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This is an ordered list of Loud and Quiet's highest rated albums of 2021. Check out
Loud and Quiet's Year End List
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1
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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
March 26, 2021
Post-Minimalism
,
Third Stream
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
2
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William Doyle - Great Spans of Muddy Time
March 19, 2021
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Black Country, New Road - For the first time
February 5, 2021
Experimental Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Post-Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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NOUS with Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda - Circle of Celebration
November 12, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
5
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Levitation Orchestra - Illusions & Realities
November 12, 2021
Vocal Jazz
,
Spiritual Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
6
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New Age Doom & Lee "Scratch" Perry - Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe
November 5, 2021
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Dub
,
Dark Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Lotic - Water
October 29, 2021
Art Pop
,
Deconstructed Club
,
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Voka Gentle - WRITHING!
October 22, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
9
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M1llionz - Provisional Licence
September 17, 2021
UK Drill
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
September 3, 2021
Nu Jazz
,
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Ambient
,
Spiritual Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Suuns - The Witness
September 3, 2021
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3, 2021
UK Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Bug - Fire
August 27, 2021
Grime
,
UK Bass
,
Dubstep
,
Ambient Dub
,
Post-Industrial
,
Illbient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Jana Rush - Painful Enlightenment
August 13, 2021
Juke
,
Footwork
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Lingua Ignota - SINNER GET READY
August 6, 2021
Neoclassical Darkwave
,
Avant-Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Yves Tumor - The Asymptotical World
July 15, 2021
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
,
Noise Pop
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
June 25, 2021
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Kojaque - Town’s Dead
June 25, 2021
Abstract Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - This is a Mindfulness Drill: A Reimagining of Richard Youngs' 'Sapphie'
June 25, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
20
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Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
June 4, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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black midi - Cavalcade
May 26, 2021
Avant-Prog
,
Jazz-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Lambchop - Showtunes
May 21, 2021
Chamber Pop
,
Ambient Pop
,
Alt-Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Squid - Bright Green Field
May 7, 2021
Art Punk
,
Post-Punk
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Du Blonde - Homecoming
April 2, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
February 25, 2021
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Loud and Quiet awarded albums throughout 2021.
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