Our Culture's 50 Best Albums of 2021

Our Culture's top 50 albums of 2021, featuring Clairo, Foxing, The War on Drugs, Low, Turnstile, Japanese Breakfast, and more.

Published: December 09, 2021 19:19 Source

# 1

Nurture by Porter Robinson

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Electropop Synthpop

# 2

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 3

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 4

Mythopoetics by Half Waif

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 Art Pop

# 5

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 6

An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Ignorance by The Weather Station

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop

# 8

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 9

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 10

Fatigue by L’Rain

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

# 11

In Heaven by Strand of Oaks

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 12

ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH by SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Noise Pop

# 13

The Turning Wheel by SPELLLING

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Art Pop Baroque Pop

# 14

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

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 15

one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden by Ada Lea

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 16

SINNER GET READY by Lingua Ignota

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Avant-Folk

# 17

Any Shape You Take by Indigo De Souza

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 18

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 19

Mercurial World by Magdalena Bay

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Synthpop Dance-Pop Alt-Pop

# 20

Home Video by Lucy Dacus

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 21

ULTRAPOP by The Armed

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 22

Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 21 / 2021 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 23

I Know I'm Funny haha by Faye Webster

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

# 24

Vulture Prince by Arooj Aftab

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Chamber Folk Ghazal

# 25

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

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

# 26

A Billion Little Lights by Wild Pink

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 27

Draw Down The Moon by Foxing

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 28

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 29

Una Rosa by Xenia Rubinos

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Art Pop Glitch Pop Alternative R&B

# 30

Let Me Do One More by illuminati hotties

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 31

Fun House by Hand Habits

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 32

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 33

Bright Green Field by Squid

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

# 34

Death of a Cheerleader by Pom Pom Squad

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 35

Engine of Hell by Emma Ruth Rundle

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 36

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 37

Cool Dry Place by Katy Kirby

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 38

-io by Circuit des Yeux

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Art Pop

# 39

Valentine by Snail Mail

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 40

maybe next time by allie

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Midwest Emo

# 41

To See the Next Part of the Dream by Parannoul

Album • Apr 19 / 2021 Shoegaze Emo

# 42

Thirstier by TORRES

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Alternative Rock Indie Rock

# 43

I Want The Door To Open by Lala Lala

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Indie Pop

# 44

Show Me How You Disappear by IAN SWEET

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 45

Sling by Clairo

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 46

A Way Forward by Nation of Language

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Synthpop

# 47

Bodies of Water by Moontype

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 48

MiiRROR by BABii

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

# 49

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 50

a softer focus by claire rousay

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Ambient Sound Collage Field Recordings