Best Albums of 2021

freakboy1610

Dinosaur Jr - Sweep it Into Space

The Bevis Frond - Little Eden 

poopot

Kittyfrisk said:

Hesitant to suggest this as it might make a certain someone insufferable   but it is genuinely the only new album I have bought this year.
So, I nominate 'The World Inside' by our own Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster.
(The vinyl is a really good listen).

He’s already insufferable but… have to agree it’s a cracking album…

as is Rain Shadows Drift - Horizoneer ( @Cirrus )

but… 2021 ain’t over yet

WiresDreamDisasters

Kittyfrisk said:

Hesitant to suggest this as it might make a certain someone insufferable   but it is genuinely the only new album I have bought this year.
So, I nominate 'The World Inside' by our own Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster.
(The vinyl is a really good listen).

 

TTBZ

Every Time I Die - Radical

The Bronx VI 

Those are my two standouts for the year. The new Green Lung is very good too but the vocals are a bit too similar to Ozzy for me to love it. Some absolutely huge riffs on there though such as Old Gods.

I've also been listening to the new Idles album and it's not bad. I really wasn't a fan of their older stuff apart from a few tracks. I just think there are other bands who do the angry noise rock thing better and with more conviction. But this is a bit different/unique and I'm enjoying it so far.

The new Mastodon is ok but too much filler (imo) to make it onto best albums for me. A few great moments but far from their best work.

@Dopesick looks like we have similar tastes so I'll have to check out some of those on your list. I was listening to that Bummer album earlier, great band. Looking forward to the new Whores album in 2022.

Dopesick

@TTBZ yeah I love a bit of noise rock. Make sure you check out that Cherubs EP too. I mean I will admit it’s not fantastic but it’s pretty damn solid.

Funkfingers

The only 2021 release of new material that I can remember purchasing is Liquid Tension Experiment 3. 

Placidcasual79

A lot of love for St Vincent - Daddy's Home and Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend. I really enjoyed both records but really think Daddy's Home is a potential classic - it has real depth

joetele

Oh I also really liked 'Texis' by Sleigh Bells. Their recent KEXP performance was great. 

ICBM

ABBA - Voyage

OK, it's not the best album of 2021. But it is the one I was looking forward to most, and it's better than I hoped (or possibly more accurately feared!) it would be, so I am not disappointed, and I've probably listened to it more than any other new album this year despite only having it for 10 days.

Philly_Q

Philly_Q said:

As usual I haven't actually bought or heard many new albums this year...

Mastodon - Hushed and Grim
Green Lung - Black Harvest
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu

It's still 2021 so I'll add one more to my small list of this year's acquisitions:

Khemmis - Deceiver

ewal

I've had quite a dry year music wise, so predictable I know, but Low - Hey What by a considerable distance.

WiresDreamDisasters

I definitely had the best album all year.

Boromedic

Motorheart by The Darkness, some quality tunes.

MagicPigDetective

A late contender and on my list, the new Converge with Chelsea Wolfe album, Bloodmoon, is excellent.

Deadman

I like Beach house’s new EP but that’s about it.

markv

Up until this weekend I would have said my favourite album from 2021 was Public Service Broadcasting's Bright Magic but then I came across An Evening With Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) and it is fantastic. So that. Also I haven't listened to The War On Drugs' new one much yet, but that's probably a candidate.

Bluebeard

Just been listening to the two albums Tom Morellos release this year - The Atlas Underground Fire and Flood.

All the songs are collabarations with various artists including Idles, Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Rodrigo y Gabrilla, Kirk Hammet, Alex Lifeson and many more. 

They really jump from genre to genre so I doubt many people will like all the tracks and some of the more experimental, edm tracks fall short but its worth a listen.

equalsql

David Crosby - For Free.
Black Keys - American Kreme
Sarah Jarosz - Blue Heron Suite

I have to say that David Crosby's output in the past three years has been amazing. Some incredible song writing...

Deadman

I’m going to add the masssively well known (on here anyways) Maston - Souvenir and Villagers - Fever dreams...to the mix. 

Moominpapa

I've hardly listened to any new albums this year, but I will give a shout out to Lammas Fair by Yorkshire musician Henry Parker.