The Needle Drop's Top 50 Albums of 2021

# 1

The Turning Wheel by SPELLLING

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Art Pop Baroque Pop

# 2

SINNER GET READY by Lingua Ignota

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Avant-Folk

# 3

KicK iii by Arca

Album • Dec 01 / 2021 Deconstructed Club Glitch Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 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

LP! by JPEGMAFIA

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

# 7

Henki by Richard Dawson + Circle

Album • Nov 26 / 2021 Progressive Rock Art Rock

# 8

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

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

# 9

Nurture by Porter Robinson

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Electropop Synthpop

# 10

SKA DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Apr 20 / 2021 Ska Punk

# 11

By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Injury Reserve

Album • Sep 15 / 2021 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Experimental

# 12

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

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Indie Folk

# 13

Madison by Sloppy Jane

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 14

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 15

Cavalcade by black midi

Album • May 26 / 2021 Avant-Prog

# 16

Smiling with No Teeth by Genesis Owusu

Album • Mar 15 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 17

HEY WHAT by Low

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

# 18

The Color Blu(e) by Blu

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop Boom Bap Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 19

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 20

I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES by Backxwash

Album • Jun 20 / 2021 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore

# 21

Half God by Wiki

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless

# 22

Imperative Imperceptible Impulse by Ad Nauseam

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 Technical Death Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 23

Forever In Your Heart by Black Dresses

Album • Feb 14 / 2021 Electro-Industrial Industrial Rock

# 24

Rainbow Bridge 3 by Sematary

Album • Apr 29 / 2021 Horrorcore Experimental Hip Hop Trap Metal

# 25

For the first time by Black Country, New Road

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

# 26

ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE by BROCKHAMPTON

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

# 27

Palais d'argile by Feu! Chatterton

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Nouvelle chanson française Art Pop Art Rock

# 28

Stand For Myself by Yola

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Country Soul Pop Soul

# 29

OK Human by Weezer

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Chamber Pop Pop Rock

# 30

Friends That Break Your Heart by James Blake

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Alternative R&B

# 31

Faith In Persona by death's dynamic shroud

Album • Dec 16 / 2021 Glitch Pop Vaporwave

# 32

Mercurial World by Magdalena Bay

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Synthpop Dance-Pop Alt-Pop

# 33

Let Me Do One More by illuminati hotties

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 34

TYRON by slowthai

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Trap

# 35

Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B by Westside Gunn

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Boom Bap

# 36

GUMBO'! by Pink Siifu

Album • Aug 02 / 2021 Trap Southern Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 37

King's Disease II by Nas

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop

# 38

CARNAGE by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Album • Feb 25 / 2021 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 39

Haram by Armand Hammer + The Alchemist

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 40

Fatigue by L’Rain

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Neo-Soul

# 41

Welfare Jazz by Viagra Boys

Album • Jan 08 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 42

Actually, You Can by Deerhoof

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Noise Pop Indie Rock Math Rock

# 43

Twin Shadow by Twin Shadow

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 Psychedelic Pop Indie Pop

# 44

...And Again Into the Light by Panopticon

Album • May 15 / 2021 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 45

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

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

# 46

Pressure Machine by The Killers

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Heartland Rock

# 47

Eternal Home by Fire-Toolz

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Post-Industrial Progressive Electronic Avant-Garde Metal

# 48

An Evening With Silk Sonic by Bruno Mars + Anderson .Paak + Silk Sonic

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Smooth Soul

# 49

BLACK METAL 2 by Dean Blunt

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Art Pop

# 50

Frailty by Jane Remover

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Indietronica Glitch Pop Noise Pop