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The AllMusic 2021 Year In Review

The AllMusic 2021 Year In Review

100 albums that our writers felt were the most significant releases of this year. Looking for more? Visit our Year In Review hub.

 
 
Raise the Roof

Robert Plant / Alison Krauss

Raise the Roof

Rounder

Folk

star rating

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss manage to capture lightning in a bottle a second time on this joyful sequel to Raising Sand.

  New Long Leg

Dry Cleaning

New Long Leg

4AD

New Wave/Post-Punk Revival

star rating

The band's surreally witty, poignant debut album brings fresh energy to post-punk with its combination of deadpan vocals and fired-up playing.

  Stand for Myself

Yola

Stand for Myself

Easy Eye Sound

Americana

star rating

The Nashville-based Brit delivers a sophomore set that is as inviting as it is powerful.

 
 
 

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30

Adele

30

Columbia

Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Queens of the Summer Hotel

Aimee Mann

Queens of the Summer Hotel

Superego

Alternative/Indie Rock

Outside Child

Allison Russell

Outside Child

Fantasy

Americana

Comfort to Me

Amyl and the Sniffers

Comfort to Me

ATO

Garage Punk

Ultrapop

The Armed

Ultrapop

Sargent House

Heavy Metal

Talk Memory

BadBadNotGood

Talk Memory

XL / XL Recordings

Crossover Jazz

Open Arms to Open Us

Ben LaMar Gay

Open Arms to Open Us

Nonesuch

Experimental

Happier Than Ever

Billie Eilish

Happier Than Ever

Interscope

Left-Field Pop

Hardware

Billy Gibbons

Hardware

Concord

Album Rock

Inside (The Songs)

Bo Burnham

Inside (The Songs)

