Rolling Stone's Best Albums of 2021 So Far

The Best Albums of 2021 So Far

Published: June 11, 2021 16:30 Source

# 1

Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! by Aaron Lee Tasjan

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Soft Rock

# 2

Driver by Adult Mom

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Detroit Stories by Alice Cooper

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Hard Rock

# 4

Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Bedroom Pop Neo-Soul

# 5

Intermission by Assertion

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 6

Doomin' Sun by Bachelor + Jay Som + Palehound

Album • May 28 / 2021 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 7

The Plugs I Met 2 by Benny the Butcher + Harry Fraud

EP • Mar 19 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap

# 8

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 9

Sex Over Love by Blaqbonez

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Pop Rap

# 10

Superwolves by Matt Sweeney + Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 11

ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE by BROCKHAMPTON

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 12

Not Your Muse by Celeste

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 13

Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan by Chrissie Hynde

Album • May 21 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 14

The Shadow I Remember by Cloud Nothings

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Indie Rock Emo

# 15

Second Line by Dawn Richard

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Alternative R&B

# 16

Sweep It Into Space by Dinosaur Jr.

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Alternative Rock Indie Rock

# 17

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 18

& by Eric Church

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Contemporary Country

# 19

Soul by Eric Church

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Country Rock Contemporary Country

# 20

Heart by Eric Church

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Country Rock Contemporary Country

# 21

The Bitter Truth by Evanescence

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Alternative Metal Alternative Rock

# 22

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 23

Medicine At Midnight by Foo Fighters

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 24

if i could make it go quiet by girl in red

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Indie Pop Alt-Pop

# 25

On All Fours by Goat Girl

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 26

Fortitude by GOJIRA

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Groove Metal Progressive Metal

# 27

Earth Man Blues by Guided By Voices

Album • Apr 30 / 2021

# 28

FLOWERS for VASES / descansos by Hayley Williams

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 29

The Off-Season by J. Cole

Album • May 14 / 2021 Conscious Hip Hop

# 30

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 31

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

EP • Jan 08 / 2021 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 32

Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic by Joeboy

Album • Feb 04 / 2021 Afrobeats

# 33

in defense of my own happiness by Joy Oladokun

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 34

Overgrown by Joyce Wrice

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Contemporary R&B

# 35

Blood by Juliana Hatfield

Album • May 14 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 36

Little Oblivions by Julien Baker

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 37

Angelic Hoodrat: Supercut by Kenny Mason

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 38

Obviously by Lake Street Dive

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Pop Soul

# 39

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 40

Soberish by Liz Phair

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Pop Rock

# 41

Sound Ancestors by Madlib

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 42

#7DJ (7 Días En Jamaica) by Maluma

Album • Jan 28 / 2021 Latin Pop Reggae Dancehall

# 43

She Walks in Beauty by Marianne Faithfull

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Poetry Spoken Word

# 44

Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 21 / 2021 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 45

When Smoke Rises by Mustafa

Album • May 28 / 2021 Neo-Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 46

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 47

SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • May 21 / 2021 Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 48

Palberta5000 by Palberta

Album • Jan 22 / 2021 Art Punk Indie Rock

# 49

Cheater by Pom Poko

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 50

Like a Stone by Remember Sports

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Indie Rock Pop Punk Power Pop