SputnikMusic - Staff’s Top 50 Albums of 2021
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50. Coevality – Multiple Personalities
49. CHVRCHES – Screen Violence
48. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Carnage
47. Iron Maiden – Senjutsu
46. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
45. The Exit Bags – Tower of Quiet
44. Kayo Dot – Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike
43. Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant
42. Emily Scott Robinson – American Siren
41. Lil Ugly Mane – Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern
40. Corbin – Ghost with Skin
39. Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee
38. Black Country, New Road – For the first time
37. Angels and Airwaves – Lifeforms
36. Empyrium – Über den Sternen
35. Genesis Owusu – Smiling with No Teeth
34. Grouper – Shade
33. Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind
32. JPEGMAFIA – LP!
31. Claire Rousay – it was always worth it / ilysm
30. Alora Crucible – Thymiamatascension
29. Cynic – Ascension Codes
28. Fire-Toolz – Eternal Home
27. Lucy Dacus – Home Video
26. Laura Stevenson – Laura Stevenson
25. Tribulation – Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
24. Ethereal Shroud – Trisagion
23. Trophy Scars – Astral Pariah
22. King Woman – Celestial Blues
21. Low – Hey What
20. Deafheaven – Infinite Granite
19. Spiritbox – Eternal Blue
18. Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Noktvrn
17. Dvne – Etemen Ænka
16. Dale Kerrigan – noise bitch
15. Limp Bizkit – Still Sucks
14. Wolves in the Throne Room – Primordial Arcana
13. Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark
12. Ad Nauseam – Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
11. Swallow the Sun – Moonflowers
10. The Killers – Pressure Machine
9. Julien Baker – Little Oblivions
8. Sweet Trip – A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
7. Iosonouncane – IRA
6. Musk Ox – Inheritance
5. Converge – Bloodmoon: I
4. Injury Reserve – By the Time I Get to Phoenix
3. Every Time I Die – Radical
2. The World Is a Beautiful Place… – Illusory Walls
1. Mastodon – Hushed and Grim
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