Music Favourite Albums of 2021

[sullydnl]

Hit me with your favourite albums from this year.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Chvrches - Screen Violence
Silk Sonic - An Evening With...
Majid Jordan - Wildest Dreams

I think these are the only 3 I enjoyed.

 

[entropy]

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Lucy Dacus - Home Video
Caroline Polachek - Bunny Is a Rider (single)

 

[Acrobat7]

I enjoyed Faye Webster‘s „I know I‘m funny haha“ a lot.

 

[Desert Eagle]

Majid Jordan - Wildest Dreams
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Grip- I died for this
Isiah Rashad- the house is burning

and my album of the year Santan Dave- we are all alone in this together.

 

[Irwin99]

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis- Carnage

 

[Bertie Wooster]

Probably the only group I listen to who released new material this year was Counting Crows, so that's my pick.

There were only 4 new songs on 'Butter Miracle Suite One', but, of those, two of them are already up there in my top 10 or 20 Counting Crows songs - especially 'Bobby and the Rat Kings'.

 

[Eckers99]

I really enjoyed new albums by:

The Weather Station
Richard Dawson
Tyler
Dry Cleaning
Squid
Amyl and the Sniffers
Black Midi
Lucy Dacus
Turnstile
Mogwai
Madlib
Tune Yards...

But the ones that I kept going back to were:

Little Simz
Floating Points
Black Country New Road
Low

Especially Low. I fecking love that album.

All in all, there was lots to enjoy.

 

[Heardy]

Floating Points / Pharaoh Sanders - Promises
Little Simz - Sometimes I might be introvert
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
Sam Fender - Seventeen going under
Robert plant and Alison Krause - Raise the roof
Dave - We’re all alone in this together
Birdy - Wild heart

 

[Rado_N]

Dave - We’re All Alone In This Together.

 

[BlueHaze]

Since it's my fav band, Iron Maiden - Senjutsu.

What an amazing album from a marvelous band. Insane they still keep going.

 

[jderbyshire]

Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams
Fake Fruit - S/T
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

 

[Heardy]

Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams

Good shout, forgot about that!

I loved Celeste - Not your muse too.

 

[BootsyCollins]

Russ - Chomp 2
BLK odyssy - BLK vintage
Kanye West - Donda
Stig Brenner - Hvite Duer, Sort Magi
Molly Sandén - Dom Ska Veta
Lloyd Banks - The Curse Of The Inevitable
Nas - Kings Disease II
Adele - 30
Pink Sweat$ - Pink Planet
H.E.R - Back Of My Mind
th1rt3en - A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism

Many more i enjoyed so will add to the list later.

 

[Volumiza]

1. Bicep - Isles
2. Comfort to me - Amyl and the sniffers
3. Raise the roof - Robert Plant and Alison Kraus
4. Crawler - Idles
5. Promises - Floating points

 

[Acrobat7]

Good shout, forgot about that!

I loved Celeste - Not your muse too.

Yes, indeed! Arlo is ace.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Majid Jordan - Wildest Dreams
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Grip- I died for this
Isiah Rashad- the house is burning

and my album of the year Santan Dave- we are all alone in this together.

I like you.

 

[Solius]

Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart

My top 3.

 

[Superunknown]

There's been some cracking albums this year.
Here are my 5 most memorable ones. The first three are the ones that I've listened to the most, in particular.

Mogwai - As the Love Continues
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee at State's End!
Chvrches - Screen Violence
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore

 

[Eckers99]

There's been some cracking albums this year.
Here are my 5 most memorable ones. The first three are the ones that I've listened to the most, in particular.

Mogwai - As the Love Continues
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee at State's End!
Chvrches - Screen Violence
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore

This year's been so good that I totally forgot that album, despite really liking it off 2 or 3 listens. Cheers for the reminder!

 

[Superunknown]

This year's been so good that I totally forgot that album, despite really liking it off 2 or 3 listens. Cheers for the reminder!

Such a good album. I've got tickets to see them in January. I just know that the gig isn't going to go ahead, so I'm bracing myself for that inevitability. I'm pre-gutted.

 

[Eckers99]

Such a good album. I've got tickets to see them in January. I just know that the gig isn't going to go ahead, so I'm bracing myself for that inevitability. I'm pre-gutted.

Fingers crossed the gig takes place sooner rather than later!

 

[sullydnl]

Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart

My top 3.

Easily his best album in a while.

