66. Aging ~ Land Trance
    Embassy Nocturnes
67. Rien Virgule
    La consolation des violettes
68. Jane Weaver
    Flock
69. Jeff Parker
    Forfolks
70. Vapour Theories
    Celestial Scuzz
71. At the Gates
    The Nightmare of Being
72. Gnod
    La Mort Du Sens
73. Ursula Sereghy
    OK Box
74. Bloody Head
    The Temple Pillars Dissolve Into The Clouds
75. Jorja Chalmers
    Midnight Train
76. Leather Rats
    No Live ’Til Leather '98
77. Koreless
    Agor
78. Snapped Ankles
    Forest Of Your Problems
79. Hedvig Mollestad
    Tempest Revisited
80. Richard Youngs
    CXXI
81. Squid
    Bright Green Field
82. Mirage
    Mirage
83. Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis
    These Feral Lands: May Sounds
84. My Bloody Sex Party
    Vol. 2
85. Taqbir
    Victory Belongs To Those Who Fight For A Right Cause
86. The Altered Hours
    Convertible
87. Perkins & Federwisch
    One Dazzling Moment
88. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe
    Bloodmoon: I
89. Fluisteraars
    Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking
90. Angharad Davies
    gwneud a gwneud eto / do and do again
91. Vanishing Twin
    Ookii Gekkou
92. Antonina Nowacka
    Vocal Sketches from Oaxaca
93. Turnstile
    Glow On
94. Mdou Moctar
    Afrique Victime
95. Senyawa
    Alkisah
96. Ruth Mascelli
    A Night At The Baths
97. LoneLady
    Former Things
98. Low
    Hey What
99. Marco Shuttle
    Cobalt Desert Oasis
100. Celestial
     I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night