Bo Burnham / Imperial Distribution

Comedy

Deja

Bomba Estéreo

Deja

Sony Music

Cumbia

In These Silent Days

Brandi Carlile

In These Silent Days

Low Country Sound

Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

El Madrileño

C. Tangana

El Madrileño

Sony Music

International Fusion

Parallel World

Cadence Weapon

Parallel World

eOne

Underground Rap

An Overview on Phenomenal…

Cassandra Jenkins

An Overview on Phenomenal…

Ba Da Bing Records

Alternative Singer/Songwriter

The River Doesn't Like…

Chelsea Carmichael

The River Doesn't Like…

Virgin

Contemporary Jazz

Screen Violence

Chvrches

Screen Violence

Glassnote Entertainment Group

Indie Electronic

Playground in a Lake

Clark

Playground in a Lake

Decca

IDM

Mother

Cleo Sol

Mother

Forever Living Originals

Alternative R&B

Prosthetic Boombox

Cola Boyy

Prosthetic Boombox

MGMT Records / Record Makers

Alternative Dance

The Tunnel and the Clearing

Colleen

The Tunnel and the Clearing

Thrill Jockey

Indie Electronic

Bloodmoon: I

Converge

Bloodmoon: I

Epitaph

Doom Metal

Coral Island

The Coral

Coral Island

Modern Sky / Run On Records

Alternative/Indie Rock

If Words Were Flowers

Curtis Harding

If Words Were Flowers

Anti-

Retro-Soul

The Nearer the Fountain,…

Damon Albarn

The Nearer the Fountain,…

Transgressive

Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

The Obvious I

Edward Dowie

The Obvious I

Needle Mythology

Indie Electronic

Phantasmagoria or a Different…

Eivind Aarset

Phantasmagoria or a Different…

Jazzland / Jazzland

Ambient

Dear America

Eric Bibb

Dear America

Provogue

Contemporary Blues

Flat White Moon

Field Music

Flat White Moon

Memphis Industries

Alternative/Indie Rock

Medicine at Midnight

Foo Fighters

Medicine at Midnight

RCA

Post-Grunge

For as Long as I Can Remember

Geoffrey O'Connor

For as Long as I Can Remember

Chapter Music

Indie Pop

Shade

Grouper

Shade

Kranky

Alternative Singer/Songwriter

If I Can't Have Love,…

Halsey

If I Can't Have Love,…

Capitol / EMI / EMI Records

Left-Field Pop

Far In

Helado Negro

Far In

4AD

Indie Electronic

Beethoven: Symphony No.…

Manfred Honeck

Beethoven: Symphony No.…

Reference Recordings

Symphony

Mood Valiant

Hiatus Kaiyote

Mood Valiant

Brainfeeder

Alternative R&B

Open Door Policy

The Hold Steady

Open Door Policy

Positive Jams

Indie Rock

The Horses and the Hounds

James McMurtry

The Horses and the Hounds

New West

Roots Rock

Jubilee

Japanese Breakfast

Jubilee

Dead Oceans

Indie Pop

Dear Love

Jazzmeia Horn

Dear Love

Empress Legacy Records

Post-Bop

Pärt: Passio

Helsinki Chamber Choir

Pärt: Passio

BIS

Choral

Brighten

Jerry Cantrell

Brighten

Jerry Cantrell

Alternative Pop/Rock

Septet

John Carroll Kirby

Septet

Stones Throw

Contemporary Jazz

We Are

Jon Batiste

We Are

Verve

Contemporary R&B

Presentable Corpse 002

Jorge Elbrecht

Presentable Corpse 002

O Genesis / Republic of Music

Indie Pop

KG0516

Karol G

KG0516

Universal

Latin Dance

Broken Land 2

Kenneth Whalum

Broken Land 2

Broken Land

Alternative R&B

Butterfly 3000

King Gizzard & the Lizard…

Butterfly 3000

KGLW

Alternative/Indie Rock

Haydn: Piano Sonatas,…

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Haydn: Piano Sonatas,…

Chandos

Keyboard

Fatigue

L'Rain

Fatigue

Mexican Summer

Alternative/Indie Rock

Pink Noise

Laura Mvula

Pink Noise

Atlantic

Left-Field Pop

Montero

Lil Nas X

Montero

Columbia

Contemporary Rap

Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham

Reprise / Rhino

Contemporary Pop/Rock

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Little Simz

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Age 101

British Rap

Soberish

Liz Phair

Soberish

Chrysalis Records

Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Former Things

LoneLady

Former Things

Warp

Alternative/Indie Rock

Native Sons

Los Lobos

Native Sons

New West

Alternative/Indie Rock

For Allting

Makthaverskan

For Allting

Run for Cover Records

Noise Pop

Portas

Marisa Monte

Portas

Sony Music Latin

MPB

The Path of the Clouds

Marissa Nadler

The Path of the Clouds

Sacred Bones

Alternative/Indie Rock

Hushed and Grim

Mastodon

Hushed and Grim

Reprise

Heavy Metal

Im Abendrot: Wagner, Pfitzner,…

Matthias Goerne

Im Abendrot: Wagner, Pfitzner,…

Deutsche Grammophon

Vocal Music

Afrique Victime

Mdou Moctar

Afrique Victime

Matador

Desert Blues

The Marfa Tapes

Jack Ingram

The Marfa Tapes

SME / Sony Music

Country-Folk

Overtones for the Omniverse

Mocky

Overtones for the Omniverse

Heavy Sheet

Chamber Pop

As the Love Continues

Mogwai

As the Love Continues

Rock Action

Experimental Rock

Dark in Here

The Mountain Goats

Dark in Here

Merge

Alternative/Indie Rock

AAI

Mouse on Mars

AAI

Thrill Jockey

Electronica

Space 1.8

Nala Sinephro

Space 1.8

Warp

Contemporary Jazz

Sour

Olivia Rodrigo

Sour

Geffen

Pop

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet;…

Klenke-Quartett

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet;…

Accentus

Chamber Music

To Hell with It

PinkPantheress

To Hell with It

Parlophone

Left-Field Pop

Beethoven: Sonatas 4,…

Viktoria Mullova

Beethoven: Sonatas 4,…

Onyx Classics

Chamber Music

Whole Lotta Red

Playboi Carti

Whole Lotta Red

AWGE / Interscope

Contemporary Rap

Cyclorama

Polo & Pan

Cyclorama

Universal

Indie Pop

Uncommon Weather

The Reds, Pinks & Purples

Uncommon Weather

Slumberland

Indie Pop

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

René Jacobs

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

Harmonia Mundi

Choral

Sharecropper's Son

Robert Finley

Sharecropper's Son

Easy Eye Sound / Universal

Black Gospel

Play with the Changes

Rochelle Jordan

Play with the Changes

Young Art

Alternative R&B

Ontology

Roxana Amed

Ontology

Sony Music / Sony Music Latin

Global Jazz

I've Been Trying to Tell…

Saint Etienne

I've Been Trying to Tell…

Heavenly

Alternative/Indie Rock

Bye for Now

Smile Machine

Bye for Now

Exploding in Sound

Indie Rock

Black to the Future

Sons of Kemet

Black to the Future

Impulse!

African Traditions

Bright Green Field

Squid

Bright Green Field

Warp

New Wave/Post-Punk Revival

Other You

Steve Gunn

Other You

Matador

Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Shirushi

Teke::Teke

Shirushi

Kill Rock Stars

Alternative/Indie Rock

Drones

Terrace Martin

Drones

BMG / Sounds of Crenshaw

Contemporary R&B

Blk2Life/A Future Past

Theo Croker

Blk2Life/A Future Past

Masterworks

Electric Jazz

Thirstier

Torres

Thirstier

Merge

Alternative/Indie Rock

Glow On

Turnstile

Glow On

Roadrunner Records

Alternative/Indie Rock

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

Tyler, The Creator

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

Columbia

Alternative Rap

The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions…

Valerie June

The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions…

Concord / Fantasy

Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Liszt: Inspirations

Olivier Latry

Liszt: Inspirations

La Dolce Volta

Keyboard

Ignorance

The Weather Station

Ignorance

Fat Possum Records

Indie Folk

The Dept. of Discontinued…

The William Loveday Intention

The Dept. of Discontinued…

Damaged Goods

Alternative/Indie Rock

Blue Weekend

Wolf Alice

Blue Weekend

Dirty Hit

Indie Rock

Urban Driftwood

Yasmin Williams

Urban Driftwood

Spinster Records

New Acoustic

 
 

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