 

[Minkaro]

(I don’t know how to paste as plain text on my phone, so you’re getting a table)

1	Beast in Black	Dark Connection
2	Soen	Imperial
3	Powerwolf	Call of the Wild
4	Iron Maiden	Senjutsu
5	Bloodbound	Creatures of the Dark Realm
6	Marius Danielsen	Legend of Valley Doom Part 3
7	Myles Kennedy	The Ides of March
8	Helloween	Helloween
9	Anneke Van Giersbergen	The Darkest Skies are the Brightest
10	Tremonti	Marching in Time

 

[::sonny::]

Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
Tremonti - Marching in Time
Bodom after midnight - Paint the sky with blood
Evanescence - bitter truth
Timmo Tolkki - the enigma Birth
Cardle of filth- existence is futile
At the gates - the nightmare of being
Andrew Wk - God is partying

 

[kps88]

This year was great for music.

Chvrches - Screen Violence
Bleachers - Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
London Grammar - Californian Soil
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love I Want Power
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
Clairo - Sling
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last

 

[stepic]

A Beginner’s Mind - Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine

 

[Salt Bailly]

This year was great for music.

Chvrches - Screen Violence
Bleachers - Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
London Grammar - Californian Soil
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love I Want Power
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
Clairo - Sling
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last

Didn't realise they had a new album out, thanks!

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon I
Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana
Turnstile - Glow On
Aesop Rock x Blockhead - Garbology
Boris - No
Tigers Jaw - I Won't Care How You Remember Me
Flying Lotus - Yasuke
Iglooghost - Lei Line eon
Melvins - Working with God
Scorn - The Only Place
The Dirty Nil - feck Art
The Body - I've Seen All I Need To See
Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle - The Helm of Sorrow
Quicksand - Distant Populations
Pixelord - 99%
Enforced - Kill Grid
Mogwai - As The Love Continues
Czarface & MF DOOM - Super What?
Former Member - Manageable Scratches

and Propagandhi - Todays Empires Tomorrows Ashes 20th anniversary reissue. That one's cheating, but they gave it a full remix, and it sounds immeasurably better.

EDIT: Sully's list reminded me I missed off The Bug - Fire. Huge record. It made my living room rumble when I played it through my hi-fi. Srs bass.

 

[One Night Only]

Since it's my fav band, Iron Maiden - Senjutsu.

What an amazing album from a marvelous band. Insane they still keep going.

This is the correct answer, one of their best albums imo.

I'm pretty sure most others are just putting random words together and pretending they're bands/albums and hoping we don't notice.

 

[One Night Only]

(I don’t know how to paste as plain text on my phone, so you’re getting a table)

1	Beast in Black	Dark Connection
2	Soen	Imperial
3	Powerwolf	Call of the Wild
4	Iron Maiden	Senjutsu
5	Bloodbound	Creatures of the Dark Realm
6	Marius Danielsen	Legend of Valley Doom Part 3
7	Myles Kennedy	The Ides of March
8	Helloween	Helloween
9	Anneke Van Giersbergen	The Darkest Skies are the Brightest
10	Tremonti	Marching in Time

Heard quite a few of these, gonna give the others a go too as seems we have similar taste.

 

[sullydnl]

Albums I liked this year:

Spoiler

Turnstile - Glow On
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind
Kiwi Jr - Cooler Returns
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Wednesday - Twin Plagues
Flyying Colours - Fantasy Country
Snail Mail - Valentine
Linn Koch-Emmery - Being The Girl
Low - Hey What
The Armed - Ultrapop
Ian Sweet - Show Me How You Dissapear
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki
Nation Of Language - A Way Forward
Brightside - 2012
Goat Girl - On All Fours
Iceage - Seek Shelter
Will Graefe - Marine Life
Dltzk - Frailty
Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More
Bachelor - Doomin' Son
Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
Squid - Bright Green Field
Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place
Fiddlehead - Between the Richness
Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
Abe Anderson - Seasick Lullaby
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Chvrches - Screen Violence
The Bug - Fire
Julia Shapiro - Zorked
Strand of Oaks - In Heaven
Ducks Ltd - Modern Fiction
Bad Waitress - No Taste
Midwife - Luminol
Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - New Fragility
Home Is Where - I Became Birds
Ovlov - Buds
Spelling - The Turning Wheel
Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader
Black Dresses - Forever In Your Heart
Parannoul - To See The Next Part Of The Dream
Porter Robinson - Nurture
St Vincent - Daddy's Home
Mandi Diaz - History of a Feeling
The Body - I've Seen All I Need To See
Spirit of the Beehive - Entertainment, Death
James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart
A Smyth - Last Animals
Ora The Molecule - Human Safari
Girl In Red - If I Could Make It Go Quiet
Amy & the Sniffers - Comfort to Me
Smol Data - Inconvenience Store
Jane Weaver - Flock
New Pagans - The Seed, The Vessel, The Toots and All
Tirzah - Colourgrade
Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
Fire Toolz - Eternal Home
Torres - Thirstier
Andy Shauf - Wilds
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Gojira - Fortitude
Django Django - Glowing In The Dark
The Antlers - Green To Gold
Billie Marten - Flora Fauna
Ratboys - Happy Birthday, Ratboy
Miss Grit - Impostor
Social Haul - Social Haul
Colleen Green - Cool

