Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 by 
Keatownrodriguez 
With every passing day I grow to love what 2021 had to offer musically more and more. It was the year of spectacular female pop acts for sure. But I honestly felt like each end of my musical taste was substantially fed.
Songs of the year
1. Hysterical Us - Magdalena Bay
2. Ameoba - Clairo
3. California - Chvrches
- Chart updated: 05/21/2025 04:15
- (Created: 01/05/2021 16:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Another pop masterpiece on my 2021 chart, my heart can't take it oh my gosh. California, How Not To Drown and He Said She Said all could've album defining anthems, but they just said nah we’re gonna stack the crap out of this record and make it one of the most infectious album listening experiences ever.
[First added to this chart: 10/14/2021]
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2021
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This is like Pink Floyd level instrumentation. And by that I mean that words aren't needed to express the feelings meant to come from this album. The thing that makes that even more impressive is that the instrumentation on this record isn't nearly as complex as a Floyd record, it's really fairly simplistic. So the fact that it can convey so much emotion with little complexity is super impressive.
[First added to this chart: 03/03/2021]
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2021
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I'm almost always a sucker for whatever Dirty Hit puts out so this was a no brainer.
[First added to this chart: 06/12/2021]
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2021
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Best post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 05/17/2021]
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2021
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So far this year's best albums have been heavy-hitting emotionally, but to have a really good project like this that's just uplifting is super refreshing. (Edit little did I know this would be the trend for great albums this year)
[First added to this chart: 02/03/2021]
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2021
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I mean the hype is a bit much yeah? Still solid and the shorter length is really appealing to me. Sunglasses is sick
[First added to this chart: 02/09/2021]
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2021
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The instrumentation is fantastic and the dark tone is really well done
[First added to this chart: 05/19/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 06/01/2021]
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2021
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A nice punk album that's a little all over the place but never dips too low in quality. Snow Day is a large cut above the rest though
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2021]
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2021
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[First added to this chart: 04/09/2021]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 composition
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| Weezer | 2 | 2% | |
| Baby Keem | 1 | 1% | |
| Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | 1 | 1% | |
| Phill Reynolds | 1 | 1% | |
| Parcels | 1 | 1% | |
| Bleachers | 1 | 1% | |
| Nana Yamato | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 30 from 69th to 39thFor The First Time by Black Country, New Road |
| Up 21 from 67th to 46th Drunk Tank Pink by Shame |
| Up 16 from 64th to 48th Welfare Jazz by Viagra Boys |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 17 from 17th to 34th Juno by Remi Wolf |
| Down 12 from 43rd to 55th The Indigo Child: Prologue: Cycle 8 by The Dear Hunter |
| Down 11 from 51st to 62nd Ignorance by The Weather Station |
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 95/100  | 12/30/2021 11:24 |  DommeDamian | | 89/100 |
| 90/100 | 11/23/2021 05:27 |  Arthurknight | | 89/100 |
| 95/100 | 06/20/2021 04:02 |  Purplepash | | 88/100 |
| 90/100 | 05/05/2021 23:25 | jackq | | 92/100 |
| 100/100 | 03/17/2021 17:36 |  desh79 | | 93/100 |
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From DommeDamian 12/30/2021 11:24
DommeDamian 12/30/2021 11:24
Great 2021-list, one of the best on this site.
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Totally agree with your top six! All great picks!
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