Year-End Lists

Lists

1. Best Albums of 2021: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
2. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Rolling Stone
3. The Best Albums of 2021: Complex
3. Top 10 Albums of 2021: Brittany Spanos: Rolling Stone
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Billboard
5. The Best Albums of 2021: Chris Willman: Variety
5. The 10 Best Albums of 2021: Entertainment Weekly
7. The 10 Best Albums of 2021: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
8. The 8 Best Albums of 2021: Jason Parham: Wired
10. Top 20 Albums of 2021: Spectrum Culture
12. Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021: Vinyl Factory
14. 50 Best Albums of 2021: NPR: NPR Music
15. The 20 Best Albums of 2021: A.V. Club
20. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Consequence
22. Best Albums of 2021: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
32. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Pitchfork
32. The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
38. The 45 Best Albums of 2021: The Forty-Five
40. Albums of the Year 2021: Clash
45. The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism

• The Best Albums of 2021: New Statesman
• Best Albums of 2021: Jon Pareles: New York Times
• Best of 2021: AllMusic
• 10 Best Albums of 2021: BBC: BBC Culture
• Best Albums of 2021: Passerby
• The Best Albums of 2021: Esquire