Year-End Lists

Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2021, as published by Rolling Stone

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1. Olivia Rodrigo
   Sour
2. Taylor Swift
   Red (Taylor's Version)
3. Lucy Dacus
   Home Video
4. Adele
   30
5. PinkPantheress
   To Hell with It
6. Bachelor
   Doomin' Sun
7. Jazmine Sullivan
   Heaux Tales
8. Adult Mom
   Driver
9. The Hold Steady
   Open Door Policy
10. Mdou Moctar
    Afrique Victime
11. Billie Eilish
    Happier Than Ever
12. Polo G
    Hall of Fame
13. Magdalena Bay
    Mercurial World
14. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
    Carnage
15. Duran Duran
    Future Past
16. Laura Stevenson
    Laura Stevenson
17. Rauw Alejandro
    Vice Versa
18. Japanese Breakfast
    Jubilee
19. Turnstile
    Glow On
20. Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Buckingham