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MCCh 2021 (08) May 15

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The best albums of 2021 (update May 15)

The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 33 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.

The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Dansende Beren (New this year thanks to Chilton's proposal); Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash; DIY; God Is In The Tv; Load And Quiet; Music OMH; NME; The Guardian; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; Beats Per Minute; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture; Under The Radar

Highlights: Rob makes the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, etc…

Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score

Out:
The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy
Du Blonde: Homecoming
The Staves: Good Woman


45 - Tomahawk: Tonic Immobility - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Tattoo Zero – Howlie – Business Casual
Alternative Rock



44 - Katy Kirby: Cool Dry Place – 75,0 (79,0 / 9)
Highlights: Cool Dry Place – Juniper – Traffic!
Singer-Songwriter



43 - Celeste: Not Your Muse - 75,2 (77,2 / 15)
Highlights: Stop This Flame – Strange - Ideal Woman
Neo-Soul



42 - Madlib: Sound Ancestors - 75,2 (76,9 / 16)
Highlights: Road of the Lonely Ones – Dirtknock - Chino
Instrumental Hip Hop



41 - Girl In Red: If I Can Make It Go Quiet - 75,2 (75,2 / 21)
Highlights: Rue – Serotonin – Midnight Love
Indie Pop



40 - Dinosaur Jr: Sweep It Into Space - 75,5 (74,8 / 23)
Highlights: Garden – I Ran Away – I Ain’t
Alternative Rock



39 - Virginia Wing: Private Life - 75,7 (80,0 / 8)
Highlights: I’m Holding Out for Something – St. Francis Fountain – Moon Turn Tides
Art Pop



38 - The Coral: Coral Island - 75,8 (79,5 / 10)
Highlights: Faceless Angel - Autumn Has Come - Lover Undiscovered
Indie Rock



37 - Ghetts: Conflict Of Interest - 75,9 (80,6 / 7)
Highlights: IC3 – Little Bo Peep - Mozambique
UK Hip Hop



36 - Cassandra Jenkins: An Overview On Phenomenal Nature – 75,9 (80,3 / 8)
Highlights: Hard Drive – Crosshairs – New Bikini
Singer-Songwriter



35 - Leon Vynehall: Rare, Forever – 76,0 (79,4 / 11)
Highlights: Mothra – Dumbo – Snakeskin ∞ Has-Been
Ambient Techno



34 - Kiwi Jr.: Cooler Returns – 76,1 (78,1 / 15)
Highlights: Undecided Voters – Waiting in Line – Only Here for a Haircut
Indie Rock



33 - Bicep: Isles – 76,2 (75,5 / 23)
Highlights: Atlas – Sundial - Saku
Future Garage



32 - Pauline Anna Strom: Angel Tears in Sunlight – 76,5 (80,4 / 9)
Highlights: Tropical Convergence – Temple Gardens at Midnight – The Pulsation
Ambient



31 - Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales – 76,7 (79,7 / 12)
Highlights: Lost One – Pick Up Your Feelings – Girl Like Me
Neo-Soul



30 - Viagra Boys: Welfare Jazz - 76,7 (75,7 / 24)
Highlights: Creatures – Girls & Boys – Ain’t Nice
Post-Punk



29 - Genesis Owusu: Smiling With No Teeth - 76,8 (80,5 / 10)
Highlights: A Song About Fishing – The Other Black Dog – Drown
Neo-Soul



28 - Jane Weaver: Flock – 77,0 (79,3 / 14)
Highlights: Heartlow – Modern Reputation - Solarised
Psychedelic Pop



27 - Slowthai: Tyron – 77,1 (74,1 / 30)
Highlights: Feel Away – Cancelled - Mazza
UK Hip Hop



26 - Sleaford Mods: Spare Ribs – 77,2 (76,2 / 24)
Highlights: Mork n Mindy – Shortcummings – Nudge It
UK Hip Hop



25 – Tribulation: Where The Gloom Becomes Sound - 77,6 (82,3 / 7)
Highlights: Hour of the Wolf – Daughter of the Djinn – Dirge of a Dying Soul
Gothic Metal



24 - The Armed: Ultrapop – 78,0 (81,4 / 11)
Highlights: All Futures – An Iteration – Average Death
Noise Rock



23 - Goat Girl: On All Fours – 78,2 (78,1 / 21)
Highlights: Sad Cowboy – Badibaba – The Crack
Post-Punk



22 - Django Django: Glowing in the Dark - 78,3 (77,6 / 23)
Highlights: Spirals – Waking Up – Glowing in the Dark
Indie Pop



21 - The Anchoress: The Art Of Losing - 78,5 (82,9 / 8)
Highlights: Unravel - The Art of Losing - Show Your Face
Art Rock



20 - Anna B Savage: A Common Turn - 78,6 (81,6 / 12)
Highlights: Corncrakes – BedStuy - Two
Psychedelic Folk



