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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

black midi - Cavalcade
May 26, 2021
Avant-Prog
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
June 4, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
March 26, 2021
Modern Classical
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Squid - Bright Green Field
May 7, 2021
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
February 26, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Turnstile - GLOW ON
August 27, 2021
Post-Hardcore
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind
September 24, 2021
Indie Folk
Score
85
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Low - Hey What
September 10, 2021
Post-Industrial
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Foxing - Draw Down the Moon
August 6, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

TORRES - Thirstier
July 30, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

The Gloria Record - Start Here
Score
85
Source →
Amazon

12.

Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket
June 25, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3, 2021
UK Hip Hop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth - Utopian Ashes
July 2, 2021
Adult Contemporary
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

UV-TV - Always Something
May 28, 2021
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Bachelor - Doomin’ Sun
May 28, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Marinero - Hella Love
May 21, 2021
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
June 4, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Kero Kero Bonito - Civilisation II
April 21, 2021
Synthpop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Iceage - Seek Shelter
May 7, 2021
Art Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Allie Crow Buckley - Moonlit and Devious
March 12, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon

22.

Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
February 19, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Beach Bunny - Blame Game
January 15, 2021
Power Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
January 29, 2021
Bedroom Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Rats On Rafts - Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths
January 29, 2021
Post-Punk
Score
85
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
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