Note

In alphabetical order. These are the albums I enjoyed the most this year. Albums in bold are the ones that I like the most. I tend to prefer the albums that break out of musical traditions rather than stick closely to conventions. Your mileage may vary.

Favorite 2021 Albums

  • Abase – Laroye
  • The Armed - Ultrapop
  • Black Country, New Road - For the first time
  • Caroline Shaw - Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
  • Floatie - Voyage Out
  • Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
  • Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
  • Goat Girl - On All Fours
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d’s Pee AT STATE'S END!
  • Hedvig Mollestad - Tempest Rising
  • Jane Weaver - Flock
  • JPEGMAFIA - LP!
  • Koreless - Agor
  • Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
  • Low - HEY WHAT
  • Muito Kabllaa Power Ensemble - Mamari
  • Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight
  • Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future
  • Snapped Ankles - Forest Of Your Problems
  • Squid - Bright Green Field
  • Tomaga - Intimate Immensity
  • The Weather Station - Ignorance
  • Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou