Les Inrocks' Top 50 Albums of 2021

En cette année moins confinée que la précédente, la musique s’est à nouveau libérée de partout, et parfois de nulle part. À découvrir, entre autres, des brûlots mélodiques, des maelströms émotionnels, de la néo-soul UK et des fulgurances teenage.

Published: December 14, 2021 16:12 Source

# 1

Bright Green Field by Squid

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

# 2

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 3

Everything Tasteful by Lala &ce

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 French Hip Hop Trap

# 4

BLACK METAL 2 by Dean Blunt

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Art Pop

# 5

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 6

Sling by Clairo

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 7

Talk Memory by BADBADNOTGOOD

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Jazz Fusion

# 8

Brûler le feu by Juliette Armanet

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 French Pop Nouvelle chanson française

# 9

Change by Anika

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Post-Punk Minimal Wave

# 10

Paradigmes by La Femme

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Synthpop French Pop

# 11

Cœur by Clara Luciani

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 French Pop Disco

# 12

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

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

# 13

Escapades by Gaspard Auge

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Electro-Disco

# 14

Troie by Malik Djoudi

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 French Pop Synthpop

# 15

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 16

Acquainted with Night by Lael Neale

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Minimal Synth Bedroom Pop

# 17

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 18

Sensational by Erika de Casier

Album • May 21 / 2021 Contemporary R&B

# 19

Colourgrade by Tirzah

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Minimal Wave Art Pop

# 20

Friends That Break Your Heart by James Blake

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Alternative R&B

# 21

PICTURA DE IPSE : Musique directe by Hubert Lenoir

Album • Sep 15 / 2021 Art Pop Bedroom Pop

# 22

Sympathy for Life by Parquet Courts

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 23

Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish

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

# 24

Fatigue by L’Rain

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

# 25

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

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 26

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 27

Palais d'argile by Feu! Chatterton

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Nouvelle chanson française Art Pop Art Rock

# 28

TYRON by slowthai

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Trap

# 29

Valentine by Snail Mail

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 30

Mirror II by The Goon Sax

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 31

Gadzooks Vol. 1 by Caleb Landry Jones

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 32

I Know I'm Funny haha by Faye Webster

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 33

Drunk Tank Pink by shame

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 34

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 35

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 36

Vertigo Days by The Notwist

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia

# 37

Le Cirque de Consolation by Leonie Pernet

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Art Pop Synthpop Darkwave

# 38

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 39

Agor by Koreless

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 Progressive Electronic

# 40

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 41

The Path of The Clouds by Marissa Nadler

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop Psychedelic Folk

# 42

All Day Gentle Hold ! by Porches

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Synthpop Indie Pop

# 43

Day/Night by Parcels

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Boogie Soft Rock

# 44

30 Minutes of by Music On Hold

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 45

IT'S OK by Fantomes

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 46

Rêve capital by Bertrand Burgalat

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 French Pop

# 47

L'Étrange Histoire de Mr.Anderson by Laylow

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 French Hip Hop Trap

# 48

Born a Loser by Myd

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Deep House Synthpop

# 49

Projector by Geese

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Indie Rock Art Punk

# 50

Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection by Spencer Cullum

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Folk Rock Psychedelic Rock