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2021 Music

Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

09 December 2021

Nurture - Porter Robinson

Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019]

  1. Nurture
    Porter Robinson
  2. Hey What
    Low
  3. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
  4. Mythopoetics
    Half Waif
  5. Glow On
    Turnstile
  6. An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
    Cassandra Jenkins
  7. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
  8. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
    Little Simz
  9. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
  10. Fatigue
    L'Rain
  11. In Heaven
    Strand of Oaks
  12. Entertainment, Death
    The Spirit Of The Beehive
  13. The Turning Wheel
    Spellling
  14. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
  15. one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
    Ada Lea
  16. Sinner Get Ready
    Lingua Ignota
  17. Any Shape You Take
    Indigo De Souza
  18. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  19. Mercurial World
    Magdalena Bay
  20. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
  21. Ultrapop
    The Armed
  22. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
  23. I Know I'm Funny haha
    Faye Webster
  24. Vulture Prince
    Arooj Aftab
  25. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
  26. A Billion Little Lights
    Wild Pink
  27. Draw Down The Moon
    Foxing
  28. Cavalcade
    black midi
  29. Una Rosa
    Xenia Rubinos
  30. Let Me Do One More
    illuminati hotties
  31. Fun House
    Hand Habits
  32. Carnage
    Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
  33. Bright Green Field
    Squid
  34. Death of a Cheerleader
    Pom Pom Squad
  35. Engine of Hell
    Emma Ruth Rundle
  36. Shade
    Grouper
  37. Cool Dry Place
    Katy Kirby
  38. -io
    Circuit Des Yeux
  39. Valentine
    Snail Mail
  40. maybe next time
    allie
  41. To See the Next Part of the Dream
    Parannoul
  42. Thirstier
    Torres
  43. I Want The Door To Open
    Lala Lala
  44. Show Me How You Disappear
    IAN SWEET
  45. Sling
    Clairo
  46. A Way Forward
    Nation of Language
  47. Bodies of Water
    Moontype
  48. MiiRROR
    BABii
  49. Collapsed in Sunbeams
    Arlo Parks
  50. a softer focus
    claire rousay

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