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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

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Genre

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- Alternative R&B
- Alternative Rock
- Ambient
- Art Pop
- Contemporary Folk
- East Coast Hip Hop
- Electronic
- Electronic Dance Music
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- House
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Jazz
- Metal
- Pop
- Pop Rap
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Trap

2021

This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2021. Check out Pitchfork's Year End List.

1. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises

March 26, 2021

Modern Classical, Post-Minimalism, Third Stream, Spiritual Jazz

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2. The Weather Station - Ignorance

February 5, 2021

Art Pop, Sophisti-Pop, Chamber Pop

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3. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti

May 21, 2021

Abstract Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Hip Hop, Boom Bap

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4. Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy

April 9, 2021

Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, ECM Style Jazz

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5. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg

April 2, 2021

Post-Punk, Art Punk, Spoken Word, Indie Rock

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6. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales

January 8, 2021

Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, R&B

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7. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)

November 12, 2021

Country Pop, Pop Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Pop, Country

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8. Snail Mail - Valentine

November 5, 2021

Indie Rock, Indie Pop

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9. Wiki - Half God

October 1, 2021

East Coast Hip Hop, Hip Hop, Jazz Rap

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10. Tirzah - Colourgrade

October 1, 2021

Minimal Wave, Art Pop, Alternative R&B, Hypnagogic Pop

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11. L'Rain - Fatigue

June 25, 2021

Neo-Psychedelia, Neo-Soul, Psychedelic Soul, Experimental

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12. The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore

October 29, 2021

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13. Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa

October 15, 2021

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14. Low - HEY WHAT

September 10, 2021

Post-Industrial, Ambient Pop, Experimental Rock, Drone, Glitch Pop

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15. Turnstile - GLOW ON

August 27, 2021

Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Alternative Rock

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16. Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

June 25, 2021

West Coast Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul, Hardcore Hip Hop

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17. Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha

June 25, 2021

Alt-Country, Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk

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18. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime

May 21, 2021

Tishoumaren, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock

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19. Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet

March 26, 2021

Art Pop, Electronic, Spoken Word, Progressive Electronic, Minimal Techno, Minimal Synth

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20. Arca - KicK iii

December 1, 2021

Deconstructed Club, Glitch Hop, Latin Electronic, Experimental, Industrial Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

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21. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8

September 3, 2021

Nu Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Ambient, Spiritual Jazz

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22. Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take

August 27, 2021

Indie Rock, Bedroom Pop

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23. KA - A Martyr's Reward

August 13, 2021

East Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Drumless

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24. Iceage - Seek Shelter

May 7, 2021

Art Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Punk

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25. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH

April 9, 2021

Neo-Psychedelia, Noise Pop, Hypnagogic Pop, Glitch Pop

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2021.