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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Witch Fever - Reincarnate
October 15, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

The Courettes - Back in Mono
October 15, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Biffy Clyro - The Myth of the Happily Ever After
October 22, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

4.

Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
September 3, 2021
Heavy Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Sticky
October 15, 2021
Score
90
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

The Wildhearts - 21ST CENTURY LOVE SONGS
September 3, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

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

8.

Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham
September 17, 2021
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

Santana - Blessings and Miracles
October 15, 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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