 

[sullydnl]

I really enjoyed new albums by:

The Weather Station
Richard Dawson
Tyler
Dry Cleaning
Squid
Amyl and the Sniffers
Black Midi
Lucy Dacus
Turnstile
Mogwai
Madlib
Tune Yards...

But the ones that I kept going back to were:

Little Simz
Floating Points
Black Country New Road
Low

Especially Low. I fecking love that album.

All in all, there was lots to enjoy.

At least somewhat liked all the other albums you mentioned but The Weather Station one really left me cold despite all the praise it got.

 

[Acole9]

1. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue

2. Biffy Clyro - The Myth of the Happily Ever After

3. Turnstile - Glow On

4. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready

5. Employed to Serve - Conquering

6. Mol - Diorama

7. Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist

8. Don Broco - Amazing Things

9. Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake of My Life

10. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

11. Gojira - Fortitude

12. Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon

13. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

14. SeeYouSpaceCowboy - The Romance of Affliction

15. Press To Meco - Transmute

16. Pupil Slicer - Mirrors

17. Lonely The Brave - The Hope List

18. Limp Bizkit - Still Sucks

19. Blood Youth - Visions of Another Hell

20. Fear Factory - Aggression Continuum



Very strong year. Over 30 albums on my long list.

 

[Eckers99]

At least somewhat liked all the other albums you mentioned but The Weather Station one really left me cold despite all the praise it got.

I must admit, I didn't instantly connect with it. Listened to it a couple of times when it was released and thought it was pretty good but nothing special.

Think it's a bit of a mood album, as it's really grown on me. Mainly over the past couple of months.

 

[Dante]

For me, a great album is one that I can listen to from start to finish without wanting to skip a moment. And then when it's done, I want to replay it again from the very beginning.

I don't think I listened to anything this year that meets those criteria, or that I'm going to think back to fondly in 10 or 15 years' time.

Probably the closest I got was Turnstile - Glow On and Silk Sonic - An Evening With. But both of those are flawed in their own way.

That said, I'm always about 2 years behind the times when it comes to new music. It'll probably be 2023 before I finally realise that I missed some absolute banger from 2021. Reading this thread will certainly give me a few pointers, so thanks for the recommendations lads and lasses.

 

[Salt Bailly]

Jesus Christ, Limp Bizkit have released a new album? And it's on somebody's album of the year list? What is happening.

 

[Acole9]

Jesus Christ, Limp Bizkit have released a new album? And it's on somebody's album of the year list? What is happening.

It was a surprise release on Halloween. It's not going to be for everyone but I thought it was a fun listen.

 

[Superunknown]

Fingers crossed the gig takes place sooner rather than later!

Got an email today to say that the gig has been postponed until September.
Even worse, the gig has now been moved from a Saturday to a Friday, meaning that it's impossible for me to get to the venue anywhere near close enough in time. So, looks like I won't be going.

Absolutely gutted. I think it's really bad form to actually change the day of the gig. If it was a Saturday to begin with, it should be postponed for another Saturday, like for like. Not everyone has the luxury of living next to a big city and it's a weekday gig. You book under one set of circumstances and now you're presented with something different. Overall, meh. 2022 is off to a shit start. Was looking forward to both Godspeed and Doves, and now not going to either.

 

[Eckers99]

Got an email today to say that the gig has been postponed until September.
Even worse, the gig has now been moved from a Saturday to a Friday, meaning that it's impossible for me to get to the venue anywhere near close enough in time. So, looks like I won't be going.

Absolutely gutted. I think it's really bad form to actually change the day of the gig. If it was a Saturday to begin with, it should be postponed for another Saturday, like for like. Not everyone has the luxury of living next to a big city and it's a weekday gig. You book under one set of circumstances and now you're presented with something different. Overall, meh. 2022 is off to a shit start. Was looking forward to both Godspeed and Doves, and now not going to either.

What an absolute pisser. Any chance you could get the money back and buy tickets for another gig, so you at least feel like you've got something lined up? Feel for you, pal. After the 2 years we've had, stuff like this does make a difference doesn't it? Stuff we took for granted basically!