Favourite Albums of 2021

[4real]

We’ve done songs so how about albums? I tried to narrow it to 30.

1. Terra Odium - Ne Plus Ultra
2. Weezer - OK Human
3. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
4. Idles - Crawler
5. Carcass - Torn Arteries
6. Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality
7. Chvrches - Screen Violence
8. For Those I Love - S/T
9. Kanye West - Donda
10. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
11. Every Time I Die - Radical
12. Spellling - The Turning Wheel
13. King Woman - Celestial Blues
14. Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined
15. Helloween - S/T
16. Accept - Too Mean To Die
17. Lucifer - Lucifer IV
18. Panopticon - ….And Again Into The Light
19. Gojira - Fortitude
20. Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
21. Employed To Serve - Conquering
22. Cradle Of Filth - Existence Is Futile
23. Epica - Omega
24. Injury Reserve - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
25. Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst
26. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
27. Exodus - Persona Non Grata
28. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome to Horrorwood: The Silver Screen 2
29. Fear Factory - Aggression Continuum
30. Royal Blood - Typhoons

Honourable Mentions for The Killers, Squid, Black Country New Road, Whizkey Stik, Dead Daisies, Flotsam & Jetsam, Full Of Hell, Archspire, JPEG Mafia, Biffy Clyro, Wolves in The Throne Room, At The Gates, Foo Fighters, Portal & er Limp Bizkit

Duds: Iron Maiden, Mastodon, Coldplay, Obscura, Weezer (Van Weezer was rubbish thank goodness for OK Human), Self Esteem (No idea why this got so much hype I hated it), Parquet Courts, Lorde, A Day To Remember, Twenty One Pilots

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Ouija Macc - Dirtbag and Pretty Ugly 2 (dude is a machine he puts out 2 or 3 albums a year)

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I feel like this is definitely the year I just gave up on most new music. I used to make it a point to try and track down new stuff, but I always go back to the same few artists no matter what, so I don't see a point in trying.

Out of what I did listen to:

* Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood and Juanita
* Poppy - Flux
* Alan Jackson - Where Have You Gone?

Honorable Mention:

* Gojira - Fortitude


Biggest Surprise:

*Limp Bizkit - Still Sucks (Not a masterpiece by any means, but this wasn't at all as bad as I thought it would be. There's a few songs I still go back to.)


Biggest Disappointment:

* Kacey Musgraves - Star-Crossed

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

I don't think I can even name a single album that came out in 2021.

[DSR]

I don't rank everything, but my favorite album of the year is ULTRAPOP by The Armed.

[xCompackx]

I'll be honest, I've only listened to three albums start to finish this year (Donda, Certified Lover Boy, and Asin9ne by Tech N9ne) and... Tech N9ne's album was good!

Donda and Certified Lover Boy were not good. Donda was especially disappointing because it was hyped up as this long-awaited album from the genius mind of Kanye West and it's just typical post-Yeezus Kanye, only without swearing. Meh.

[Moppy]

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend