The Top 50 Albums of 2021
1. Kanye West- Donda
2. Irreversible Entanglements- Open the Gates
3. Mathias Eick- When We Leave
4. Molly Herron- Through Lines
5. Pino Palladino and Blake Mills- Notes with Attachments
6. Tyler, The Creator- Call Me If You Get Lost
7. The Metropolitan Opera- Philip Glass’ Akhnaten
8. Nala Sinephro- Space 1.8
9. Lana Del Rey- Chemtrails Over the Country Club
10. Lise Davidsen- Beethoven Wagner Verdi
11. Sleaford Mods- Spare Ribs
12. Sons of Kemet- Black to the Future
13. St. Vincent- Daddy's Home
14. Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion- Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
15. Evan Parker Quartet- All Knavery & Collusion
16. Turnstile- Glow On
17. Marianne Faithful and Warren Ellis- She Walks in Beauty
18. Fire-Toolz- Eternal Home
19. Benoît Delbecq- The Weight of Light
20. Summer Walker- Still Over It
21. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble- Now
22. Brockhampton- Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
23. Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson- Searching for the Disappeared Hour
24. Behzod Abduraimov- Debussy Chopin Mussorgsky
25. Artifacts- …And Then There’s This
26. Max Richter- Exiles
27. Chris Thile- Laysongs
28. Danish String Quartet- Prism III
29. Alan Jackson- Where Have You Gone
30. Migos- Culture III
31. Les Filles de Illighadad- At Pioneer Works
32. Angel Bat Dawid- Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1 Doxology
33. Morgan Wallen- Dangerous: The Double Album
34. Borderlands Trio- Wandersphere
35. Pat Metheny- Road to the Sun
36. Patricia Brennan- Maquishti
37. Yola- Stand For Myself
38. Roscoe Mitchell- Dots: Pieces for Percussion and Woodwinds
39. Karol G- KG01516
40. Craig Taborn- Shadow Plays
41. Moor Mother- Black Encyclopedia of the Air
42. Georgia Anne Muldrow- Vweto III
43. Dopolarians- The Bond
44. Sara Serpa- Intimate Strangers
45. Abstract Mindstate- Dreams Still Inspire
46. Chynna- Drug Opera
47. La Arrolladora Banda el Limón- En Contra De Mi Voluntad
48. Lana Del Rey- Blue Banisters
49. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra- Promises
50. Drake- Certified Lover Boy
The Top 25 EPs of 2021
1. Benny the Butcher- The Plugs I Met 2
2. Caroline Shaw- Narrow Sea
3. Vince Staples- Vince Staples
4. Lyle Mays- Eberhard
5. The Alchemist- This Thing of Ours
6. Aida Cuevas- Antología de la Música Ranchera, Vol. 2
7. F*cked Up- Year of the Horse (four installments)
8. Rachika Nayar- Fragments
9. Wanda Jackson- Encore
10. Burial- Shock Power of Love
11. Los Dos Carnales- Corrido Pa’ la Historia
12. Benny the Butcher- Pyrex Picasso
13. Bummer- Dead Horse
14. Dare- Against All Odds
15. YoungBoy Never Broke Again- Sincerely, Kentrell
16. Benjamin Mørk and Arve Henriksen- The Valleys
17. Rudimentary Peni- Great War
18. Portrayal of Guilt- We Are Always Alone
19. María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir- Kom Vinur
20. Gatecreeper- An Unexpected Reality
21. Melvin Gibbs- 4 +1 Equals 5 for May 25
22. A Place to Bury Strangers- Hologram
23. Ryoji Ikeda- EP
24. Charlie Hunter- Kick, Snare, Baritone Guitar
25. Rosie Lowe and Duval Timothy- Son
The Top 25 Reissues, Reimaginings and Compilations of 2021
1. Hasaan Ibn Ali- Retrospect In Retirement Of Delay: The Solo Recordings
2. John Coltrane- A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
3. Sun Ra- Lanquidity (Definitive Edition)
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- B-Sides & Rarities, Part II
5. Bob Dylan- Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16, 1980-1985
6. Nubya Garcia- Source ⧺ We Move
7. Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra- Kôrôlén
8. Alice Coltrane- Kirtan: Turiya Sings
9. Various- The Boys From Nairobi: 80s Benga & Rumba
10. The Beatles- Let It Be (Super Deluxe)
11. Wild Up- Julius Eastman, Vol. 1: Femenine
12. Lee Morgan- The Complete Live at the Lighthouse
13. Julius Hemphill- The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony 1977-2007
14. The Beach Boys- Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions, 1969-1971
15. Johnny Cash- Bear’s Sonic Journals: Live at the Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968
16. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey- Winterwood Revealed: Live Vipers & Studio Doves
17. Hailu Mergia and the Walias Band- Tezeta
18. J Dilla- Welcome 2 Detroit: The 20th Anniversary Edition
19. Prince- Welcome 2 America
20. PJ Harvey- Is This Desire?: Demos
21. Dyke & The Blazers- I Got a Message Hollywood: 1968-1970
22. Hasaan Ibn Ali- Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album
23. Neil Young and Crazy Horse- Way Down in the Rust Bucket
24. The Weeknd- The Highlights
25. The Rolling Stones- Tattoo You: 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
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