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Dec 7, 2021 · The 50 Best Albums of 2021. The albums that got us through a very strange year, featuring Tyler, the Creator, Adele, Jazmine Sullivan, Playboi Carti, and more. By Pitchfork.
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- Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure. October 22, 2021. Electropop, Alt-Pop. Critic Score 93 18 reviews. Spotify.
- For Those I Love - For Those I Love. March 26, 2021. Spoken Word, Progressive House, UK Garage. Critic Score 91 15 reviews. Spotify.
- Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert. September 3, 2021. UK Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Neo-Soul. Critic Score 90 36 reviews. Spotify.
- Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) November 12, 2021. Pop Rock, Country Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Pop. Critic Score 89 18 reviews. Spotify.
- St. Vincent, ‘Daddy’s Home’ Slinky, smart, and gloriously down-and-out, St. Vincent’s latest brings us back to the New York of the Velvet Underground and the Factory’s waifs, leaving us to lounge among the glitter and the grit.
- James McMurtry, ‘The Horses and the Hounds’ Staring down 60, the Austin singer-songwriter continued on his recent streak of stunners by delivering a career high point with this collection of sharply told tales of wrinkled equestrians, ashamed murderers, disenchanted Iraq War veterans, and long-stewing flirts set to a West Coast, Petty-inspired roots rock from longtime collaborator Ross Hogarth.
- Drake, ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Is it Drake’s best album? Well, no. (The line to argue Take Care versus Nothing Was the Same versus If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late starts over there, bro.)
- Jhay Cortez, ‘Timelezz’ Jhay Cortez got his start almost two decades ago, as a 14-year-old whiz kid who wrote and produced for some of the biggest acts in Puerto Rico.
- Clairo, 'Sling' With Sling, Clairo takes a convincing step further away from TikTok-boosted bedroom pop stardom into the singer-songwriter role that her idols — namely Joni Mitchell and Elliott Smith — once inhabited.
- Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall, 'The Marfa Tapes' Take three of the finest songwriters from Texas (one of them a chart-topping country star) and give them time to woodshed in a tiny, remote arts mecca in the state’s high desert and you’ve got The Marfa Tapes, a stripped-down, harmony-drenched, just-keep-the-tape-rolling 15-song set whose charms led it to debut at No. 1 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.
- Young Dolph & Key Glock, 'Dum and Dummer 2' Listening to Young Dolph and Key Glock’s Dum and Dum mer 2 now, mere weeks after the former was murdered in his hometown of Memphis, is like looking at a haunting freeze frame of a triumphant street survivalist who “Went from standing in the trap to standing on stage in arenas,” as he touts on “Penguins,” and was primed to climb even higher.
- SG Lewis, 'Times' While other dance artists embraced the ongoing disco/house revival in ways that were schlocky, derivative or both, U.K. producer SG Lewis raised heart rates with his sophisticated yet fun, fresh yet nostalgic debut LP, Times.
- Olivia Rodrigo, Sour. Whereas most artists build to their breakup album, carefully laying down the foundations of their future devastation, Rodrigo has already skipped ahead to her Tunnel of Love (ahem, there’s even a song titled “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back”).
- Girl In Red, If I Could Make It Go Quiet. Norwegian bedroom-pop star Marie Ulven goes deep on loneliness, anxiety, lust, rage, jealousy, and all the other agonies of that crazy little thing called love.
- Lana Del Rey, Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Though Del Rey’s overall project has remained remarkably consistent throughout her career, her growing disillusionment with fame, and with this country’s prevailing iconography of wealth and success, has loomed large as the national mood has grown more dire.
- Dawn Richard, Second Line. R&B artist Dawn Richard has taken a winding path through her nearly 20-year career. Now, she finds herself on the North Carolina indie-rock label Merge with her sixth LP, Second Line.
Dec 9, 2021 · Our critics' picks for the best albums of 2021 include Billie Eilish, Summer Walker, Arlo Parks, Liz Phair, Brandi Carlile and Arooj Aftab.
Dec 6, 2021 · In that spirit, here’s our list of the 50 albums that we liked best in 2021. The list was chosen entirely by the staff here at Stereogum.
