Year-End Lists

The Quietus: Albums of the Year 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Fire
   The Bug
2. im hole
   aya
3. Black Metal 2
   Dean Blunt
4. Ignorance
   The Weather Station
5. Great Spans of Muddy Time
   William Doyle
6. Reflection
   Loraine James
7. Henki
   Richard Dawson & Circle
8. Tewari
   Scotch Rolex
9. Spare Ribs
   Sleaford Mods
10. Deep England
    Gazelle Twin & NYX
11. Quattro
    Tanz Mein Herz
12. The Apple Drop
    Liars
13. Gas Lit
    Divide and Dissolve
14. Ultrapop
    The Armed
15. Fatigue
    L'Rain
16. Intimate Immensity
    Tomaga
17. Colourgrade
    Tirzah
18. As Days Get Dark
    Arab Strap
19. Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
    Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective
20. Cavalcade
    black midi
21. Whose Woods These Are
    Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis
22. Quivering In Time
    Eris Drew
23. Astro Tough
    Audiobooks
24. Open Arms to Open Us
    Ben LaMar Gay
25. XMIT
    Microcorps
26. still slipping vol. 1
    Joy Orbison
27. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
    Little Simz
28. All Skies Have Sounded
    The Transcendence Orchestra
29. Hard Feelings
    Hard Feelings
30. Drool
    Part Chimp
31. Play With the Changes
    Rochelle Jordan
32. oddkin
    ioulus
33. Tidibàbide / Turn
    Kìzis
34. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
35. Honest Labour
    Space Afrika
36. Crowlink
    Shirley Collins
37. Pool
    Skee Mask
38. Departing Like Rivers
    Shackleton
39. Shade
    Grouper
40. The Obvious I
    Ed Dowie
41. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
42. The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid
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43. G_d's Pee at State's End!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
44. Sensational
    Erika de Casier
45. Earth Mirror
    Hawthonn
46. A/am/ams (come ashore, turn over)
    Rufus Isabel Elliot
47. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
48. Skylla
    Ruth Goller
49. XXI
    Succumb
50. Working With God
    Melvins
51. Frog of Earth
    Frog of Earth
52. 'Me Hollywood'
    Oliver Leith
53. Never The Right Time
    Andy Stott
54. At Death's Door
    Goodbye World
55. MELT
    Slikback
56. Four Assignments
    Max Syedtollan / Plus-Minus Ensemble
57. Nothing New Under the Sun
    Time Binding Ensemble
58. Mayan Space Station
    William Parker
59. Nonexistent
    Nonexistent
60. Norwegian Gothic
    Årabrot
61. Searching For The Disappeared Hour
    Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson
62. The Ultra Vivid Lament
    Manic Street Preachers
63. a softer focus
    claire rousay
64. Axis
    Helm
65. Sling
    Clairo
66. Embassy Nocturnes
    Aging ~ Land Trance
67. La consolation des violettes
    Rien Virgule
68. Flock
    Jane Weaver
69. Forfolks
    Jeff Parker
70. Celestial Scuzz
    Vapour Theories
71. The Nightmare of Being
    At the Gates
72. La Mort Du Sens
    Gnod
73. OK Box
    Ursula Sereghy
74. The Temple Pillars Dissolve Into The Clouds
    Bloody Head
75. Midnight Train
    Jorja Chalmers
76. No Live ’Til Leather '98
    Leather Rats
77. Agor
    Koreless
78. Forest Of Your Problems
    Snapped Ankles
79. Tempest Revisited
    Hedvig Mollestad
80. CXXI
    Richard Youngs
81. Bright Green Field
    Squid
82. Mirage
    Mirage
83. These Feral Lands: May Sounds
    Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis
84. Vol. 2
    My Bloody Sex Party
85. Victory Belongs To Those Who Fight For A Right Cause
    Taqbir
86. Convertible
    The Altered Hours
87. One Dazzling Moment
    Perkins & Federwisch
88. Bloodmoon: I
    Converge & Chelsea Wolfe
89. Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking
    Fluisteraars
90. gwneud a gwneud eto / do and do again
    Angharad Davies
91. Ookii Gekkou
    Vanishing Twin
92. Vocal Sketches from Oaxaca
    Antonina Nowacka
93. Glow On
    Turnstile
94. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
95. Alkisah
    Senyawa
96. A Night At The Baths
    Ruth Mascelli
97. Former Things
    LoneLady
98. Hey What
    Low
99. Cobalt Desert Oasis
    Marco Shuttle
100. I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
     Celestial