Year-End Lists

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2021
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Hey What - Low

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Treble

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

The 50 Best Albums Of 2021 Stereogum

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Time

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

50 Best Albums of 2021 Rolling Stone

29: Written In Stone - Carly Pearce

Albums of the Year 2021 Holler

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Favorite Albums of 2021 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

30 - Adele

Best Albums of 2021 New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz

When Smoke Rises - Mustafa

Best Albums of 2021 New York Times: Jon Caramanica

Deja - Bomba Estéreo

Best Albums of 2021 New York Times: Jon Pareles

Mercurial World - Magdalena Bay

Albums of 2021 Gorilla vs. Bear

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

50 Best Albums of 2021 NPR Music

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 Complex

Fire - The Bug

Albums of the Year 2021 Quietus

The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid - ---__--___

Best Music of 2021 Artforum: Sasha Geffen

Prioritise Pleasure - Self Esteem

51 Best Albums of 2021 Gigwise

Bright Green Field - Squid

Top 25 Albums of 2021 Les Inrocks

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

50 Best Albums of 2021 Exclaim

Glow On - Turnstile

The Best Albums Of 2021 Uproxx

Renewal - Billy Strings

20 Best Albums of 2021 Glide

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Paste

Ignorance - The Weather Station

The Best Music of 2021 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Fortitude - Gojira

25 Best Albums of 2021 Revolver

Torn Arteries - Carcass

Top 40 Albums of 2021 Decibel

US Albums of the Year 2021 Rough Trade

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