No Ripcord's 50 Best Albums of 2021

# 1

Prioritise Pleasure by Self Esteem

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 2

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 3

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 4

Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 5

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

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 6

Black To The Future by Sons Of Kemet

Album • May 14 / 2021 Afro-Jazz

# 7

Let Me Do One More by illuminati hotties

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 8

An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 9

ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH by SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Noise Pop

# 10

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 11

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 12

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 13

Cooler Returns by Kiwi jr.

Album • Jan 22 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 14

Seek Shelter by Iceage

Album • May 07 / 2021 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 15

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 16

I Know I'm Funny haha by Faye Webster

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

# 17

Drunk Tank Pink by shame

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 18

Valentine by Snail Mail

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 19

Bright Green Field by Squid

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

# 20

Ignorance by The Weather Station

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop

# 21

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 22

ULTRAPOP by The Armed

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 23

Modern Fiction by Ducks Ltd.

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Jangle Pop Indie Pop

# 24

Draw Down The Moon by Foxing

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 25

Home Video by Lucy Dacus

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 26

Menneskekollektivet by Lost Girls + Jenny Hval + Håvard Volden

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Electronic Art Pop

# 27

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 28

Infinite Granite by Deafheaven

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Shoegaze

# 29

Cool Dry Place by Katy Kirby

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 30

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 31

The Shadow I Remember by Cloud Nothings

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Indie Rock Emo

# 32

Sensational by Erika de Casier

Album • May 21 / 2021 Contemporary R&B

# 33

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 34

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 35

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

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

# 36

Introducing... by Aaron Frazer

Album • Jan 08 / 2021 Pop Soul Chicago Soul

# 37

How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? by Big Red Machine

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 38

BLACK METAL 2 by Dean Blunt

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Art Pop

# 39

Geist by Shannon Lay

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 40

Doomin' Sun by Bachelor + Jay Som + Palehound

Album • May 28 / 2021 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 41

Smiling with No Teeth by Genesis Owusu

Album • Mar 15 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 42

Mirror II by The Goon Sax

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 43

Nine by SAULT

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 44

Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 21 / 2021 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 45

Sympathy for Life by Parquet Courts

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 46

The Golden Casket by Modest Mouse

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 47

SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • May 21 / 2021 Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 48

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 49

Daddy's Home by St. Vincent

Album • May 14 / 2021 Psychedelic Soul Art Rock

# 50

Sling by Clairo

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk