Albumism's 100 Best Albums of 2021

With 2021 nearly in the books, the time has arrived to revisit and celebrate the plentiful past year in new music.

Source

# 1

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 2

Immigrants by Nitin Sawhney

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Trip Hop Downtempo

# 3

Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 4

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 5

No Gods No Masters by Garbage

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 6

Black To The Future by Sons Of Kemet

Album • May 14 / 2021 Afro-Jazz

# 7

Mother by Cleo Sol

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul

# 8

Ocean to Ocean by Tori Amos

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 10

Mood Valiant by Hiatus Kaiyote

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 11

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Art Pop Alternative Rock Electronic

# 12

Screen Violence by CHVRCHES

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Synthpop

# 13

FUTURE PAST by Duran Duran

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Synthpop New Wave

# 14

I've Been Trying To Tell You by Saint Etienne

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Ambient Pop Downtempo

# 15

Pink Noise by Laura Mvula

Album • Jul 02 / 2021 Synthpop Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop

# 16

Nine by SAULT

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 17

star-crossed by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Vocal Jazz

# 19

Soberish by Liz Phair

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Pop Rock

# 20

Blackest Blue by Morcheeba

Album • May 14 / 2021 Trip Hop Contemporary R&B

# 21

Blood by Juliana Hatfield

Album • May 14 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 22

Californian Soil by London Grammar

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 23

Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 24

King's Disease II by Nas

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop

# 25

Subconsciously by Black Coffee

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Deep House

# 26

We're All Alone In This Together by Dave

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 27

Crooked Machine by Róisín Murphy

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Deep House

# 28

Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land by MARINA

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Pop

# 29

Firebird by Natalie Imbruglia

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Pop Pop Rock Synthpop

# 30

Son by Rosie Lowe + Duval Timothy

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Electronic Choral Post-Minimalism

# 31

Flying Dream 1 by Elbow

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 32

ULTRAMARINE by Wesley Joseph

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative R&B

# 33

WE ARE by Jon Batiste

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Soul

# 34

Hi by Texas

Album • Jan 11 / 2021 Pop Rock

# 35

Little Oblivions by Julien Baker

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 36

Aspects by STR4TA

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Jazz-Funk Britfunk

# 37

The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows by Damon Albarn

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 38

Sweet Inspiration by Kate Ceberano

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Pop

# 39

Medicine At Midnight by Foo Fighters

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 40

When Smoke Rises by Mustafa

Album • May 28 / 2021 Neo-Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 41

Queens of the Summer Hotel by Aimee Mann

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop

# 42

Dawn by Yebba

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Neo-Soul Pop Soul

# 43

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 44

Sgt Culpepper by Joel Culpepper

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Funk Neo-Soul

# 45

30 by Adele

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Pop Soul

# 46

Bad Meditation by Mara TK

Album • May 07 / 2021 Neo-Soul Neo-Psychedelia

# 47

Nothing Feels Like Everything by Scrimshire

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Nu Jazz

# 48

How Many Times by Esther Rose

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 49

Sound Ancestors by Madlib

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 50

Not Your Muse by Celeste

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Neo-Soul