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Highest Rated Albums of 2021
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Crack Magazine
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DIY
Dork
Earmilk
Entertainment Weekly
Evening Standard
Exclaim!
FLOOD Magazine
GIGsoup
Gigwise
God Is in the TV
HipHopDX
Kerrang!
Loud and Quiet
Louder Than War
Metal Hammer
Metal Injection
MetalSucks
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
Northern Transmissions
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
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Record Collector
RIOT
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone UK
Slant Magazine
Spectrum Culture
Spill Magazine
Sputnikmusic
Still Listening
The Arts Desk
The Forty-Five
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Line of Best Fit
The Needle Drop
The Observer
The Skinny
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Telegraph
The Young Folks
Uncut
Under the Radar
Upset
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Alternative R&B
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Death Metal
Electronic
Folk
Hip Hop
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
2020s
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
This is an ordered list of Northern Transmissions's highest rated albums of 2021. Check out
Northern Transmissions's Year End List
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1
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Clairo - Sling
July 16, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
95
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Spotify
2
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Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Blind Date Party
December 10, 2021
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû - Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû
November 26, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
4
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Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds
October 29, 2021
Psychedelic Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Dream Pop
,
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Hand Habits - Fun House
October 22, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Helado Negro - Far In
October 22, 2021
Art Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Ambient Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Shannon Lay - Geist
October 8, 2021
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Poppy - Flux
September 24, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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NOV3L - Non-Fiction
May 28, 2021
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
10
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Carcass - Torn Arteries
September 17, 2021
Melodic Death Metal
,
Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Low - HEY WHAT
September 10, 2021
Experimental Rock
,
Post-Industrial
,
Ambient Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
CHVRCHΞS - Screen Violence
August 27, 2021
Synthpop
,
Electropop
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Turnstile - GLOW ON
August 27, 2021
Post-Hardcore
,
Hardcore Punk
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
July 30, 2021
Alt-Pop
,
Ambient Pop
,
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Darkside - Spiral
July 23, 2021
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Art Rock
,
Krautrock
,
Downtempo
,
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound
July 23, 2021
Pop Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
At The Gates - The Nightmare of Being
July 2, 2021
Melodic Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
June 4, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
N0V3L - NON-FICTION
May 28, 2021
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Iceage - Seek Shelter
May 7, 2021
Art Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Armed - Ultrapop
April 16, 2021
Noise Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst
April 16, 2021
Black Metal
,
Raw Black Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
April 2, 2021
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Ben Howard - Collections From The Whiteout
March 26, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
March 5, 2021
Neo-Soul
,
Experimental Hip Hop
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 Northern Transmissions awarded albums throughout 2021.
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