19 - Iceage: Seek Shelter - 78,6 (77,6 / 24)
Highlights: Vendetta – The Holding Hand – Shelter Song
Art Rock



18 - Steve Earle & The Dukes: J.T. - 78,7 (82,0 / 11)
Highlights: Champagne Corolla – Last Words – I Don’t Care
Americana



17 - Mogwai: As The Love Continues - 78,8 (76,2 / 29)
Highlights: Midnight Flit – Ritchie Sacramento – Dry Fantasy
Post Rock



16 - Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club - 78,9 (76,9 / 27)
Highlights: Chemtrails over the Country Club - White Dress - Wild at Heart
Singer-Songwriter



15 - Serpentwithfeet: Deacon – 79,1 (78,1 / 24)
Highlights: Hyacinth - Sailor’s Superstition - Fellowship
Alternative R&B



14 - Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark - 80,9 (79,9 / 24)
Highlights: The Turning of Our Bones - Here Comes Comus! - Tears on Tour
Slowcore



13 - Shame: Drunk Tank Pink – 81,2 (78,5 / 29)
Highlights: Alphabet – Water in the Well – Snow Day
Post-Punk



12 - St. Vincent: Daddy's Home - 81,2 (81,2 / 21)
Highlights: The Melting of the Sun – Down – Down and Out Downtown
Psychedelic Soul



11 - Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg - 81,3 (79,3 / 27)
Highlights: Scratchyard Lanyard - New Long Leg - Strong Feelings
Post-Punk



10 - For Those I Love: For Those I Love - 81,9 (86,3 / 8)
Highlights: I Have a Love - Birthday/ The Pain - Top Scheme
Progressive House



09 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! - 82,4 (80,4 / 27)
Highlights: "Government Came" (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz)/Cliffs Gaze/Cliffs' Gaze at Empty Waters' Rise/Ashes to Sea or Near to Thee - A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job’s Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (ROCKETS FOR MARY) - Fire at Static Valley
Post-Rock



08 - Black Country, New Road: For The First Time – 83,0 (81,0 / 27)
Highlights: Sunglasses – Track X - Instrumental
Experimental Rock



07 - The Weather Station: Ignorance - 83,5 (82,8 / 23)
Highlights: Robber – Parking Lot – Tried to Tell You
Art Pop



06 - Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams – 83,9 (80,9 / 30)
Highlights: Hurt – Eugene – Black Dog
Bedroom Pop



05 - Sons of Kemet: Black To The Future - 84,2 (88,9 / 7)
Highlights: Hustle – Pick Up Your Burning Cross – Field Negus
Jazz



04 - Julien Baker: Little Oblivions – 84,2 (81,2 / 30)
Highlights: Hardline – Ringside – Favor
Singer-Songwriter



03 - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Carnage – 84,9 (83,6 / 25)
Highlights: White Elephant - Hand of God – Old Time
Art Rock



02 - Squid: Bright Green Field - 86,8 (85,4 / 25)
Highlights: Narrator – Pamphlets - Paddling
Art Punk



01 - Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises – 88,4 (87,7 / 23)
Highlights: Movement 1 - Movement 6 - Movement 8
Modern Classical
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Holden wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:54 am Out of curiosity, where do be the albums above 70?
46 - The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy - 74,8 (74,8 / 21)
47 - Marianne Faithfull: She Walks in Beauty - 74,7 (77,7 / 12)
48 - Du Blonde: Homecoming - 74,4 (78,8 / 8)
49 - Porter Robinson: Nurture - 74,4 (78,8 / 8)
50 - The Staves: Good Woman - 74,3 (76,3 / 15)
51 - Iglooghost: Lei Line Eon - 74,1 (78,7 / 7)
52 - Diivde And Dissolve: Gas Lit - 74,0 (78,0 / 9)
53 - Brockhampton: Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine - 74,0 (75,0 / 18)
54 - Tune-Yards: Sketchy. - 74,0 (74,0 / 21)
55 - Taylor Swift: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) - 73,8 (76,8 / 12)
56 - Tom Jones: Surrounded By Time - 73,6 (77,3 / 10)
57 - Valerie June: The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers - 73,6 (76,9 / 11)
58 - Claud: Super Monster - 73,3 (75,0 / 16)
59 - Noga Erez: Kids - 73,3 (78 / 7)
60 - Manchester Orchestra: The Million Masks Of God - 73,3 (76,6 / 11)
61 - Alan Vega: Mutator - 73,2 (77,5 / 8)
62 - Flock of Dimes: Head of Roses - 73,0 (76,4 / 11)
63 - Chad VanGaalen: World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - 72,9 (76,6 / 10)
64 - The Antlers: Green To Gold - 72,7 (74,7 / 15)
65 - William Doyle: Great Spans of Muddy Time - 72,6 (75,3 / 13)
66 - The Body: I've Seen All I Need To See - 72,2 (75,9 / 10)
67 - Cloud Nothings: The Shadow I Remember - 72,1 (73,8 / 16)
68 - A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Invisible Cities - 71,9 (74,9 / 12)
69 - The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstom Warnings... - 71,9 (74,9 / 12)
70 - Puma Blue: In Praise of Shadows - 71,8 (74,8 / 12)
71 - Weezer: OK Human - 71,5 (70,8 / 23)
72 - Lael Neale: Acquainted with Night - 71,5 (76,1 / 7)
73 - Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight - 71,4 (69,7 / 26)
74 - Spirit Of The Beehive: Entertainment, Death - 71,1 (75,1 / 9)
75 - Ryley Walker: Course In Fable - 71,0 (74,4 / 11)
76 - Tindersticks: Distractions - 71,0 (73,4 / 14)
77 - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets: SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound - 71,0 (75,0 / 9)
78 - Still Corners: The Last Exit - 70,8 (74,5 / 10)
79 - James Yorkston And The Second Hand Orchestra: The Wide, Wide River - 70,7 (74,4 / 10)
80 - Pearl Charles: Magic Mirror - 70,5 (74,9 / 8)
81 - La Femme: Paradigmes - 70,3 (74,6 / 8)
82 - Dodie: Build A Problem - 70,2 (74,5 / 8)
83 - Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Superwolves - 70,1 (72,8 / 13)
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To tell the truth, I wasn't expecting St. Vincent to be so low on the list.
Also, a small mistake at n.10, For Those I Love has an average score of 856.3, I think you meant 85.6.
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Thanks for the updated chart, Otisredding!

