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This is an ordered list of FLOOD Magazine's highest rated albums of 2021. Check out
FLOOD Magazine's Year End List
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1
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Turnstile - GLOW ON
August 27, 2021
Post-Hardcore
,
Hardcore Punk
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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2
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SPELLLING - The Turning Wheel
June 25, 2021
Art Pop
,
Baroque Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
90
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3
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Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
June 4, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
April 2, 2021
Post-Rock
Score
90
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5
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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
March 26, 2021
Post-Minimalism
,
Third Stream
Score
90
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6
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Adrian Younge - The American Negro
February 26, 2021
Spoken Word
,
Jazz-Funk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
7
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The Weather Station - Ignorance
February 5, 2021
Art Pop
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Beatrice Deer - SHIFTING
December 10, 2021
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
9
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Aesop Rock & Blockhead - Garbology
November 12, 2021
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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Music
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10
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Tasha - Tell Me What You Miss The Most
November 5, 2021
Folk Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
11
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Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine of Hell
November 5, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
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12
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Shad - TAO
October 1, 2021
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
October 29, 2021
Heartland Rock
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
14
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Poppy - Flux
September 24, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Bedouine - Waysides
October 22, 2021
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Helado Negro - Far In
October 22, 2021
Art Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Ambient Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Hovvdy - True Love
October 1, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Ada Lea - one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
September 24, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Macie Stewart - Mouth Full of Glass
September 24, 2021
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
20
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The Ophelias - Crocus
September 24, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Low - HEY WHAT
September 10, 2021
Experimental Rock
,
Post-Industrial
,
Ambient Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Blvck Hippie - If You Feel Alone At Parties
September 17, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
23
.
Lil Nas X - MONTERO
September 17, 2021
Pop Rap
,
Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
September 15, 2021
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Glitch Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed
September 10, 2021
Country Pop
,
Folk Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings FLOOD Magazine awarded albums throughout 2021.
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