Despite the date above, this list is actually being posted in December of 2025, as I make the move to publish these lists online rather than having them live on social media.
“Hey, this list sort of sucks,” I hear you say.
“Yeah, you’re not wrong,” you hear me agree, sadly.
In 2021, I decided to try and list my favourite records of the year. After all, it was COVID times, and in 2020, I began actually listing ratings for the records I would listen to.
I don’t know why I didn’t use that list for these ratings, because what I apparently seemed to do was just pick out the first 20 albums that felt as though they resonated with me at that given moment.
It’s not a terrible list (though it is sort of laughable) but it could have been much better if I was beholden to the method I utilise these days.
Oh well. Live and learn.
Best Albums Of 2021
20. Pist Idiots – Idiocracy
19. Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant
18. Ruby Fields – Been Doin’ It For A Bit
17. RÜFÜS DU SOL – Surrender
16. Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
15. MOD CON – Modern Condition
14. Hard-Ons – I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken
13. Tyler, The Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost
12. Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth
11. Teenage Bottlerocket – Sick Sesh!
10. The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
9. Tropical Fuck Storm – Deep States
8. Low – HEY WHAT
7. Amyl And The Sniffers – Comfort To Me
6. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3000
5. Limp Bizkit – Still Sucks
4. Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor’s Version)
3. Bo Burnham – Inside (The Songs)
2. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – CARNAGE
1. Raccoon City – For Nobody, Nowhere