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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
October 22, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Liars - The Apple Drop
August 6, 2021
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
April 2, 2021
Post-Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Alan Vega - Mutator
April 23, 2021
Post-Industrial
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Ryley Walker - Course In Fable
April 2, 2021
Progressive Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

The Weather Station - Ignorance
February 5, 2021
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

The Staves - Good Woman
February 5, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Steven Wilson - THE FUTURE BITES
January 29, 2021
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

My Morning Jacket - My Morning Jacket
October 22, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

The Specials - Protest Songs 1924 – 2012
October 1, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Balimaya Project - Wolo So
July 30, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

12.

Mess Esque - Mess Esque
October 22, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

13.

Sleigh Bells - Texis
September 10, 2021
Noise Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Mac McCaughan - The Sound of Yourself
September 24, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
October 29, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

16.

Alex Rex - Paradise
July 30, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Rey Sapienz & The Congo Techno Ensemble - Na Zala Zala
July 16, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

18.

Billy Bragg - The Million Things That Never Happened
October 29, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

19.

Shannon Lay - Geist
October 8, 2021
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory
October 8, 2021
Jazz Fusion
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Matt Maltese - Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow
October 8, 2021
Soft Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Blue Orchids - Speed The Day
June 25, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

23.

Maston With L'éclair - Souvenir
September 10, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

24.

Jackson Browne - Downhill From Everywhere
July 23, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

John Murry - The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes
July 16, 2021
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Record Collector awarded albums throughout 2021.
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