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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Danielle Durack - No Place
January 15, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
100
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2.

NOFX - Single Album
February 26, 2021
Punk Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

Ringo Starr - Zoom In
March 19, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
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4.

Still Corners - The Last Exit
January 22, 2021
Dream Pop
Score
100
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5.

Bryan Away - Canyons to Sawdust
July 9, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

6.

Murray McLauchlan - Hourglass
July 9, 2021
Score
90
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7.

Sculpture Club - Worth
May 14, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

8.

Beartaker - Virtuous Signal
April 26, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

9.

Tetrarch - Unstable
April 30, 2021
Nu Metal
Score
90
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10.

John Hiatt With The Jerry Douglas Band - Leftover Feelings
May 21, 2021
Roots Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

11.

The Wallflowers - Exit Wounds
July 9, 2021
Roots Rock
Score
90
Source →
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12.

Church Of Trees - Pause
March 19, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

13.

Daniel Lanois - Heavy Sun
March 19, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

14.

Myles Kennedy - The Ides of March
May 14, 2021
Hard Rock
Score
90
Source →
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15.

Robert Finley - Sharecropper's Son
May 21, 2021
Country Soul
Score
90
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16.

Jon Batiste - WE ARE
March 19, 2021
Soul
Score
90
Source →
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Music
Spotify

17.

Paul Weller - Fat Pop (Volume 1)
May 14, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
April 2, 2021
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Juliana Hatfield - Blood
May 14, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Xiu Xiu - Oh No
March 26, 2021
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Here Lies Man - Ritual Divination
January 22, 2021
Stoner Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Grievous Angels - Summer Before The Storm
January 15, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Kalbells - Max Heart
March 26, 2021
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

24.

Strawbs - Settlement
February 26, 2021
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Steve Hackett - Under A Mediterranean Sky
January 22, 2021
Modern Classical
Score
90
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Music
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spill Magazine awarded albums throughout 2021.
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