Year-End Lists

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Outside Child - Allison Russell

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Chris Willman

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Jem Aswad

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

The 75 Best Albums of 2021 PopMatters

For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Albums of the Year 2021 Loud And Quiet

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Slant

Whole Lotta Red - Playboi Carti

Best Music of 2021 Washington Post: Chris Richards

Fatigue - L'Rain

Top 50 Albums of 2021 The Wire

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Top 50 Albums of 2021 Consequence

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 The Ringer

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Billboard

Hey What - Low

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Treble

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

The 50 Best Albums Of 2021 Stereogum

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Time

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

50 Best Albums of 2021 Rolling Stone

29: Written In Stone - Carly Pearce

Albums of the Year 2021 Holler

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Favorite Albums of 2021 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

30 - Adele

Best Albums of 2021 New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz

When Smoke Rises - Mustafa

Best Albums of 2021 New York Times: Jon Caramanica

Deja - Bomba Estéreo

Best Albums of 2021 New York Times: Jon Pareles

Mercurial World - Magdalena Bay

Albums of 2021 Gorilla vs. Bear

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

50 Best Albums of 2021 NPR Music

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Best Albums of 2021 Complex

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