Top 50 Albums of 2021

Matthew Beinart
5 min readDec 26, 2021

50. I Thought of You — Julie Doiron

49. All These Years — Phil Cook

48. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert — Little Simz

47. Barn — Neil Young & Crazy Horse

46. Bo Jackson — Boldy James & The Alchemist

45. Head of Roses — Flock of Dimes

44. Dum and Dummer 2 — Young Dolph & Key Glock

43. ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH — Spirit of the Beehive

42. Pray For Haiti — Mach-Hommy

41. Urban Driftwood — Yasmin Williams

40. Thumbing Thru Foliage — YUNGMORPHEUS & ewonee

39. Nurture — Porter Robinson

38. Yol — Altin Gün

37. SKA DREAM — Jeff Rosenstock

36. Earth Trip — Rose City Band

35. HOUSE OF CONFUSION — Trace Mountains

34. To See the Next Part of the Dream — Parannoul

33. Cavalcade — black midi

32. Home Video — Lucy Dacus

31. Superwolves — Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

30. New Long Leg — Dry Cleaning

29. A Color of the Sky — Lightning Bug

28. Heaux Tales — Jazmine Sullivan

27. Shade — Grouper

26. Sling — Clairo

25. Peace or Love — Kings of Convenience

24. Frailty — dltzk

23. Ignorance — The Weather Station

22. Space 1.8 — Nala Sinephro

21. How Many Times — Esther Rose

20. Buds — Ovlov

19. CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST — Tyler, The Creator

18. Ma délire — Songs of love, lost & found — Myriam Gendron

17. GUMBO’! — Pink Siifu

16. The Turning Wheel — SPELLLING

15. Monastic Love Songs — David John Morris

14. The Marfa Tapes — Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall

13. I Don’t Live Here Anymore — The War On Drugs

12. Laura Stevenson — Laura Stevenson

11. ULTRAPOP — The Armed

10. Promises — Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra

9. Mercurial World — Magdalena Bay

8. Blue Banisters — Lana Del Rey

7. GLOW ON — Turnstile

6. Any Shape You Take — Indigo De Souza

5. For the first time — Black Country, New Road

4. Duly Noted — TUNS

3. Afrique Victime — Mdou Moctar

2. HEY WHAT — Low

  1. An Overview on Phenomenal Nature — Cassandra Jenkins

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