FLOOD's Best Albums of 2021

25 records that helped us reorient ourselves to the outside world.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 GLOW ON Turnstile Aug-27-2021, Post-Hardcore
#2 Jubilee Japanese Breakfast Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop
#3 Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B
#4 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop
#5 Any Shape You Take Indigo De Souza Aug-27-2021, Indie Rock
#6 HEY WHAT Low Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial
#7 Valentine Snail Mail Nov-05-2021, Indie Rock
#8 Ignorance The Weather Station Feb-05-2021, Sophisti-Pop
#9 Home Video Lucy Dacus Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#10 star-crossed Kacey Musgraves Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop
#11 Let Me Do One More illuminati hotties Oct-01-2021, Indie Rock
#12 if i could make it go quiet girl in red Apr-30-2021, Indie Pop
#13 CARNAGE Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Feb-25-2021, Chamber Pop
#14 Fatigue L’Rain Jun-25-2021, Neo-Psychedelia
#15 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo May-21-2021, Pop
#16 The Million Masks Of God Manchester Orchestra Apr-30-2021, Indie Rock
#17 I Know I'm Funny haha Faye Webster Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#18 Promises Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism
#19 Death of a Cheerleader Pom Pom Squad Jun-25-2021, Indie Rock
#20 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish Jul-30-2021, Alt-Pop
#21 The House Is Burning Isaiah Rashad Jul-30-2021, Southern Hip Hop
#22 Modern Fiction Ducks Ltd. Oct-01-2021, Jangle Pop
#23 Stand For Myself Yola Jul-30-2021, Country Soul
#24 Illusory Walls The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die Oct-08-2021, Post-Rock
#25 Thirstier TORRES Jul-30-2021, Alternative Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | GLOW ON | Turnstile | Album, Aug-27-2021, Post-Hardcore |
| #2 | Jubilee | Japanese Breakfast | Album, Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop |
| #3 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | EP, Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B |
| #4 | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Tyler, The Creator | Album, Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #5 | Any Shape You Take | Indigo De Souza | Album, Aug-27-2021, Indie Rock |
| #6 | HEY WHAT | Low | Album, Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial |
| #7 | Valentine | Snail Mail | Album, Nov-05-2021, Indie Rock |
| #8 | Ignorance | The Weather Station | Album, Feb-05-2021, Sophisti-Pop |
| #9 | Home Video | Lucy Dacus | Album, Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #10 | star-crossed | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop |
| #11 | Let Me Do One More | illuminati hotties | Album, Oct-01-2021, Indie Rock |
| #12 | if i could make it go quiet | girl in red | Album, Apr-30-2021, Indie Pop |
| #13 | CARNAGE | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Album, Feb-25-2021, Chamber Pop |
| #14 | Fatigue | L’Rain | Album, Jun-25-2021, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #15 | SOUR | Olivia Rodrigo | Album, May-21-2021, Pop |
| #16 | The Million Masks Of God | Manchester Orchestra | Album, Apr-30-2021, Indie Rock |
| #17 | I Know I'm Funny haha | Faye Webster | Album, Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #18 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #19 | Death of a Cheerleader | Pom Pom Squad | Album, Jun-25-2021, Indie Rock |
| #20 | Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish | Album, Jul-30-2021, Alt-Pop |
| #21 | The House Is Burning | Isaiah Rashad | Album, Jul-30-2021, Southern Hip Hop |
| #22 | Modern Fiction | Ducks Ltd. | Album, Oct-01-2021, Jangle Pop |
| #23 | Stand For Myself | Yola | Album, Jul-30-2021, Country Soul |
| #24 | Illusory Walls | The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die | Album, Oct-08-2021, Post-Rock |
| #25 | Thirstier | TORRES | Album, Jul-30-2021, Alternative Rock |