Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2021

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1. Barn
   Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2. Both Ways
   The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band
3. Spilligion
   Spillage Village
4. Sour
   Olivia Rodrigo
5. Angels Over Oakanda
   Burnt Sugar / The Arkestra Chamber
6. Peter Stampfel's 20th Century in 100 Songs
   Peter Stampfel
7. sketchy.
   Tune-Yards
8. Let Me Do One More
   illuminati hotties
9. Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts
   Low Cut Connie
10. Red, White and American Blues (it couldn't happen here)
    Nathan Bell
11. 29
    Carly Pearce
12. In Sickness & In Flames
    The Front Bottoms
13. Path of Wellness
    Sleater-Kinney
14. Live From Blueberry Hill
    Chuck Berry
15. WINK
    CHAI
16. The Work Is Slow
    Body Meπa
17. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
18. purple moonlight pages
    R.A.P. Ferreira
19. Christmas is Right Here
    Lori McKenna
20. Sacred Soul of North Carolina
    various artists
21. Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing
    Joseph Spence
22. Reckless
    Morgan Wade
23. I Got Here by Accident
    Kalie Shorr
24. Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby
    Sarah Mary Chadwick
25. The Horses and the Hounds
    James McMurtry
26. Live In New York
    Khaira Arby
27. Apokalyptickej Pták
    The Plastic People of the Universe
28. Sweet Princess
    Dry Cleaning
29. Anoura
    Anansy Cissé
30. Onetwothree
    Onetwothree
31. Psychodrama
    Dave
32. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
33. Safe Space Invader
    Paris
34. Legends Never Die
    Juice WRLD
35. We're All Alone in This Together
    Dave
36. Things Take Time, Take Time
    Courtney Barnett
37. You Get It All
    Hayes Carll
38. Finding Inspiration Somehow
    Gift Of Gab
39. AZEB
    Mereba
40. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
41. February On Ice
    Joe Fahey
42. Ladies And Germs
    Thomas Anderson
43. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
44. Remember Her Name
    Mickey Guyton
45. Pray For Haiti
    Mach-Hommy
46. Soberish
    Liz Phair
47. Ultra Mono
    Idles
48. 29: Written In Stone
    Carly Pearce
49. Half A Hundred Years
    Asleep At The Wheel
50. Sympathy for Life
    Parquet Courts
51. Planet Her
    Doja Cat
52. Razor Blade Smile
    Emily Duff
53. The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives
    Anthony Joseph
54. Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound
    Kasai Allstars
55. bob’s son: R.A.P. Ferreira in the garden level cafe of the scallops hotel
    R.A.P. Ferreira
56. Limpopo Champions League
    Sho Madjozi
57. Tower of Age
    Lithics
58. if I could make it go quiet
    girl in red
59. Still Woman Enough
    Loretta Lynn
60. 1975
    No-No Boy
61. 11th Street, Sekondi
    Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
62. No Gods No Masters
    Garbage
63. FREE I.H: This Is Not The One You've Been Waiting For
    illuminati hotties
64. I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico
    various artists
65. Georgia Blue
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
66. Love & Rage
    Carsie Blanton
67. Way Down in the Rust Bucket
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
68. I Tape
    Vic Mensa
69. Music to Be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition)
    Eminem
70. Startisha
    Naeem
71. weight of the world
    MIKE