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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

TORRES - Thirstier
July 30, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

al Riggs - I Got A Big Electric Fan To Keep Me Cool While I Sleep
April 2, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

3.

Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
March 5, 2021
Slowcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Spellling - The Turning Wheel
June 25, 2021
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
October 1, 2021
Americana
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy
April 9, 2021
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
88
Source →
Amazon

7.

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
June 4, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

The Bug - Fire
August 27, 2021
Grime
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Bo Burnham - Inside (The Songs)
June 10, 2021
Comedy
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Liars - The Apple Drop
August 6, 2021
Art Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Darkthrone - Eternal Hails
June 25, 2021
Black Metal
Score
85
Source →
Amazon

12.

Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
May 14, 2021
Jazz
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Marisa Anderson & William Tyler - Lost Futures
August 27, 2021
American Primitivism
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
April 2, 2021
Post-Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
May 21, 2021
Tishoumaren
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
March 26, 2021
Modern Classical
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolves
April 30, 2021
Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Juliana Hatfield - Blood
May 14, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Squid - Bright Green Field
May 7, 2021
Art Punk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird - These 13
March 5, 2021
Country
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Anna B Savage - A Common Turn
January 29, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

The Anchoress - The Art Of Losing
March 12, 2021
Art Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Sarah Mary Chadwick - Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby
February 5, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
February 26, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
January 29, 2021
Bedroom Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2021.
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