2021 Albums of the Year

Five Stars: The top 10 albums of the year. Call Spoonful Records and get these on vinyl

1. Lingua Ignota, Sinner Get Ready
2. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Carnage
3. Lil Nas X, Montero
4. June Jones, Leafcutter
5. Dillbilly, Chaparral
6. Black Swan, Repetition Hymns
7. The Bug, Fire
8. Grouper, Shade
9. Sarah Mary Chadwick, Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby
10. Senyawa, AlkisahFour Stars: This is really good stuff. Listen again and again.
11. Thomas Feiner & Anywhen, Opiates Revisited
12. Claire Rousay, An Afternoon Whine
13. Kanye West, Donda
14. Halsey, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
15. girl in red, if i could make it go quiet
16. TV Priest, Uppers
17. Black Dresses, Forever in Your Heart
18. Lingua Ignota, Agnus Dei
19. Deafheaven, Infinite Granite
20. Backxwash, I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and Dresses
21. Arca, Madre
22. Arca, Kick iiiii
23. Arca, Kick iiii
24. Arca, Kick iii
25. Arca Kick ii
26. Tricky, Lonely Guest
27. Little Simz, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
28. screensaver, Expressions of Interest
29. Silk Sonic, An Evening with Silk Sonic
30. illuminati hotties, Let Me Do One More
31. Dry Cleaning, New Long Leg
32. NYX and Gazelle Twin, Deep England
33. Tamar Aphek, All Bets are Off
34. Steve Earle, J. T.
35. Black Country, New Road; For the First Time
36. Bartees Strange, Live at Studio 4
37. Tyler the Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost
38. Billie Eillish, Happier Than Ever
39. Rachika Nayar, Our hands against the dusk
40. John Forte, Vessels, Angels & Ancestors
41. Automotion, In Motion
42. James Blake, Friends That Break Your Heart
43. Peace Chord, Peace Chord
44. Catherine Graindorge, Eldorado
45. Greentea Peng, Man Made
46. shame, Drunk Tank Pink
47. A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Invisible Cities
48. Oh Sees, Weirdo Hairdo
49. Cabaret Voltaire, Shadow of Funk
50. Hali Palombo, Cylinder Loops
51. Meet Me @ The Altar, Model Citizen
52. Warren Ellis & Nick Cave, La Panthére des Neiges
53. Drakeo the Ruler, The Truth Hurts
54. Alan Vega. After Dark
55. Meat Wave, Volcano Park
56. Coldcut, @0
57. Circuit des Yeux, -io
58. Jonsi, Obsidian
59. Violet Cold, Empire of Love
60. Mannequin Pussy, Perfect
61. Angel Olson, Aisles
62. Luca Longobardi, Segments
63. Luca Longobardi, Weltschmerz
64. Bachelor, Doomin’ Sun
65. Bertie Marshall, Exhibit
66. Locked Sailor, Locked Sailor
67. Sloppy Jane, Madison
68. Soley, Mother Melancholia
69. Martina Topley-Bird, Forever I Wait
70. Indigo De Souza, Any Shape You Take
71. Ustad Saami, East Pakistan Sky
72. Steve Von Till, A Deep Voiceless Wilderness
73. Matthew E White & Lonnie Holley, Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection
74. Grip, I Died for This?
75. Adia Victoria, A Southern Gothic
76. Tirzah, Colourgrade
77. Mick Jenkins, Elephant in the Room
78. Spectacular Diagnostics, Ancient Methods
79. Prolaps, Ultra Cycle Pt 1, Vernal Birth
80. Closer, Within One Stem
81. Lushlife, Redamancy
82. El Michels Affair, Yeti Season
83. Alan Vega, Mutator
84. Fog Lake, Tragedy Reel
85. Leslie Jordan, Company’s Comin’
86. Ad Nauseam, Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
87. Claire Rousay, Both
88. Thee Oh Sees, Levitation Sessions Vol 2
89. Closer, Within One Stem
90. The The, The Comeback Special
91. El Love, Love Will Drown the Nest
92. Lael Neale, Acquainted with Night
93. The Armed, Ultrapop
94. Wolves in the Throne, Primordial Arcana
95. Iceage: Seek Shelter
96. Lucy Liyou, Practice
97. Talons’, new nightmares
98. The Underground Youth, The Falling
99. Paul Leary, Born Stupid
100. Cloud Nothings, The Shadow I Remember
101. Tindersticks, Distractions
102. hakobune, Above the Northern Skies Shown
103. L’Orange, The World is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better
104. Ben Marc, Breathe Suite
105. Nuha Ruby Ra, How to Move
106. Ian Sweet, Show Me How You Disappear
107. Uniiqu3, Heartbeats
108. Kill Scott Herron, The Revolution Will Now Be Live Streamed
109. Ana Roxanne, Because of a Flower
110. Hayley Williams, Flowers for Vases /descansos
111. Cabaret Voltaire, Dekadrone
112. Anika Pyle, Wild River
113. Damon Locks Black Movement Ensemble, Now
114. Irena and Vojtech Havlovi, Melodies in the Sand
115. Rats on Rafts, Excerpts from Chapter 3: The Mind Runs a Net of Rabbit Paths
116. Mouse on Mars, Aai
117. Basside and Sophie, F It Up
118. Jimmy Edgar, Cheetah Bend
119. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, B-Sides & Rarities (Part II)
120. Fax Gang, Aethernet
121. Rejoice, Damnation No Longer Hurts
122. Blanck Mass, In Ferneaux
123. Claire Rousay, A Softer Focus
124. John Dwyer, Endless Garbage
125. iamdoechi, Bra-less
126. Atarshi Gakko!, Snacktime
127. Typhoon, Sympathetic Magic
128. slowthai, TYRON
129. Julien Baker, Little Oblivious
130. John Hopkins, Music for Psychedelic Therapy
131. Maassai, With the Saints
132. Mogwai, As the love continues
133. Tommy Genesis, goldilocks x
134. Steven R Smith, The Growing Surface
135. Louisahhh, The Practice of Freedom
136. Zuli, All Caps
137. Viagra Boys, Welfare Jazz
138. Palberta, Palberta5000
139. Goat Girl, On All Fours
140. God Damn, Raw Coward
141. Anna Leone, I’ve Felt All These Things
142. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Brains, Swing from the Sean DeLear
