Year-End Lists

Promises

1. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Paste
1. The 10 Best Albums of 2021: Time
1. Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021: Vinyl Factory
1. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: Mojo
2. The Best Music of 2021: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
2. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters
2. 75 Best Albums of 2021: Uncut
3. Top 50 Albums of 2021: The Wire
3. Best Albums of 2021: Passerby
3. Top 10 Albums of 2021: Kitty Empire: Observer
3. Top 20 Albums of 2021: Northern Transmissions
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Pitchfork
4. The Best Albums of 2021: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
4. The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism
4. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
4. Top 20 Albums of 2021: Spectrum Culture
4. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Beats Per Minute
5. Top Ten Albums of 2021: The Skinny
5. Best Music of 2021: Chris Richards: Washington Post
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Treble
6. 50 Best Albums of 2021: NPR: NPR Music
6. Albums of the Year 2021: Loud And Quiet
7. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
8. Top 10 Albums of 2021: BBC Radio 6 Music
8. Best Albums of 2021: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
10. The Top 30 Albums of 2021: Jordan Cronk
11. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Far Out
11. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Brooklyn Vegan
12. The 50 Best Albums Of 2021: Stereogum
15. Albums of the Year 2021: Clash
16. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: The Fader
18. The Best Albums of 2021: Flood
23. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Guardian
43. Top 100 Albums of 2021: Under the Radar

• The Best Albums of 2021: Vinyl Me, Please
• Best Albums of 2021: Jon Pareles: New York Times
• 10 Best Albums of 2021: BBC: BBC Culture
• The Best Albums of 2021: Esquire