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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- 1154 Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be
Introvert
- 939 Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
- 830 Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London
Symphony Orchestra - Promises
- 821 Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET
LOST
- 774 Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
- 755 Low - Hey What
- 749 Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
- 729 Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
- 700 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
- 649 Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
- 592 The Weather Station - Ignorance
- 564 Snail Mail - Valentine
- 549 Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
- 536 Lil Nas X - MONTERO
- 530 Turnstile - GLOW ON
- 529 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis -
CARNAGE
- 496 Black Country, New Road - For the first
time
- 474 Squid - Bright Green Field
- 448 The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here
Anymore
- 408 Billie Eilish - Happier Than
Ever
- 393 Dave - We're All Alone In This
Together
- 388 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
- 382 Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
- 381 For Those I Love - For Those I Love
- 375 Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On
Phenomenal Nature
- 363 Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want
Power
- 357 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
- 342 St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
- 336 Lucy Dacus - Home Video
- 272 SAULT - Nine
- 271 Adele - 30
- 255 Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country
Club
- 245 serpentwithfeet - DEACON
- 244 Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
- 242 Clairo - Sling
- 241 Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
- 237 PinkPantheress - to hell with it
- 235 Ghetts - Conflict Of Interest
- 224 Mogwai - As the Love Continues
- 221 The Armed - Ultrapop
- 212 black midi - Cavalcade
- 204 Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take
- 196 Idles - CRAWLER
- 188 The Bug - Fire
- 182 Bicep - Isles
- 181 SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT,
DEATH
- 172 Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take
Time
- 169 Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
- 167 Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
- 166 Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
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