Top 100 Music Albums of 2021
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Repo 
Films
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1) The Suicide Squad (James Gunn)
TV
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1. Station Eleven
2. The Witcher S2
Essential EPs
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1. Kurt Vile - Speed, Sound, Lonely KV
*** The dude just gets better with age.
- Chart updated: 02/22/2026 04:15
- (Created: 01/08/2021 15:07).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2021]
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Sophisti-pop
Release date: 2/5 [First added to this chart: 02/06/2021]
Release date: 2/5 [First added to this chart: 02/06/2021]
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2021
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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2021]
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2021
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[First added to this chart: 12/17/2021]
AOTW #1
Post Punk
Hot Damn! These mf'n cats got it!!!
Let's see. Liars? Check. Lightning Bolt? Check. No bloody way! Birthday Party?!?! Why yes, Sir Repo! they actually do like Birthday Party. Now, please. Clean up after yourself, sir. You're getting a bit ravenous. [First added to this chart: 01/08/2021]
Post Punk
Hot Damn! These mf'n cats got it!!!
Let's see. Liars? Check. Lightning Bolt? Check. No bloody way! Birthday Party?!?! Why yes, Sir Repo! they actually do like Birthday Party. Now, please. Clean up after yourself, sir. You're getting a bit ravenous. [First added to this chart: 01/08/2021]
[First added to this chart: 12/07/2021]
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2021
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Indie Rock
[First added to this chart: 02/19/2021]
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2022]
AOTW #5: Alter Ego (2/2/21)
Aka It’s got a Good Beat and I Can Dance to It (post-punk)
release date: 1/8
One of the great things about entertainment is it enables you to be somebody else. Even for just for a couple of hours. The baddie. The man with the black hat. And frontman Sebastian Murphy is the perfect foil. A bad man. He "Ain't Nice!" He'll tell you so himself. He'll use you. Store his shit at your house. Reject your romantic notions about living in a "little cabin in the woods together". He don't need nobody telling him "when to go to bed and when to brush teeth."
The music itself is pure nostalgia for me. Bringing me back to Providence, RI in the mid-90s when bands like Thee Hydrogen Terrors, Arab On Radar, and Six Finger Satellite would wreak havoc at some loft's makeshift stage on a nightly basis." On "Toad", they throw some Jon Spencer bad-assness over some Suicide synths. Completely irresistible!
So break out that mask. Be someone else. And dance with us. The creatures down at the bottom! [First added to this chart: 01/30/2021]
Aka It’s got a Good Beat and I Can Dance to It (post-punk)
release date: 1/8
One of the great things about entertainment is it enables you to be somebody else. Even for just for a couple of hours. The baddie. The man with the black hat. And frontman Sebastian Murphy is the perfect foil. A bad man. He "Ain't Nice!" He'll tell you so himself. He'll use you. Store his shit at your house. Reject your romantic notions about living in a "little cabin in the woods together". He don't need nobody telling him "when to go to bed and when to brush teeth."
The music itself is pure nostalgia for me. Bringing me back to Providence, RI in the mid-90s when bands like Thee Hydrogen Terrors, Arab On Radar, and Six Finger Satellite would wreak havoc at some loft's makeshift stage on a nightly basis." On "Toad", they throw some Jon Spencer bad-assness over some Suicide synths. Completely irresistible!
So break out that mask. Be someone else. And dance with us. The creatures down at the bottom! [First added to this chart: 01/30/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2022]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 composition
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| Lana Del Rey | 2 | 2% | |
| Ashnikko | 1 | 1% | |
| Claud | 1 | 1% | |
| Xenia Rubinos | 1 | 1% | |
| Lorde | 1 | 1% | |
| Rhye | 1 | 1% | |
| Julien Baker | 1 | 1% | |
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| Top 57 Music Albums of 2026 | Repo | 2026 year chart | 2026 | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 12/30/2025 14:03 |  Tamthebam | 653 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 10:19 |  MadhattanJack | 343 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2025 01:19 | asimpkins | 17 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2023 06:18 | Johnnyo | 2,684 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2021 12:34 | TheSink | 3 | 85/100 |
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Johnnyo 12/30/2025 17:40 | #312375
Very good chart (Edited)
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TheSink 11/01/2021 15:53 | #275588
Great list - I'm enjoying a number of albums that I wouldn't have seen on the main site! Thanks (Edited)
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matterhornrider 02/16/2021 02:00 | #266355
Great list. I enjoyed your commentaries and you gave me some ideas for further listening. (Edited)
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Hayden 02/02/2021 17:51 | #265597
Hayden 02/02/2021 17:51 | #265597
Glad she's liking it! I think it's a solid record. Plenty of fun, and some great melodies. Might even be better than any twee record I heard in 2020. Not sure why the BEA rating is so low. Singapore's twee scene has been really strong the last few years. Sobs, Aspidistrafly, Cosmic Child, and Subsonic Eye have all released records I'd recommend with ease. (Subsonic Eye's 2017 effort isn't as good as this new record, but it's worth a spin— the real gem of the scene is Sobs' Telltale Signs though, that's a fantastic record).
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