Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 by Repo

Only the ones I consider interesting and are vying for AOTW.

Essential EPs
1. Kurt Vile - Speed, Sound, Lonely KV
*** The dude just gets better with age.

• Chart updated: 02/26/2024 01:45
• (Created: 01/08/2021 15:07).
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Alchemical Warfare 

 Dread Sovereign

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AOTW #6: One To Rule Them All (2/9)


Dread Sovereign deliver a master class in Doom on Alchemical Warfare. Epic, diverse, dynamic & well crafted. The kind of album that gives you chills up your spine because everything is just so perfect. So good. The kind that makes you wish you were back in ninth grade so you could pass notes in class like secrets about this special thing you discovered. Dread Sovereign seem to take in the whole world of Doom in and then breath it back out with a fresh, novel spin. With nods to to the past as diverse as Hellhammer and Reagars' Saint Vitus but in ways that that don't seem like a retread.

This is one of those album’s where you discover a new best song every time you listen to it. Just face it. You don’t need to worship Satan to realize that this is going to be one of the best metal albums of the year. Mark it down. I'm calling it here in February.

Highly Recommended! [First added to this chart: 02/09/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

23

Rank in 2021:

585

Rank in 2020s:

2,170

Overall Rank:

32,910

Average Rating:

 69 (10 votes)

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Pacific Kiss 

 Rat Columns

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ALC #8: Sounds like: Kiwi Indie poppers binging on Millions Now Living era [b]Tortoise[/b], [b]The Sea & Cake[/b] and [b]Teenage Fanclub[/b]
Genre: Indie Rock
Location: Australia
Release Date: February 12, 2021

Was going to go with this great black metal album by [b]Hulder[/b] or some killer Drone Metal by [b]Divide & Dissolve[/b], but then I heard this and it was a pretty easy choice. Just some great Indie Rock which reminds me most of mid-90s [b]Sea & Cake[/b] without sounding derivative.

I'm not going to be around tomorrow since I have stuff with my kids so decided to launch this thread tonight. Hope you like it!

Indie Pop
Release date: 2/12 [First added to this chart: 02/18/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

17

Rank in 2021:

737

Rank in 2020s:

2,807

Overall Rank:

41,096

Average Rating:

 69 (16 votes)

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Two Saviors 

 Buck Meek

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AOTW #9: The Grower
aka Thank God for Coffee and Apple Pie
Genre: Indie Folk
release date: 1/15

10. that’s how many weeks there has been in 2021. 8. That’s where I’m at for my AOTW. Not too shabby actually, but time to get back on it. I have two slots to fill. Which makes me anxious. Makes it difficult to sleep at night. So thank God for coffee and apple pie. The kind you get at downhome, but beatnik, coffee shops off the interstate. One of the one’s run by some old hippie and without Trump flags waving every which where. The kind that when you leave, you’re not just filled up with gas and food and pinetree air freshners (although I love those tacky things!) but a bit more of you. That you’ve been heard. Acknowledged. That you connected just a bit to a random place at random point on your random road to somewhere. And that’s what’s good road tripping is all about!


Indie Folk/singer-songwriter
Release Date: 1/15
Great [First added to this chart: 02/03/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

13

Rank in 2021:

916

Rank in 2020s:

3,470

Overall Rank:

47,495

Average Rating:

 69 (17 votes)

Comments:

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24. (=)

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South Loop Summer 

 Hospital Bracelet

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AOTW #3 (1/16/21)
Indie Rock/Emo
release date: 1/15

Just a great Indie Rock album that takes me back to the mid-90s! Has the energy and ferocity of early Throwing Muses and late-90s Rainer Maria. And an easy choice for my #3. Thanks, Merc! [First added to this chart: 01/17/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

29

Rank in 2021:

496

Rank in 2020s:

1,843

Overall Rank:

28,534

Average Rating:

 67 (21 votes)

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Collapsed In Sunbeams 

 Arlo Parks

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The REAL Tilly's AOTM: #2
Release date: 1/29 [First added to this chart: 02/04/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

216 charts

Rank Score:

619

Rank in 2021:

26

Rank in 2020s:

74

Overall Rank:

2,533

Average Rating:

 74 (170 votes)

Comments:

