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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Mick Jenkins - Elephant In the Room
October 29, 2021
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Summer Walker - STILL OVER IT
November 5, 2021
R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers - Imposter
November 12, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

JPEGMAFIA - LP!
October 22, 2021
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Theo Croker - BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST
September 24, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

6.

PinkPantheress - to hell with it
October 15, 2021
Atmospheric Drum and Bass
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Mastodon - Hushed and Grim
October 29, 2021
Progressive Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Jon Hopkins - Music for Psychedelic Therapy
November 12, 2021
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
September 10, 2021
Folk Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
September 15, 2021
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Meet Me @ The Altar - Model Citizen
August 13, 2021
Pop Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Joy Crookes - Skin
October 15, 2021
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
September 10, 2021
Punk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
July 23, 2021
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Low - Hey What
September 10, 2021
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
November 12, 2021
Country Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Clairo - Sling
July 16, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Lorde - Solar Power
August 20, 2021
Folk Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader
June 25, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound
July 23, 2021
R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
July 30, 2021
Southern Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Half Waif - Mythopoetics
July 9, 2021
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Villagers - Fever Dreams
August 20, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Vince Staples - Vince Staples
July 9, 2021
Trap
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Stephen Fretwell - Busy Guy
July 16, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Clash awarded albums throughout 2021.
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