Lists
- Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
- Wired: Jason Parham: The 8 Best Albums of 2021
- NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
- Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
- Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2021
- Complex: The Best Albums of 2021
- The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
- Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
- Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
- Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021
- Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2021
- Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
- Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
- Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
- NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
- Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
- PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
- Clash: Albums of the Year 2021
- Hanif Abdurraqib: 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021