Year-End Lists

Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2021

1. The War on Drugs
   I Don’t Live Here Anymore
2. Snail Mail
   Valentine
3. Turnstile
   Glow On
4. Low
   Hey What
5. Japanese Breakfast
   Jubilee
6. serpentwithfeet
   Deacon
7. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
   Superwolves
8. The Weather Station
   Ignorance
9. Polo G
   Hall of Fame
10. Cassandra Jenkins
    An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
11. Wednesday
    Twin Plagues
12. Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
    Promises
13. Olivia Rodrigo
    Sour
14. Lucy Dacus
    Home Video
15. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
    Carnage
16. Tyler, The Creator
    Call Me If You Get Lost
17. Arab Strap
    As Days Get Dark
18. Tirzah
    Colourgrade
19. Clairo
    Sling
20. Fiddlehead
    Between the Richness
21. Water From Your Eyes
    Structure
22. Ka
    A Martyr’s Reward
23. Julien Baker
    Little Oblivions
24. The Armed
    Ultrapop
25. Nation of Language
    A Way Forward
26. Halsey
    If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
27. The Spirit Of The Beehive
    Entertainment, Death
28. Kacey Musgraves
    Star-Crossed
29. Squid
    Bright Green Field
30. Parannoul
    To See the Next Part of the Dream
31. Boldy James & The Alchemist
    Bo Jackson
32. One Step Closer
    This Place You Know
33. Xenia Rubinos
    Una Rosa
34. Madlib
    Sound Ancestors
35. Sons of Kemet
    Black To The Future
36. Men I Trust
    Untourable Album
37. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
    Haram
38. Summer Walker
    Still Over It
39. Home Is Where
    i became birds
40. Erika de Casier
    Sensational
41. Ada Lea
    one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
42. portrayal of guilt
    We Are Always Alone
43. Loraine James
    Reflection
44. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt
    Made Out of Sound
45. Iceage
    Seek Shelter
46. Chvrches
    Screen Violence
47. Mach-Hommy
    Pray For Haiti
48. Flock of Dimes
    Head of Roses
49. Brandi Carlile
    In These Silent Days
50. closer
    within one stem