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Poll Of Polls 2021 - Little Simz

The ultimate, definitive Best Albums Of 2021

It's the annual ADM Poll of Polls, our roundup of the critics' end-of-year best albums lists - the ultimate, definitive Best Of The Best Ofs, 2021.

We've compiled the rankings from all those magazines, newspapers and websites among our sources which publish their albums of the year. The end result is a comprehensive reflection of the critical favourites of the year. It's the ultimate, definitive "Best of the Best Albums of 2021" chart.

Sources included are: Albumism, AV Club, Beats Per Minute, Clash, Consequence of Sound, Crack, DIY, Dork, Entertainment Weekly, Evening Standard, Exclaim, Gigwise, God is in the TV, Kerrang!, Loud & Quiet, Mojo, musicOMH, NME, No Ripcord, Northern Transmissions, Paste, Pitchfork, Pop Matters, Rolling Stone, Spectrum Culture, Slant, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Times, The Line of Best Fit, The Observer, The Quietus, The Skinny, Uncut, XS Noize

(50pts are awarded to the album named No.1, 49pts to the No.2 and so on).

So here is the final list along with the points each album earned.

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  1. 1154 Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
  2. 939 Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
  3. 830 Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
  4. 821 Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
  5. 774 Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
  6. 755 Low - Hey What
  7. 749 Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
  8. 729 Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
  9. 700 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
  10. 649 Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

  11. 592 The Weather Station - Ignorance
  12. 564 Snail Mail - Valentine
  13. 549 Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
  14. 536 Lil Nas X - MONTERO
  15. 530 Turnstile - GLOW ON
  16. 529 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
  17. 496 Black Country, New Road - For the first time
  18. 474 Squid - Bright Green Field
  19. 448 The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
  20. 408 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 

  21. 393 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
  22. 388 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
  23. 382 Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
  24. 381 For Those I Love - For Those I Love
  25. 375 Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
  26. 363 Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
  27. 357 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
  28. 342 St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
  29. 336 Lucy Dacus - Home Video
  30. 272 SAULT - Nine 

  31. 271 Adele - 30
  32. 255 Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
  33. 245 serpentwithfeet - DEACON
  34. 244 Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
  35. 242 Clairo - Sling
  36. 241 Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
  37. 237 PinkPantheress - to hell with it
  38. 235 Ghetts - Conflict Of Interest
  39. 224 Mogwai - As the Love Continues
  40. 221 The Armed - Ultrapop

  41. 212 black midi - Cavalcade
  42. 204 Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take
  43. 196 Idles - CRAWLER
  44. 188 The Bug - Fire
  45. 182 Bicep - Isles
  46. 181 SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
  47. 172 Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
  48. 169 Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
  49. 167 Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
  50. 166 Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready

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