Loud and Quiet's Albums of the Year 2021

Voted for by our contributors, here are the top 40 Albums of the Year from Loud And Quiet

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# 1

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

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

# 2

SHILOH: Lost For Words by John Glacier

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Trap

# 3

Prioritise Pleasure by Self Esteem

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 4

An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Astro Tough by Audiobooks

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Art Pop Synthpop

# 6

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 7

A Common Turn by Anna B Savage

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 8

Intra-I by Theon Cross

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Nu Jazz

# 9

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 10

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 11

Spare Ribs by Sleaford Mods

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Post-Punk

# 12

Great Spans of Muddy Time by William Doyle

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Art Pop Progressive Pop Electronic

# 13

Bright Green Field by Squid

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

# 14

Colourgrade by Tirzah

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Minimal Wave Art Pop

# 15

BLACK METAL 2 by Dean Blunt

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Art Pop

# 16

For Those I Love by For Those I Love

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Progressive House Spoken Word

# 17

private LIFE by Virginia Wing

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 Art Pop Indietronica

# 18

Lei Line Eon by Iglooghost

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 UK Bass Progressive Electronic

# 19

Space 1.8 by Nala Sinephro

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Nu Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 20

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 21

Conflict Of Interest by Ghetts

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 UK Hip Hop

# 22

Honest Labour by Space Afrika

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Sound Collage Ambient

# 23

Fire by The Bug

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Grime UK Bass Dubstep

# 24

The Changing Account by G.S. Schray

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Ambient Jazz

# 25

Heart Ego by Sassy 009

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Electropop Electronic

# 26

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 27

DEACON by serpentwithfeet

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

# 28

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 29

Gas Lit by Divide And Dissolve

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Drone Metal

# 30

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 31

Harlecore by Danny L Harle

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Electronic Dance Music Trance

# 32

We're All Alone In This Together by Dave

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

# 33

Painful Enlightenment by Jana Rush

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Footwork Juke

# 34

BOY ANONYMOUS by Paris Texas

EP • May 14 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 35

WINK by CHAI

Album • May 21 / 2021 Electropop Indie Pop

# 36

Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos by Mabe Fratti

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 37

Terrain by Portico Quartet

Album • May 28 / 2021 ECM Style Jazz

# 38

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 39

MiiRROR by BABii

Album • May 21 / 2021 Alternative R&B UK Bass Alt-Pop

# 40

Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe by New Age Doom + Lee "Scratch" Perry

EP • Nov 05 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Drone