8

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Magic Mirror 

 Pearl Charles

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ALC #7
Gowi

“She’s a little bit country, I’m a little bit Hall & Oates and ABBA” is the best way I could describe this album in a meme but you know, it really does work. Glad a lot of people are having some mileage with this one. - Gowi [First added to this chart: 03/18/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

95

Rank in 2021:

164

Rank in 2020s:

616

Overall Rank:

12,068

Average Rating:

 70 (46 votes)

Comments:

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As Days Get Dark 

 Arab Strap

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Release date: 3/5 [First added to this chart: 03/05/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

293

Rank in 2021:

49

Rank in 2020s:

177

Overall Rank:

4,711

Average Rating:

 76 (68 votes)

Comments:

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No Place 

 Danielle Durack

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AOTW #4 (1/24/21)
Singer-songwriter
release date: 1/15

Repo's AOTW#4: Coloring Inside The Lines
aka For those waiting for the next Phoebe Bridgers to Drop, I Give U This...

aka What my girlfriend's from the 90s are listening to right now. Feels like stumbling upon a long lost friend from college (who you always had a crush on) and grabbing a cup of tea at the some college coffee shop and catching up on her marriage and subsequent divorce with the sincere promise of getting drinks later (but also knowing that will never happen).

Makes me miss Boston (more specifically Cambridge)!!! Nothing better than that! [First added to this chart: 01/25/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

8

Rank in 2021:

1,283

Rank in 2020s:

4,952

Overall Rank:

58,372

Average Rating:

 70 (9 votes)

Comments:

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The Space In Which The Uncontrollable Unknown Resides, Can Be The Place From Which Creation Arises 

 Work Money Death

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ALC#

Led Zep

"Sounds Like: 2 long Pharoah Sanders style spiritual jazz jams, but it's surprisingly fresh and not a 1:1 copy.

Origin: Leeds, UK

This is everything you need in quarantine. Seriously. Uplifting, happy, fun but also ever so slightly melancholic jazz that you can put in the background or foreground and it sounds equally awesome. The harmonium gives the whole thing a distinct feeling, the compositions are eclectic and 99% of the time the band keeps the listener occupied. There's a lull here and there but never a serious issue that detracts your attention from all the good stuff that's going on.

The band is comprised of:
Tony Burkill (saxophone, band leader and main composer), Adam Fairhall (piano), Neil Innes (bass), Sam Hobbs (Percussion), Chris Dawkins (guitar), Pete Williams (percussion), Dan Edward (french horn), Matt Bourne (Harmonium), Rachel Modest (voice)" - Led Zep [First added to this chart: 04/02/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

48

Rank in 2021:

345

Rank in 2020s:

1,258

Overall Rank:

20,725

Average Rating:

 72 (23 votes)

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Leap Second 

 M. Caye Castagnetto

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ALC#4: DBZ
Genre: Still have no clue!
Release Date: 1/22
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To The Power Of Three

1st take: Pretentious avant-garde noodling that's all over the place. Just a sprawling mess. Stick to a genre, dammit!

2nd take: Hmm.... These guys are kinda like a re-9invention of 70s Residents.

3rd take: Hot Damn! These MF'n' cats got it! Best ALC yet and that's saying something since I really dig that Bicep's album! AND Gowi's dream pop pick. [First added to this chart: 02/19/2021]

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

32

Rank in 2021:

469

Rank in 2020s:

1,715

Overall Rank:

26,913

Average Rating:

 69 (15 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Lana Del Rey	2	2%
Dipygus	1	1%
Japanese Breakfast	1	1%
Zara Larsson	1	1%
Mogwai	1	1%
Elori Saxl	1	1%
Illuminati Hotties	1	1%
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	46	46%
	23	23%
	6	6%
	4	4%
	3	3%
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85/100	01/26/2023 06:18	Johnnyo	2,013	80/100
90/100	11/02/2021 12:34	TheSink	3	85/100
90/100	06/10/2021 09:45	Purplepash	1,303	88/100
95/100	03/08/2021 17:10	Keatownrodriguez	78	94/100
100/100	02/16/2021 17:04	Mercury	256	95/100

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From TheSink 11/01/2021 15:53

Great list - I'm enjoying a number of albums that I wouldn't have seen on the main site! Thanks

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From matterhornrider 02/16/2021 02:00

Great list. I enjoyed your commentaries and you gave me some ideas for further listening.

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From Hayden 02/02/2021 17:51

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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