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Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021

16 December 2021

Hey What - Low

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2012]

  1. Hey What
    Low
  2. Cavalcade
    black midi
  3. Sinner Get Ready
    Lingua Ignota
  4. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
  5. Jade
    Pan Daijing
  6. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
  7. Entertainment, Death
    The Spirit Of The Beehive
  8. Haram
    Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
  9. Prioritise Pleasure
    Self Esteem
  10. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  11. A Martyr’s Reward
    Ka
  12. -io
    Circuit Des Yeux
  13. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
  14. Far In
    Helado Negro
  15. An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
    Cassandra Jenkins
  16. Deacon
    serpentwithfeet
  17. We Are Always Alone
    portrayal of guilt
  18. CHRISTFUCKER
    portrayal of guilt
  19. GUMBO'!
    Pink Siifu
  20. Waking the Dreaming Body
    Karima Walker
  21. Celestial Blues
    King Woman
  22. Bright Green Field
    Squid
  23. Candy Racer
    Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
  24. I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses
    Backxwash
  25. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
  26. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
  27. Menneskekollektivet
    Lost Girls
  28. Public Storage
    Hana Vu
  29. Seek Shelter
    Iceage
  30. Carnage
    Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
  31. The Turning Wheel
    Spellling
  32. Reflection
    Loraine James
  33. Valentine
    Snail Mail
  34. Man Made
    Greentea Peng
  35. a softer focus
    claire rousay
  36. A Common Turn
    Anna B Savage
  37. Second Line
    Dawn Richard
  38. Mother
    Cleo Sol
  39. Vulture Prince
    Arooj Aftab
  40. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
    Injury Reserve
  41. Orca
    NTsKi
  42. Infinite Granite
    Deafheaven
  43. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
  44. Any Shape You Take
    Indigo De Souza
  45. Monsters
    Sophia Kennedy
  46. Navy’s Reprise
    Navy Blue
  47. Portas
    Marisa Monte
  48. Gas Lit
    Divide and Dissolve
  49. Formula of Love: O+T=<3
    Twice
  50. Black Encyclopedia of the Air
    Moor Mother
  51. Shade
    Grouper

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