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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - A Few Stars Apart
June 11, 2021
Country Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

2.

Chrissie Hynde - Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Dylan
May 21, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

3.

Touch - Tomorrow Never Comes
April 30, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

4.

Cheap Trick - In Another World
April 9, 2021
Power Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Myles Kennedy - The Ides of March
May 14, 2021
Hard Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Joel Hoekstra's 13 - Running Games
February 12, 2021
Hard Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

7.

Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
May 21, 2021
Tishoumaren
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
June 4, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

W.E.T. - Retransmission
January 22, 2021
AOR
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

10.

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

11.

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
February 25, 2021
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Weezer - OK Human
January 29, 2021
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Crazy Arm - Dark Hands, Thunderbolts
January 29, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

14.

Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns
January 22, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight
February 5, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Mogwai - As The Love Continues
February 19, 2021
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Lonely The Brave - The Hope List
January 22, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Silvertwin - Silvertwin
July 16, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

19.

Buckcherry - Hellbound
June 25, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

20.

Big Big Train - Common Ground
July 31, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

21.

Cedric Burnside - I Be Trying
June 25, 2021
Blues Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Styx - Crash of the Crown
June 18, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

23.

Justin Sullivan - Surrounded
May 28, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

24.

Nephila - Nephila
June 4, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

25.

Dee Snider - Leave a Scar
July 30, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Classic Rock awarded albums throughout 2021.
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