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This is an ordered list of Sputnikmusic's highest rated albums of 2021. Check out
Sputnikmusic's Year End List
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1
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Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL
January 15, 2021
Pop Rap
,
Trap
,
Electropop
Score
100
Source →
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Music
Spotify
2
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Sloppy Jane - Madison
November 5, 2021
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I
November 19, 2021
Gothic Metal
,
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine of Hell
November 5, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren
October 29, 2021
Americana
,
Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
September 15, 2021
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Glitch Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
The Felice Brothers - From Dreams to Dust
September 17, 2021
Americana
,
Folk Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Scarypoolparty - The Act of Forgiveness
August 27, 2021
Indie Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
9
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Dale Kerrigan - noise bitch
June 25, 2021
Noise Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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The Killers - Pressure Machine
August 13, 2021
Heartland Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Americana
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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NEEDTOBREATHE - Into The Mystery
July 30, 2021
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
12
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Adjy - The Idyll Opus (I-VI)
June 30, 2021
Indie Rock
,
Midwest Emo
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
13
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Lord Huron - Long Lost
May 21, 2021
Americana
,
Alt-Country
,
Indie Folk
,
Baroque Pop
,
Outlaw Country
,
Rock & Roll
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Iosonouncane - IRA
May 14, 2021
Post-Industrial
,
Darkwave
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Ritual Ambient
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God
April 30, 2021
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Leon III - Antlers in Velvet
March 5, 2021
Psychedelic Rock
,
Country Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
17
.
For Another - The Haunting In Autumn
October 10, 2021
Score
98
Source →
Amazon
18
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Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana
August 20, 2021
Black Metal
,
Atmospheric Black Metal
Score
98
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
February 12, 2021
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
,
Dissonant Death Metal
Score
96
Source →
Amazon
20
.
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Illusory Walls
October 8, 2021
Midwest Emo
,
Post-Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Progressive Rock
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3, 2021
UK Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Musk Ox - Inheritance
July 9, 2021
Chamber Folk
,
Dark Folk
,
Folk
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
June 4, 2021
Alternative Rock
,
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Dvne - Etemen Ænka
March 19, 2021
Progressive Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Lost Horizons - In Quiet Moments
February 26, 2021
Dream Pop
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Sputnikmusic awarded albums throughout 2021.
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