Year-End Lists

Far Out Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. New Long Leg
   Dry Cleaning
2. Jubilee
   Japanese Breakfast
3. Bright Green Field
   Squid
4. Things Take Time, Take Time
   Courtney Barnett
5. Sympathy for Life
   Parquet Courts
6. Blue Weekend
   Wolf Alice
7. Crawler
   Idles
8. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
9. Home Video
   Lucy Dacus
10. Valentine
    Snail Mail
11. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
12. As The Love Continues
    Mogwai
13. Collapsed in Sunbeams
    Arlo Parks
14. Carnage
    Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
15. Glow On
    Turnstile
16. As Days Get Dark
    Arab Strap
17. Seventeen Going Under
    Sam Fender
18. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
    Damon Albarn
19. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
20. Comfort To Me
    Amyl and The Sniffers
21. Prioritise Pleasure
    Self Esteem
22. Far In
    Helado Negro
23. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
24. Isles
    Bicep
25. Cavalcade
    black midi
26. Black To The Future
    Sons of Kemet
27. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
28. Little Oblivions
    Julien Baker
29. Drunk Tank Pink
    Shame
30. An Evening with Silk Sonic
    Silk Sonic
31. Nine
    Sault
32. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
33. Sling
    Clairo
34. For Those I Love
    For Those I Love
35. I Know I'm Funny haha
    Faye Webster
36. Hey What
    Low
37. Any Shape You Take
    Indigo De Souza
38. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
39. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
40. Tyron
    slowthai
41. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
42. Spare Ribs
    Sleaford Mods
43. Loving In Stereo
    Jungle
44. sketchy.
    Tune-Yards
45. How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
    Big Red Machine
46. On All Fours
    Goat Girl
47. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
48. Projector
    Geese
49. In These Silent Days
    Brandi Carlile
50. How Beautiful Life Can Be
    The Lathums