Year-End Lists

Lists

3. The Best Music of 2021: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
6. Best Albums of 2021: Jon Pareles: New York Times
9. Top 20 Albums of 2021: Spectrum Culture
13. The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
13. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
14. Top 100 Albums of 2021: Under the Radar
15. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Consequence
15. Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2021: No Depression
20. Best Albums of 2021: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
23. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Treble
23. The 50 Best Albums Of 2021: Stereogum
28. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Far Out
28. 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib
29. The 45 Best Albums of 2021: The Forty-Five
35. The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism
36. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Paste
38. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters
41. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Slant
46. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Billboard

• The Best Albums of 2021: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• The Best Music of 2021: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Top 10 Albums of 2021: Carl Wilson: Slate
• The Best Albums Of 2021: Uproxx
• 2021 Albums of the Year: Atwood Magazine
• Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021: Abeni Jones: Autostraddle
• Albums of 2021: Dork