143. WILLOW, lately i feel EVERYTHING
144. Squirrel Flower, Planet (i)
145. Cold Beat, War Garden
146. Courtney Barnett, Things Take Time, Take Time
147. Dinosaur Jr, Sweep It Into Space
148. Sophia Kennedy, Monsters
149. Sharon Van Etten, epic Ten
150. Growing, Diptych
151. Rhiannon Giddens, They’re Calling Me Home
152. Home is Where, I Became Birds
153. Terrace Martin, Drones
154. Jonnine, Blue Hills
155. cehryl, time machine
156. The Staves, Good Woman
157. Pom Pom Squad, Death of a Cheerleader
158. Duran Duran, Future Past
159. Blu DeTiger, How Did We Get Here?
160. Moin, Moot!
161. Stereolab, Electrically Possessed
162. Vegyn, Like a Good Old Friend
163. Parannoul, To See the Next Part of the Dream
164. Thirdface, Do It With a Smile3 Stars: A quality listen. Worth a once through.
165. 645AR,  Most Hated
166. Don Toliver, Life of a DON
167. Turnstile, Glow On
168. Sleaford Mods, Spare Ribs
169. Melvins, Working with God
170. Angel Du$t, YAK: A Collection of Truck Songs
171. Common, A Beautiful Revolution Part 2
172. Heinrich Kobberling, Dissent Chapters 1-10
173. Ty Segall, Harmonizer
174. BADBADNOTGOOD, Talk Memory
175. PinkPantheress, To Hell With It
176. Poppy, Flux
177. Gabe ‘Nandez, Strife
178. Tropical F Storm, Deep States
179. Arooj Aftab, Vulture Prince
180. Hannah Jadagu, What is Going on?
181. Dawn Richard, Boomerang
182. J Cole, The Off-Season
183. Sleater-Kinney, Path of Wellness
184. Finneas, Optimist
185. Remi Wolf, Juno
186. Alien Nosejob, Paint It Clear
187. Joshua Crumbly, ForEver
188. Delivery, Yes We Do
189. Maria Dehart, Quarantunes
190. Nightshift, Zoe
191. Ryan Dugre, Three Rivers
192. Lisel & Booker Stardum, Mycelial Echo
193. Colin Miller, Hook
194. Godspeed You! Black Emperor, G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END
195. The Black Keys, Delta Kream
196. Lily Konigsberg, Lily We Need to Talk Now
197. Spirit of the Beehive, Entertainment, Death
198. Wristwatch, Wristwatch
199. Clark, Playground in a Lake
200. Lilli Lewis, Americana
201. Ty Segall, Harmonizer
202. Mastadon, Hushed and Grim
203. Dropkick Murphys, Turn Up That Dial
204. Sheep, Dog & Wolf, Two-Minds
205. Elori Saxl, The Blue of Distance
206. The Many, Have Mercy
207. Anzahlung, I’ve Lost My Footing on the World
208. Cleo Sol, Mother
209. Celeste, Not Your Muse
210. Dialect, Under-Between
211. Amy Shark, Cry Forever
212. Arlo Parks, Collapsed in Sunbeams
213. dodie, Build a Problem
214. Toth, You and Me and Everything
215. Toth, Death
216. Tems, If Orange was a Place
217. High Contrast, Notes from the Underground Remixes 2.0.zip
218. Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Raise the Roof
219. They Might Be Giants, Book
220. Ashley Monroe, Rosegold
221. Charles Moothart, Soft Crime
222. Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud, The Plugs I Met 2
223. Brian Eno, Film Music: science/fiction
224. Richard Barbieri, Chosen Spells
225. Kosei Fukuda, RUTEN
226. th1rt3en, A Magnificent Day for an Exorcism
227. Brian Eno, Film Music: Voices & Words
228. Another Sky, Music for Winter Vol 1
229. Editrix, Tell Me I’m Bad
230. Amulets, Bloomig
231. Tune-Yards, sketchy.
232. Supercorp, Lissajous I
233. Martin Gore, The Third Chimpanzee
234. John Dwyer, Witch Egg
235. Sal Dulu, Xompulse
236. Anna B Savage, A Common Turn
237. Clever Girls, Constellations
238. The Body, I’ve Seen All that I Need to See
239. 4 Mars, Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
240. Ragazze Quartet & Martijn Cornet, Schubert: Die Winterreise
241. black midi, Cavalcade
242. MODCON, Modern Condition
243. Alewya, Panther in Mode
244. Sons of Kemet, Black to the Future
245. 2nd Generation Wu, Hereditary
246. Revulsion, Revulsion
247. Nana Yamato, Yoakemae
