Beats Per Minute's Top 50 Albums of 2021

Published: December 16, 2021 09:01 Source

# 1

HEY WHAT by Low

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Post-Industrial Ambient Pop Experimental Rock

# 2

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 3

SINNER GET READY by Lingua Ignota

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Avant-Folk

# 4

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 5

Jade by Pan Daijing

Album • Jun 04 / 2021

# 6

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Post-Rock Experimental Rock Post-Punk

# 7

ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH by SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Noise Pop

# 8

Haram by Armand Hammer + The Alchemist

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 9

Prioritise Pleasure by Self Esteem

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 10

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 11

A Martyr's Reward by KA

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Drumless Abstract Hip Hop

# 12

-io by Circuit des Yeux

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Art Pop

# 13

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 14

Far In by Helado Negro

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Art Pop

# 15

An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 16

DEACON by serpentwithfeet

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 17

We Are Always Alone by Portrayal of Guilt

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Screamo

# 18

GUMBO'! by Pink Siifu

Album • Aug 02 / 2021 Trap Southern Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 19

Waking the Dreaming Body by Karima Walker

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Ambient Contemporary Folk

# 20

Celestial Blues by King Woman

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 21

Bright Green Field by Squid

Album • May 07 / 2021 Art Punk Post-Punk Experimental Rock

# 22

Candy Racer by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

Album • Oct 27 / 2021 J-Pop Dance-Pop Electropop

# 23

I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES by Backxwash

Album • Jun 20 / 2021 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore

# 24

Vince Staples by Vince Staples

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 25

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 26

Menneskekollektivet by Lost Girls + Jenny Hval + Håvard Volden

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Electronic Art Pop

# 27

Public Storage by Hana Vu

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 28

Seek Shelter by Iceage

Album • May 07 / 2021 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 29

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 30

The Turning Wheel by SPELLLING

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Art Pop Baroque Pop

# 31

Reflection by Loraine James

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 UK Bass IDM

# 32

Valentine by Snail Mail

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 33

MAN MADE by Greentea Peng

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul

# 34

a softer focus by claire rousay

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Ambient Sound Collage Field Recordings

# 35

A Common Turn by Anna B Savage

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 36

Second Line by Dawn Richard

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Alternative R&B

# 37

Mother by Cleo Sol

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul

# 38

Vulture Prince by Arooj Aftab

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Chamber Folk Ghazal

# 39

By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Injury Reserve

Album • Sep 15 / 2021 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Experimental

# 40

Orca by NTsKi

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Art Pop Electronic Alternative R&B

# 41

Infinite Granite by Deafheaven

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Shoegaze

# 42

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

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 43

Any Shape You Take by Indigo De Souza

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 44

Monsters by Sophia Kennedy

Album • May 07 / 2021 Art Pop

# 45

Navy's Reprise by Navy Blue

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 46

Portas by Marisa Monte

Album • May 18 / 2022 MPB Baroque Pop

# 47

Gas Lit by Divide And Dissolve

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Drone Metal

# 48

Formula of Love: O+T=<3 by TWICE

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 K-Pop Dance-Pop

# 49

Black Encyclopedia of the Air by Moor Mother

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 50

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter