Piccadilly Records' Top 100 Albums of 2021

Born in 1978, Piccadilly Records is an independent record shop in the heart of Manchester city centre.

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# 1

As The Love Continues by Mogwai

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 2

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 3

Flock by Jane Weaver

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Psychedelic Pop Art Pop Indietronica

# 4

Former Things by LoneLady

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Synthpop

# 5

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 6

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 7

Vanities by W. H. Lung

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Synthpop Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 8

Forest of Your Problems by Snapped Ankles

Album • Jul 02 / 2021 Dance-Punk

# 9

There Is No End by Tony Allen

Album • May 07 / 2021 Hip Hop

# 10

Nocturnal Manoeuvres by JOHN (TIMESTWO)

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Post-Hardcore

# 11

La Vita Olistica by The Orielles

Album • Mar 26 / 2021

# 12

Bright Green Field by Squid

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

# 13

Miracle by Francis Lung

Album • Jun 18 / 2021 Pop Rock

# 14

Let Me Speak by Gemma Cullingford

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Synthpop

# 15

Change by Anika

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Post-Punk Minimal Wave

# 16

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

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 17

Spare Ribs by Sleaford Mods

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

# 18

Uncommon Weather by The Reds, Pinks and Purples

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Jangle Pop Indie Pop

# 19

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

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

# 20

On All Fours by Goat Girl

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 21

Spiral by DARKSIDE

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 22

Rainbow Islands by Apta

Album • Mar 06 / 2020

# 23

Sympathy for Life by Parquet Courts

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 24

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 25

In Quiet Moments by Lost Horizons

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Dream Pop

# 26

Private Sunshine by Lou Hayter

Album • May 28 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop Synthpop

# 27

Balance by Children of Zeus

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B

# 28

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 29

Bright Magic by Public Service Broadcasting

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Indietronica Progressive Electronic

# 30

Comfort To Me by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Garage Punk

# 31

Invisible Cities by A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Modern Classical

# 32

Sound Ancestors by Madlib

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 33

Modern Fiction by Ducks Ltd.

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Jangle Pop Indie Pop

# 34

Get Up Sequences Part One by The Go! Team

Album • Jul 02 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 35

Mood Valiant by Hiatus Kaiyote

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 36

Home Video by Lucy Dacus

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 37

Crystal Bullets / King Tears by White Denim

Album • Jul 23 / 2021

# 38

still slipping vol. 1 by Joy Orbison

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 UK Bass

# 39

Antidotes 2 by Lucinda Chua

EP • May 07 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 40

Fir Wave by Hannah Peel

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Ambient Electronic IDM

# 41

Loving In Stereo by Jungle

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Synth Funk Funk

# 42

Day By Day by White Flowers

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Dream Pop

# 43

TYRON by slowthai

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Trap

# 44

Uppers by TV Priest

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 45

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 46

If All I Ever Wanted Was All I Ever Needed by Jon Coley

Album • Sep 10 / 2021

# 47

MAN MADE by Greentea Peng

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul

# 48

A Beginner's Mind by Sufjan Stevens + Angelo De Augustine

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Indie Folk

# 49

Homecoming by Du Blonde

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 50

Flat White Moon by Field Music

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Progressive Pop Art Pop Chamber Pop