BrooklynVegan’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

From Low to Jazmine Sullivan to Turnstile to Japanese Breakfast to Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders to Vince Staples, here are our favorite albums of the year...

Published: December 28, 2021 18:35 Source

# 1

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 2

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

EP • Jan 08 / 2021 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 3

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 4

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 5

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 6

Ignorance by The Weather Station

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop

# 7

An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Radical by Every Time I Die

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Metalcore Mathcore

# 9

Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish

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

# 10

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 11

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 12

The Million Masks Of God by Manchester Orchestra

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 13

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD by Maxo Kream

Album • Oct 18 / 2021 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 14

Black Encyclopedia of the Air by Moor Mother

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

# 15

We Are Always Alone by Portrayal of Guilt

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Screamo

# 16

Illusory Walls by The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Post-Rock Midwest Emo

# 17

Half God by Wiki

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless

# 18

Vulture Prince by Arooj Aftab

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Chamber Folk Ghazal

# 19

This Place You Know by One Step Closer

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Melodic Hardcore Emocore

# 20

Fatigue by L’Rain

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Neo-Soul

# 21

I Became Birds by Home Is Where

Album • Jul 06 / 2021 Midwest Emo Post-Hardcore

# 22

Vince Staples by Vince Staples

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 23

Thirstier by TORRES

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Alternative Rock Indie Rock

# 24

SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • May 21 / 2021 Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 25

We're All Alone In This Together by Dave

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

# 26

ULTRAPOP by The Armed

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 27

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 28

Nine by SAULT

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 29

Hall of Fame by Polo G

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Trap Pop Rap

# 30

Black To The Future by Sons Of Kemet

Album • May 14 / 2021 Afro-Jazz

# 31

Haram by Armand Hammer + The Alchemist

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

# 32

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 33

Blue Banisters by Lana Del Rey

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 34

Pray For Haiti by Mach-Hommy

Album • May 21 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 35

Home Video by Lucy Dacus

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 36

Crypt of Ice by Frozen Soul

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Death Metal

# 37

Sling by Clairo

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 38

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 39

Ordinary Life by We Are The Union

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Ska Punk Pop Punk

# 40

A Tear in the Fabric of Life by Knocked Loose

EP • Oct 13 / 2021 Metalcore

# 41

Menneskekollektivet by Lost Girls + Jenny Hval + Håvard Volden

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Electronic Art Pop

# 42

Any Shape You Take by Indigo De Souza

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 43

In Spite Of by For Your Health

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 Screamo Metalcore

# 44

Between the Richness by Fiddlehead

Album • May 21 / 2021 Emo Post-Hardcore

# 45

NOW by Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Spiritual Jazz

# 46

Celestial Blues by King Woman

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 47

As Days Get Dark by Arab Strap

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Indietronica

# 48

Astro Tough by Audiobooks

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Art Pop Synthpop

# 49

History Of A Feeling by Madi Diaz

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 50

Twin Plagues by Wednesday

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Shoegaze Indie Rock