Best Albums of 2021
Listed below are the best albums of 2021 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"Hearing Say What You Will got me more excited for this album than I'd ever have anticipated. Its one of the best tracks of the year and probably the best thing he's recorded, so to get to the album and have it be exactly the same as each of his other albums was absurdly disappointing. A good albu..." [+] Reply
"(Clairo gets in a spacious, calming, introspective groove with this album and sticks the landing. A beautiful, laid-back, Singer/Songwriter album with some cool folk/pop rock, Baroque/Chamber pop elements. The tracklist never veers far from that feeling of contemplative melancholy mixed with opti..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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"Seventeen Going Under represents a wind of change for male pop stars with guitars. The dregs of the 2010s capitalisation on them are on the way out, and none could even come within eyeshot of Fender’s genuine, essential writing. Heck, few things in music can right now: the pride with which he wea..." [+] Reply
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DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"(This is an awe-inspiring return by this duo after 16 years of no LPs released. Perhaps the darkest and most hopeless album I've heard this year - I suppose it helps that I can't understand the words in the new Knoll and Ad Nauseam and other death/grind albums - and also one of the better and mor..." [+] Reply
- Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Saw this at the top of a music journalist's 2021. Not my usual cup of tea, but it's good for scratching an old school rock, hard rock, itch with a little 90s alternative/grunge seasoning." Reply
"70-80/100 (Really solid dance punk album. Has some killer tracks to dance to and some that may make you feel very sad - whilst still dancing - and sadly some songs/interlude tracks that seem a bit pointless.) This was actually a very, very sad listen. I feel like this is an incredibly desperate, ..." [+] Reply
- Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"(Excellent pop album. Varied with excellent hooks and melodies and the vocals are lowkey emotional. I don't have much of value to say about this. It is just a quality album start to finish.) So I heard this once and thought it was ... pretty good. I was left, however, with a sense that I had noth..." [+] Reply
- Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This was significantly better than I expected. It's pop rap so I expect it to be thoroughly panned by this community which is fine. That's ok. Lil Nas X will keep doing his thing. It's fun, it's honest, it's relatable. There's some childish gambino vibes, there's some chance the rapper vibes, the..." [+] Reply
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corenfro | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Quite the mixed bag on this album and not all of it good. The singles “Walking at a Downtown Pace”, “Black Widow Spider” and “Homo Sapien” as well as closer “Pulcinella” stand out as excellent album highlights, whilst the remaining 7 tracks are a little underwhelming even though I give the band c..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"For what it is I really don’t know how it could possibly be better." Reply
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Best Albums of 2021 composition
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| Various Artists | 6 | 1% | |
| Arca | 4 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 3 | 0% | |
| Fred Again.. | 2 | 0% | |
| Lana Del Rey | 2 | 0% | |
| Hawkwind | 2 | 0% | |
| Weezer | 2 | 0% | |
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456 | 46% | |
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198 | 20% | |
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51 | 5% | |
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45 | 5% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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