Best Albums of 2021
Explore the best albums of 2021, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts
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"I'm calling it right now, this will go down as a classic, the best hip hop album I've heard since "To Pimp A Butterfly"" Reply
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2021
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3,966
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"“For The First Time” feels like a heavy conversation in the back of a jazz club. The sound is a hybrid of frantic jazz and post rock based guitar soundscapes cut with saxophone. The vocals are these half spoken half sung anxiety trips very similar to the style of The The’s Matt Johnson. Each trac..." Reply
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2021
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3,841
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"Seems like a modern glassworks or tubular bells. Get a very strong Philip Glass vibe from this." Reply
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corenfro | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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2,997
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"It’s good, really good. This album is exactly where I wanted Tyler to go… and by that I mean that he went in a totally different direction than FB and IGOR. I did like this album. I thought his flows were good, his production out of this world, and the overall progression was nice. Unfortunately,..." Reply
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seb7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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1,903
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"I didn't expect it to be that great" Reply
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2021
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1,854
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"Ok, time for a real comment and not just reference to other existing bands. This album, for me, lived fully up to the hype I gave it, which was a lot. Mostly because of how good Narrator was as a single. The Squid boys are masters of combining groovy, melodic sections with experimental walls of s..." Reply
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AvalancheGrips | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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1,804
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"Instant classic. Gritty, but well produced. Not over-produced, but clean. Hard, complex, easily top 500 of all time. I will update in about a month" Reply
- seb7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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1,644
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"Ive been a fan of theses guys (duo) for awhile now and 27 years since they first began, post millennium Low continue to deliver albums of significance such as ‘HEY WHAT’ (capitals) Put simply there is no other artist who can do distortion and feedback like they can, its both cathartic and beautif..." Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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"Some of the most beautiful, catchy, and fulfilling synth pop I’ve ever heard. This is 46 minutes of pure bliss" Reply
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pjohnsongolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2021
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"I’ve listened to this twice now and I love it so far. Rivers is actually delivering some very deep and personal lyrics and the strings SLAP. And look it’s nothing like Blue or Pinkerton but the execution on this album far excels Black and Pacific Daydream and I have a feeling will enjoy this albu..." Reply
- pjohnsongolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2021
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2021 composition
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| Various Artists | 6 | 1% | |
| Neil Young | 4 | 0% | |
| Arca | 4 | 0% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 3 | 0% | |
| Jane Remover | 3 | 0% | |
| DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ | 2 | 0% | |
| White Suns | 2 | 0% | |
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443 | 44% | |
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196 | 20% | |
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52 | 5% | |
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46 | 5% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 2021 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 69th to 66th |
Up 2 from 53rd to 51st |
Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 8 from 60th to 68th |
Down 3 from 79th to 82nd |
Down 1 from 9th to 10th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 1 from 101st to 100th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 4 from 98th to 102nd |
