Record Collector's Best New Albums of 2021

# 1

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 2

Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 3

The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Pop Rock

# 4

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 5

Daddy's Home by St. Vincent

Album • May 14 / 2021 Psychedelic Soul Art Rock

# 6

The Apple Drop by Liars

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 7

Prioritise Pleasure by Self Esteem

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 8

As The Love Continues by Mogwai

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 9

Sound Ancestors by Madlib

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 10

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 11

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 12

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 13

I've Been Trying To Tell You by Saint Etienne

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Ambient Pop Downtempo

# 14

The Art of Losing by The Anchoress

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Art Rock Art Pop

# 15

Nine by SAULT

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 16

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 17

Setting The Dogs On The Post Punk Postman by Luke Haines

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 18

Flying Dream 1 by Elbow

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 19

Raise The Roof by Robert Plant + Alison Krauss

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Americana

# 20

Downhill From Everywhere by Jackson Browne

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 21

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 22

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 23

Busy Guy by Stephen Fretwell

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 24

In Translation by Peter Hammill

Album • May 07 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 25

For Free by David Crosby

Album • Jul 23 / 2021 Soft Rock Singer-Songwriter