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Best Albums of 2021 by User Score

Decade
Genre
2020s
2020
2021
2022
2023

1.

JPEGMAFIA - LP! (Offline Version)
October 22nd, 2021
Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
USER SCORE
90
4,811 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3rd, 2021
UK Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Neo-Soul
USER SCORE
89
6,656 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
September 15th, 2021
Experimental Hip Hop, Glitch Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental
USER SCORE
86
4,745 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

LINGUA IGNOTA - SINNER GET READY
August 6th, 2021
Neoclassical Darkwave, Avant-Folk
USER SCORE
85
2,813 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

JPEGMAFIA - LP!
October 22nd, 2021
Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Glitch Hop, Cloud Rap
USER SCORE
85
3,721 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Black Country, New Road - For the first time
February 5th, 2021
Experimental Rock, Post-Punk, Post-Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
84
5,950 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Toby Fox - DELTARUNE Chapter 2 (Original Game Soundtrack)
September 17th, 2021
Sequencer & Tracker
USER SCORE
84
185 ratings
Amazon

8.

Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
June 25th, 2021
West Coast Hip Hop, Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Hardcore Hip Hop, Neo-Soul
USER SCORE
84
10,509 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
March 26th, 2021
Post-Minimalism, Third Stream
USER SCORE
84
2,642 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Don L - Roteiro Pra Aïnouz, Vol. 2
November 26th, 2021
Conscious Hip Hop, Hip Hop, Drill, Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
83
222 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Lil Ugly Mane - VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN
October 12th, 2021
Neo-Psychedelia, Hypnagogic Pop, Trip Hop
USER SCORE
83
1,601 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

leroy - Dariacore 2: Enter Here, Hell to the Left
September 8th, 2021
Future Bass, Electronic Dance Music, Mashcore
USER SCORE
83
395 ratings
Amazon

13.

black midi - Cavalcade
May 26th, 2021
Avant-Prog, Jazz-Rock, Experimental Rock
USER SCORE
83
4,265 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Knocked Loose - A Tear in the Fabric of Life
October 13th, 2021
Metalcore
USER SCORE
83
539 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Alvaro Diaz - Felicilandia
October 29th, 2021
Pop Rap, Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
83
78 ratings
Amazon

16.

SPELLLING - The Turning Wheel
June 25th, 2021
Art Pop, Baroque Pop, Progressive Pop
USER SCORE
83
3,137 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic
November 12th, 2021
Smooth Soul, Funk, R&B, Soul
USER SCORE
83
5,697 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Muse - Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
June 18th, 2021
USER SCORE
82
85 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

19.

Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Under Vatten
October 15th, 2021
Progressive Metal, Djent
USER SCORE
82
105 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

20.

Beach House - Once Twice Melody: Chapter 2
December 7th, 2021
Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
USER SCORE
82
298 ratings
Amazon

21.

파란노을 [Parannoul] - To See the Next Part of the Dream
February 23rd, 2021
Shoegaze, Emo
USER SCORE
82
2,883 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Liniker - Indigo Borboleta Anil
September 9th, 2021
MPB, Neo-Soul, Soul, R&B
USER SCORE
82
181 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Sewerslvt - we had good times together, don't forget that
November 12th, 2021
Atmospheric Drum and Bass, Trance, Drum and Bass, Ambient
USER SCORE
82
474 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
October 8th, 2021
Synthpop, Dance-Pop, Electropop
USER SCORE
82
2,630 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Jonny Greenwood - Spencer
November 12th, 2021
Modern Classical, Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
82
82 ratings
Amazon
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