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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Waterparks - Greatest Hits
May 21, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
100
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2.

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
June 4, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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3.

Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God
April 30, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
100
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4.

Gojira - Fortitude
April 30, 2021
Progressive Metal
Score
100
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5.

Closer - Within One Stem
March 12, 2021
Screamo
Score
100
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6.

Glitterer - Life Is Not a Lesson
February 26, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
100
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7.

Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist
February 26, 2021
Metalcore
Score
100
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8.

Evanescence - The Bitter Truth
March 26, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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9.

Baby Strange - Land of Nothing
April 30, 2021
Score
80
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Spotify

10.

Walter Etc. - There There
May 7, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

11.

Chapel - Room Service
April 23, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

12.

Our Hollow, Our Home - Burn in the Flood
May 28, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

13.

Stars Hollow - I Want to Live My Life
May 7, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

14.

Devil Sold His Soul - Loss
April 9, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

15.

Mannequin Pussy - Perfect
May 21, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
80
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16.

Rise Against - Nowhere Generation
June 4, 2021
Punk Rock
Score
80
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17.

The Blue Stones - Hidden Gems
March 19, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

18.

Fiddlehead - Between The Richness
May 21, 2021
Emo
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

19.

Kali Masi - [laughs]
March 26, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

20.

Remember Sports - Like a Stone
April 23, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
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21.

Future Teens - Deliberately Alive
March 12, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

22.

Chase Atlantic - BEAUTY IN DEATH
March 5, 2021
Alternative R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Adult Mom - Driver
March 5, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Hospital Bracelet - South Loop Summer
January 12, 2021
Midwest Emo
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Citizen - Life In Your Glass World
March 26, 2021
Post-Punk Revival
Score
80
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Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Upset awarded albums throughout 2021.
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