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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Garage A Trois - Calm Down Cologne
April 16, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

2.

The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Uncommon Weather
April 9, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Natural Information Society With Evan Parker - descension (Out of Our Constrictions)
April 16, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

4.

Karol G - KG0516
March 25, 2021
Reggaeton
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

5.

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

6.

Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
March 12, 2021
Country Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Jeremy Pelt - Griot: This Is Important!
February 12, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

8.

C. Tangana - El Madrileño
February 26, 2021
Alternative R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Clark - Playground In a Lake
March 26, 2021
Modern Classical
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Evelyn Glennie - Concertos for Mallet Instruments
January 15, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

11.

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

12.

Joanna Connor - 4801 South Indiana Avenue
February 26, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

13.

William Parker - Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Volumes 1–10)
January 29, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

14.

BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE
April 9, 2021
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Lake Street Dive - Obviously
March 12, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Rat Columns - Pacific Kiss
February 12, 2021
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

17.

Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
February 19, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

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

19.

Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell & Carmen Castaldi - Garden of Expression
January 29, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

20.

Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
February 5, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

21.

Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love
January 29, 2021
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

22.

The Weather Station - Ignorance
February 5, 2021
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

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

24.

Rob Zombie - The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy
March 12, 2021
Industrial Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Mouse on Mars - AAI
February 26, 2021
IDM
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2021.
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