Year-End Lists

Northern Transmissions: Top 20 Albums of 2021

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Glow On
   Turnstile
2. Hey What
   Low
3. Promises
   Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
4. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
5. For the First Time
   Black Country, New Road
6. New Long Leg
   Dry Cleaning
7. Ultrapop
   The Armed
8. Call Me If You Get Lost
   Tyler, The Creator
9. Seek Shelter
   Iceage
10. Bright Green Field
    Squid
11. Sling
    Clairo
12. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
13. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
14. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
15. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
16. Valentine
    Snail Mail
17. Drunk Tank Pink
    Shame
18. Fortitude
    Gojira
19. Sympathy for Life
    Parquet Courts
20. Things Take Time, Take Time
    Courtney Barnett