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PopMatters β The 75 Best Albums of 2021
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#1
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
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Little Simz
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#2
Promises
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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#3
Seventeen Going Under
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Sam Fender
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#4
Collapsed In Sunbeams
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Arlo Parks
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#5
Second Line
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Dawn Richard
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#6
Spare Ribs
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Sleaford Mods
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#7
Star-crossed
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Kacey Musgraves
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#8
We're All Alone In This Together
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Dave
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#9
Montero
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Lil Nas X
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#10
Play With The Changes
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Rochelle Jordan
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#11
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
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Injury Reserve
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#12
Infinite Granite
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Deafheaven
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#13
Afrique Victime
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Mdou Moctar
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#14
For The First Time
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Black Country, New Road
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#15
SOUR
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Olivia Rodrigo
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#16
Daddyβs Home
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St. Vincent
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#17
Phantom Cabinet, Vol. 1
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PepΓ© Deluxe
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#18
In These Silent Days
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Brandi Carlile
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#19
Fire
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The Bug
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#20
Mercurial World
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Magdalena Bay
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#21
Reflection
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Loraine James
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#22
Blue Weekend
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Wolf Alice
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#23
Sinner Get Ready
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Lingua Ignota
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#24
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
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Damon Albarn
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#25
Bright Magic
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Public Service Broadcasting
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#26
Valentine
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Snail Mail
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#27
The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
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Valerie June
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#28
Ignorance
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The Weather Station
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#29
Smiling With No Teeth
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Genesis Owusu
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#30
Jubilee
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Japanese Breakfast
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#31
Flying Dream 1
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Elbow
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#32
Black Encyclopedia Of The Air
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Moor Mother
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#33
Too Loyal For My Own Good
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Headie One
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#34
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
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Lana Del Rey
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#35
Urban Driftwood
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Yasmin Williams
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#36
They're Calling Me Home
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Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#37
Wary And Strange
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Amythyst Kiah
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#38
Little Oblivions
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Julien Baker
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#39
Far In
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Helado Negro
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#40
Long Time Coming
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Sierra Ferrell
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#41
I Lie Here Buried With My Rings And My Dresses
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Backxwash
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#42
Home Video
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Lucy Dacus
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#43
Prioritise Pleasure
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Self Esteem
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#44
Stand For Myself
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Yola
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#45
Happier Than Ever
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Billie Eilish
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#46
I Don't Live Here Anymore
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The War On Drugs
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#47
You Signed Up For This
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Maisie Peters
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#48
An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
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Cassandra Jenkins
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#49
G_d's Pee At STATE'S END!
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#50
Screen Violence
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CHVRCHΞS
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#51
On All Fours
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Goat Girl
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#52
You Get It All
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Hayes Carll
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#53
Vince Staples
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Vince Staples
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#54
Mood Valiant
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Hiatus Kaiyote
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#55
Loving In Stereo
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Jungle
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#56
Glow On
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Turnstile
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#57
Flock
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Jane Weaver
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#58
Colors II
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Between The Buried And Me
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#59
Boy From Michigan
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John Grant
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#60
Things Take Time, Take Time
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Courtney Barnett
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#61
All Hours
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Anz
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#62
Hushed And Grim
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Mastodon
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#63
In The Meantime
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Alessia Cara
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#64
Natten
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Bremer/mccoy
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#65
Celestial Blues
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King Woman
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#66
Leftover Feelings
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John Hiatt/jerry Douglas
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#67
Music For Psychedelic Therapy
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Jon Hopkins
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#68
Tough Cookies: Best Of The Quarantine Broadcasts
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Low Cut Connie
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#69
Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
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Aaron Lee Tasjan
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#70
Senjutsu
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Iron Maiden
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#71
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
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Halsey
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#72
Terrain
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Portico Quartet
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#73
Cavalcade
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Black Midi
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#74
Yol
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AltΔ±n GΓΌn
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
#75
As The Love Continues
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Mogwai
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
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