My Albums Of The Year List: 2021
In 2021, I listened to 203 albums which broke my previous record of 200, set in 2020. I changed up how I ranked them by using the Pokémon Smogon rule system:
- Ubers - The best
- OU (Overused) - Good albums
- UU (Underused) - Okay albums but missing something
- RU (Rarely used) - Passable but missing more
- NU (Never used) - Not good
- PU (as in… you get it) - Awful
Below is a list of the albums I ranked in the Ubers tier with the top 3 in order:
Ubers
- Charlotte Day Wilson - Alpha (#1)
- Laura Mvula - Pink Noise (#2)
- Lily Konigsberg - Lily We Need to Talk Now (Joint #3)
- CZARFACE & MF DOOM - Super What? (Joint #3)
- Strangers Of Necessity, CoryaYo, Fooch The MC - Vibe Theory
- Madlib - Sound Ancestors
- wun two - Snow Vol. 5
- Elaquent - Komfort Food
- Max I Million - Uncut Gems
- The Fearless Flyers - Flyers Live at Madison Square Garden
- Rochelle Jordan - Play With The Changes
- Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
- Sinead Harnett - Ready Is Always Too Late
- Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley
- ewonee . - “Cheel”
- Shire T - Tomorrow’s People
- Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
- Nigel Hall - Spiritual
- Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 1
- 2 Mello - Sounds Of Tokyo-To Future
- Kurt Elling - SuperBlue
- Kings of Convenience - Peace or Love
- James Francies - Purest Form
- Quantic & Nidia Góngora - Almas Conectadas
- Dmitry Ishkhanov - Virtuoso
- Dijon - Absolutely
- Franco Ambrosetti Band - Lost Within You
- Benny Sings - Beat Tape II
- Wun Two - Snow Vol. 6
- Knowsum - Acht
- Tom Misch - Quarantine Sessions
See also: My Albums Of The Year List: 2016 and My Album of the Year List: 2014