Stereogum - Best albums of 2021 so far

List of the best albums or songs of the year so far (half-year lists).
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Stereogum - Best albums of 2021 so far

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Non eligible, but still interesting ! https://www.stereogum.com/2149054/best- ... lbum-list/

50) Floatie - Voyage Out (Exploding In Sound)
49) Parannoul - To See The Next Part Of The Dream (Self-Released)
48) Remember Sports - Like A Stone (Father/Daughter)
47) Topaz Jones - Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma (New Funk Academy/Black Canopy)
46) Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (Geffen)
45) Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha (Secretly Canadian)
44) God's Hate - God's Hate (Closed Casket Activities)
43) Dawn Richard - Second Line (Merge)
42) Claire Rousay - A Softer Focus (American Dreams)
41) Black Midi - Cavalcade (Rough Trade)
40) Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound (Palilalia)
39) Thirdface - Do It With A Smile (Exploding In Sound)
38) Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights (Royal Mountain)
37) The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy (Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers)
36) Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever (Ninja Tune)
35) Danny L Harle - Harlecore (Mad Decent)
34) Erika de Casier - Sensational (4AD)
33) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! (Constellation)
32) Civic - Future Forecast (Flightless)
31) Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood (SPINSTER)
30) Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg (4AD)
29) Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future (Impulse!)
28) SPELLLING - The Turning Wheel (Sacred Bones)
27) Storefront Church - As We Pass (Sargent House)
26) Flock Of Dimes - Head Of Roses (Sub Pop)
25) Pom Pom Squad - Death Of A Cheerleader (City Slang)
24) Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place (Keeled Scales)
23) Portrayal Of Guilt - We Are Always Alone (Closed Casket Activities)
22) Madlib - Sound Ancestors (Madlib Invazion)
21) Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales (RCA)
20) Closer - Within One Stem (Lauren)
19) Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti (Griselda)
18) Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (Dead Oceans)
17) Black Country, New Road - For The First Time (Ninja Tune)
16) Squid - Bright Green Field (Warp)
15) Lucy Dacus - Home Video (Matador)
14) Iceage - Seek Shelter (Mexican Summer)
13) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage (Goliath)
12) Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark (Rock Action)
11) Julien Baker - Little Oblivions (Matador)
10) The Armed - ULTRAPOP (Sargent House)
09) Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Superwolves (Drag City)
08) Home Is Where - i became birds (Knifepunch)
07) Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram (Backwoodz Studioz)
06) Spirit Of The Beehive - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH (Saddle Creek)
05) Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature (Ba Da Bing!)
04) Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises (Luaka Bop)
03) serpentwithfeet - Deacon (Secretly Canadian)
02) The Weather Station - Ignorance (Fat Possum)
01) Fiddlehead - Between The Richness (Run For Cover)

Underwhelming number 1, I don't think this album really is anything special !
On the other hand, Home Is Where is a fantastic discovery. Vert short but pretty great album.
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Re: Stereogum - Best albums of 2021 so far

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Thanks for posting the list, btw!
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