musicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2021

Lists: musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2021

Published: December 17, 2021 13:01 Source

# 1

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 2

Prioritise Pleasure by Self Esteem

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 3

Fire by The Bug

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Grime UK Bass Dubstep

# 4

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 5

We're All Alone In This Together by Dave

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

# 6

I've Been Trying To Tell You by Saint Etienne

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Ambient Pop Downtempo

# 7

Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 8

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 9

Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 21 / 2021 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 10

Isles by Bicep

Album • Jan 22 / 2021 Progressive Breaks Future Garage

# 11

Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 12

MONTERO by Lil Nas X

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Pop Rap Pop Trap

# 13

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 14

-io by Circuit des Yeux

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Art Pop

# 15

Daddy's Home by St. Vincent

Album • May 14 / 2021 Psychedelic Soul Art Rock

# 16

Spare Ribs by Sleaford Mods

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

# 17

Private Sunshine by Lou Hayter

Album • May 28 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop Synthpop

# 18

G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 19

As Days Get Dark by Arab Strap

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Indietronica

# 20

Endless Arcade by Teenage Fanclub

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Jangle Pop

# 21

Voyage by ABBA

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Europop Adult Contemporary

# 22

As The Love Continues by Mogwai

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 23

CRAWLER by IDLES

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 24

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 25

Seeking New Gods by Gruff Rhys

Album • May 21 / 2021 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 26

Green to Gold by The Antlers

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Indie Folk Dream Pop

# 27

Seek Shelter by Iceage

Album • May 07 / 2021 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 28

Music For Psychedelic Therapy by Jon Hopkins

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Ambient New Age

# 29

The Art of Losing by The Anchoress

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Art Rock Art Pop

# 30

Fir Wave by Hannah Peel

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Ambient Electronic IDM

# 31

The Cult of Water by Oddfellow's Casino

Album • Apr 02 / 2021

# 32

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 33

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

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 34

The Myth of The Happily Ever After by Biffy Clyro

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 35

Vince Staples by Vince Staples

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 36

Clara by Loscil

Album • May 28 / 2021 Ambient

# 37

Rare, Forever by Leon Vynehall

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Tech House Ambient Techno

# 38

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 39

The Apple Drop by Liars

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 40

Flying Dream 1 by Elbow

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 41

MAN ON MAN by MAN ON MAN

Album • May 07 / 2021 Indie Rock Shoegaze

# 42

Things Take Time, Take Time by Courtney Barnett

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 43

Coral Island by The Coral

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 44

OH NO by Xiu Xiu

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Experimental Rock Art Pop

# 45

In Quiet Moments by Lost Horizons

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Dream Pop

# 46

Fantasy Island by Clinic

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 47

I've Seen All I Need To See by The Body

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Power Electronics Drone Metal

# 48

absent origin by Mira Calix

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Sound Collage Electroacoustic

# 49

Welfare Jazz by Viagra Boys

Album • Jan 08 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 50

Boy from Michigan by John Grant

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Synthpop Singer-Songwriter