Year-End Lists

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Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021 Ultimate Classic Rock

The Best Albums of 2021 New Statesman

Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021 Autostraddle: Abeni Jones

Top 10 Albums of 2021 Slate: Carl Wilson

The 100 Best Albums of 2021 Albumism

The 45 Best Albums of 2021 The Forty-Five

The Best Albums of 2021 Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim

The Best Albums Of 2021 Coup De Main

Best Albums of 2021 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

The Best Albums of 2021 Dazed

Favorite Emo Albums Of 2021 Uproxx: Ian Cohen

Best Albums of 2021 DIY

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Guardian

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber

Albums of the Year 2021 Clash

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood

Top 10 Albums of 2021 NPR Music: Bob Boilen

Top 20 Albums of 2021 Spectrum Culture

Top 50 Albums of 2021 Beats Per Minute

Top 10 Albums of 2021 NPR Music: Ann Powers

Top 10 Albums of 2021 NPR Music: Marissa Lorusso

The Best Albums of 2021 Flood

10 Best Albums of 2021 BBC Culture

The Best Music of 2021 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

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