Spectrum Culture's Top 20 Albums of 2021

Published: December 17, 2021 06:02 Source

# 1

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 2

Bright Green Field by Squid

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

# 3

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 4

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 5

Home Video by Lucy Dacus

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 6

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 7

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

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 8

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

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Indie Folk

# 9

Little Oblivions by Julien Baker

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 10

30 by Adele

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Pop Soul

# 11

As Days Get Dark by Arab Strap

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Indietronica

# 12

The Turning Wheel by SPELLLING

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Art Pop Baroque Pop

# 13

...And Again Into the Light by Panopticon

Album • May 15 / 2021 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 14

Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby by Sarah Mary Chadwick

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 15

Outside Child by Allison Russell

Album • May 21 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Americana

# 16

LP! by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 17

SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • May 21 / 2021 Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 19

Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 21 / 2021 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 20

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Art Pop Alternative Rock Electronic