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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Clairo - Sling
July 16, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

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

3.

N0V3L - NON-FICTION
May 28, 2021
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst
April 16, 2021
Black Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

At The Gates - The Nightmare of Being
July 2, 2021
Melodic Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
April 2, 2021
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
June 4, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Kìzis - Tidibàbide / Turn
February 12, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

The Armed - Ultrapop
April 16, 2021
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Iceage - Seek Shelter
May 7, 2021
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Ben Howard - Collections From The Whiteout
March 26, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Beach Bunny - Blame Game
January 15, 2021
Power Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Darkside - Spiral
July 23, 2021
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
March 5, 2021
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

shame - Drunk Tank Pink
January 15, 2021
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

The Weather Station - Ignorance
February 5, 2021
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
January 29, 2021
Gothic Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Django Django - Glowing in the Dark
February 12, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
January 29, 2021
Bedroom Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Goat Girl - On All Fours
January 29, 2021
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Charlotte Day Wilson - Alpha
July 9, 2021
Neo-Soul
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Renforshort - off saint dominique
June 4, 2021
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Francis Of Delirium - Wading
March 9, 2021
Score
85
Source →
Amazon

24.

Sarah Neufeld - Detritus
May 14, 2021
Modern Classical
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Small Black - Cheap Dreams
April 9, 2021
Chillwave
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
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