Record Collector's Best New Albums of 2021



Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 CARNAGE Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Feb-25-2021, Chamber Pop
#2 Blue Weekend Wolf Alice Jun-04-2021, Alternative Rock
#3 The Ultra Vivid Lament Manic Street Preachers Sep-10-2021, Pop Rock
#4 Promises Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism
#5 Daddy's Home St. Vincent May-14-2021, Psychedelic Soul
#6 The Apple Drop Liars Aug-06-2021, Art Rock
#7 Prioritise Pleasure Self Esteem Oct-22-2021, Electropop
#8 As The Love Continues Mogwai Feb-19-2021, Post-Rock
#9 Sound Ancestors Madlib Jan-29-2021, Instrumental Hip Hop
#10 New Long Leg Dry Cleaning Apr-02-2021, Post-Punk
#11 Collapsed In Sunbeams Arlo Parks Jan-29-2021, Bedroom Pop
#12 Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Little Simz Sep-03-2021, UK Hip Hop
#13 I've Been Trying To Tell You Saint Etienne Sep-10-2021, Ambient Pop
#14 The Art of Losing The Anchoress Mar-12-2021, Art Rock
#15 Nine SAULT Jun-25-2021, Neo-Soul
#16 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop
#17 Setting The Dogs On The Post Punk Postman Luke Haines Apr-30-2021, Indie Rock
#18 Flying Dream 1 Elbow Nov-19-2021, Art Pop
#19 Raise The Roof Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Nov-19-2021, Americana
#20 Downhill From Everywhere Jackson Browne Jul-23-2021, Pop Rock
#21 Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey Mar-19-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#22 Cavalcade black midi May-26-2021, Avant-Prog
#23 Busy Guy Stephen Fretwell Jul-16-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#24 In Translation Peter Hammill May-07-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#25 For Free David Crosby Jul-23-2021, Soft Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | CARNAGE | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Album, Feb-25-2021, Chamber Pop |
| #2 | Blue Weekend | Wolf Alice | Album, Jun-04-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #3 | The Ultra Vivid Lament | Manic Street Preachers | Album, Sep-10-2021, Pop Rock |
| #4 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #5 | Daddy's Home | St. Vincent | Album, May-14-2021, Psychedelic Soul |
| #6 | The Apple Drop | Liars | Album, Aug-06-2021, Art Rock |
| #7 | Prioritise Pleasure | Self Esteem | Album, Oct-22-2021, Electropop |
| #8 | As The Love Continues | Mogwai | Album, Feb-19-2021, Post-Rock |
| #9 | Sound Ancestors | Madlib | Album, Jan-29-2021, Instrumental Hip Hop |
| #10 | New Long Leg | Dry Cleaning | Album, Apr-02-2021, Post-Punk |
| #11 | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | Album, Jan-29-2021, Bedroom Pop |
| #12 | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | Little Simz | Album, Sep-03-2021, UK Hip Hop |
| #13 | I've Been Trying To Tell You | Saint Etienne | Album, Sep-10-2021, Ambient Pop |
| #14 | The Art of Losing | The Anchoress | Album, Mar-12-2021, Art Rock |
| #15 | Nine | SAULT | Album, Jun-25-2021, Neo-Soul |
| #16 | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Tyler, The Creator | Album, Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #17 | Setting The Dogs On The Post Punk Postman | Luke Haines | Album, Apr-30-2021, Indie Rock |
| #18 | Flying Dream 1 | Elbow | Album, Nov-19-2021, Art Pop |
| #19 | Raise The Roof | Robert PlantAlison Krauss | Album, Nov-19-2021, Americana |
| #20 | Downhill From Everywhere | Jackson Browne | Album, Jul-23-2021, Pop Rock |
| #21 | Chemtrails Over The Country Club | Lana Del Rey | Album, Mar-19-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #22 | Cavalcade | black midi | Album, May-26-2021, Avant-Prog |
| #23 | Busy Guy | Stephen Fretwell | Album, Jul-16-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #24 | In Translation | Peter Hammill | Album, May-07-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #25 | For Free | David Crosby | Album, Jul-23-2021, Soft Rock |