Top 100 Music Albums of 2021
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Arthurknight 
2021 has proven itself to be a bit more impressive than 2020 while also maybe demonstrating a broad trend of returning to the fundamentals of songwriting that pre-covid was sort of being smashed open (not to say experimental things aren't happening, they're just being renegotiated by the conditions of production).
- Chart updated: 12/19/2023 06:45
- (Created: 04/10/2021 06:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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This one just completes all the things that Grey Area suggested Little Simz would go on to do. Been a wait but clearly a worthwhile one
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This one just completes all the things that Grey Area suggested Little Simz would go on to do. Been a wait but clearly a worthwhile one
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2021
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3,214
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I remain unconvinced that this is the best followup that Schlagenheim could have had, and I think that's largely down to the absence of Matt because the stylistic decisions here are all really solid. Ascending Fourths is a godly tune and perhaps the best of the year.
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I remain unconvinced that this is the best followup that Schlagenheim could have had, and I think that's largely down to the absence of Matt because the stylistic decisions here are all really solid. Ascending Fourths is a godly tune and perhaps the best of the year.
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2021
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1,237
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A wonderful mix of post-punk revival and Life Without Buildings-esque vocals. Also had one of the worst written pitchfork reviews ever attached to it which is just a fun little badge of honour.
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A wonderful mix of post-punk revival and Life Without Buildings-esque vocals. Also had one of the worst written pitchfork reviews ever attached to it which is just a fun little badge of honour.
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2021
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678
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8/10
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2021
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3,077
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7.5/10
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2021
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1,459
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7.5/10
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2021
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686
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 composition
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| Cadu Tenório | 2 | 2% | |
| Dry Cleaning | 1 | 1% | |
| Spellling | 1 | 1% | |
| Rudimentary Peni | 1 | 1% | |
| Liars | 1 | 1% | |
| Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine | 1 | 1% | |
| The Antlers | 1 | 1% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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22 | 22% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 36 from 56th to 20th Mercurial World by Magdalena Bay |
| Up 25 from 46th to 21st Deep England by Gazelle Twin & NYX |
| Up 8 from 25th to 17th Sinner Get Ready by Lingua Ignota |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 28 from 17th to 45th Sympathy For Life by Parquet Courts |
| Down 17 from 24th to 41st LP! by JPEGMAFIA |
| Down 16 from 6th to 22nd Observatory by Aeon Station |
| New entries |
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| Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế by Rắn Cạp Đuôi |
| Gas Lit by Divide And Dissolve |
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| ! | 01/24/2025 01:00 | ThuramThugood | 106 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2022 09:31 |  Purplepash | 1,688 | 88/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2021 19:55 |  CharlieBarley | 477 | 94/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2021 15:42 | jackq | 273 | 92/100 |
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