248. Lost Girls, Menneskekollektivet
249. Predznanie, Терапия
250. She was a Visitor, ISO 220320
251. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, L. W.
252. Tinashe, 333
253. Julie Doiron, I Thought of You
254. Pozi, Typing
255. Chuck Johnson, The Cinder Grove
256. Divide and Distress, Gas Lit
257. Genghis Tron, Dream Weapon
258. Wau Wau Collectif, Yaral Sa Doom
259. Mint Julep, In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep
260. The Gubs, Daisy Cutter Genocide
261. nothing, nowhere. Trauma Factory
262. Lord Apex, Smoke Sessions 3
263. LICE, Wasteland: What Ails our People is Clear
264. Pauline Anna Strom, Angel Tears in Sunlight
265. Roy Montgomery, Island of Lost Souls
266. Pillow Dog, Happy Heart Attack Vol 1
267. For Your Health, In Spite Of
268. Psychadelic Porn Crumpets, SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound
269. David Gray, Skellig
270. The Parrots, Dos
271. Billy Nomates. Emergency Telephone
272. Valerie June, The Moon and Stars
273. Really From, Really From
274. Julius Eastman, Femenine
275. Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo, Deep Fried Grandeur
276. Keeks, Heal
277. Helado Negro, Far In
278. Lande Hekt, Going to Hell
279. Kate Davis, Strange Boy
280. Bobby Lee, Origin Myths
281. Ai Yamamoto, Pan de Sonic
282. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory of Ice
283. Pink Sweat$, Pink Planet
284. Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin, $Mokebreak
285. Hand Habits, dirt
286. Yu Su, Yellow River Blue
287. Lorde, Solar Power
288. Octo Octa, She’s Calling
289. Drake, Certified Lover Boy
290. Moon Taxi, Silver Dream
291. Bat Fangs, Queen of My World
292. Mickey Guyton, Remember Her Name
293. Abstract Mindstate, Dreams Still Inspire
294. Logic, Bobby Tarantino III
295. Mason Lindahl, Kissing Rosy in the Rain
296. Kasper Marott, Full Circle
297. Bicep, Isles
298. Central, Bpemr
299. Crumb, Ice Melt
300. Darkside, Spiral
301. Jane Fontana, In Situ
302. Floating Points, Promises
303. New Pagans, The Seed, The Vessels, The Roots and All
304. Middle Kids, Today We’re the Greatest
305. Epitaph, Tears for the Dying
306. Stortregn, Impermanence
307. Suffering Hour, The Cyclic Reckoning
308. Deekapz, Jewel Gems
309. Portrayal of Guilt, We Are Always Alone
310. Perfume Genius, IMMEDIATELY Remixes
311. Yoshinori Hayashi, Pulse of Defiance
312. Big Ghost Ltd & Conway the Machine, If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed
313. Altin Gun, Yol
314. The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, Suns Out Guns Out
315. Mush, Lines Redacted
316. Parquet Courts, Sympathy for Life
317. Virginia Wing, Private Life2 stars: I am not sure what happened here, but something went wrong,
318. Idles, Crawler
319. Tori Amos, Ocean to Ocean
320. Coldplay, Music of the Spheres
321. Lana Del Ray, Blue Banisters
322. Lana Del Rey, Chemtrails Over the Country Club
323. Allie Crow Buckley, Moonlit and Devious no
324. Nermin Niazi, Disco Se Aagay
325. Portrayal of Guilt, We Are Always Alone
326. Voilaaa, Voiciii
327. Miss Grit, Blonde
328. His Name is Alive, Hope is a Candle
329. Pom Poko, Cheater
330. Midnight Sister, Painting the Roses
331. The Dirty Nil, F— Art
332. Marauder, Puissance 4
333. Snacking, Painted Gold
334. Foo Fighters, Medicine at Midnight
335. Edie Brickell & New Bohemiams, Hunter and the Dog Star
336. Sam Dew, Moonlit Fools
337. Passenger, Songs for the Drunk and Brokenhearted1 Star: Turn around now, don’t listen. You can’t unhear what you have heard
338. The Hold Steady, Open Door Policy
339. Cassandra Jenkins, An Overview of Phenomenal Nature
340. Albertine Sarges, The Sticky Fingers
341. Tele Novella, Merlynn Belle
342. Various Artists, Indaba IS
343. The Weather Station, Ignorance