I noticed that Katy Kirby's 'Cool Dry Place' has a score of 70.0, I guess this should be 75.0?
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youssefds wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 8:41 pm To tell the truth, I wasn't expecting St. Vincent to be so low on the list.
This usually happens when the release date is so close to the MCCh update. It will very likely rise into the next update (unless the coming reviews suddenly turn negative, but that is unusual).

Playlist update will come soon.
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And here is the playlist update:



Hope you people are happy with this substantial update with more new albums at the top. Kind of strange to see Arlo Parks fall out the top 5. For some reason I expected that to be a keeper there.
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Rob wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:57 am
This usually happens when the release date is so close to the MCCh update.
Yes, I'm aware of that, it usually happens when there aren't many reviews because the release is close to the Chart update, but her album has already 21 reviews.
In any case, I like St. Vincent so I'm still going to listen to her.
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youssefds wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 2:01 pm
Rob wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:57 am
This usually happens when the release date is so close to the MCCh update.
In any case, I like St. Vincent so I'm still going to listen to her.
Well, there is no rule you should only listen to top 10 albums. Basically all 45 here are recommended.
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Rob wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 6:33 pm
youssefds wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 2:01 pm
Rob wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 8:57 am
This usually happens when the release date is so close to the MCCh update.
In any case, I like St. Vincent so I'm still going to listen to her.
Well, there is no rule you should only listen to top 10 albums. Basically all 45 here are recommended.
And, going back to the review count, St. Vincent is such a big artist that I wouldn’t be surprised if there were ten more reviews by next update. Additionally, Daddy’s Home has a higher raw score than four of the albums above it, being held back by reviews.

Also, new Sons of Kemet is my AOTY so far, even beating Arlo Parks. Disappointingly though, neither of these two would have cracked my top 10 last year.

I am excited for St. Vincent. Gonna listen to it tomorrow. Her 2014 release is my favorite of that year, so hopefully this one will match it.
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NimueAlban wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 8:44 pm I noticed that Katy Kirby's 'Cool Dry Place' has a score of 70.0, I guess this should be 75.0?
I have already corrected it. Thanks
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youssefds wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 8:41 pm Also, a small mistake at n.10, For Those I Love has an average score of 856.3, I think you meant 85.6.
I have already corrected it. Thanks
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Otisredding wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 9:00 am
youssefds wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 8:41 pm Also, a small mistake at n.10, For Those I Love has an average score of 856.3, I think you meant 85.6.
I have already corrected it. Thanks
One mistake that still stands is the title of the Iceage album, which is Seek Shelter. And The Coral highlights are still missing.
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Rob wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 9:02 am
Otisredding wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 9:00 am
youssefds wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 8:41 pm Also, a small mistake at n.10, For Those I Love has an average score of 856.3, I think you meant 85.6.
I have already corrected it. Thanks
One mistake that still stands is the title of the Iceage album, which is Seek Shelter. And The Coral highlights are still missing.
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Hi! First, thanks so much for doing this, I've been following MCCh for years now and it has broadened my musical horizons beyond what I could have imagined.

Second, I wanted to point out the highlights for Leon Vynehall's "Rare, Forever" are tracks from The Coral's "Coral Island."
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