Same deal as last year. “Best of” lists are exhausting, “comprehensive” is a full-time job and this is not our full-time job, everyone knows a new Adele album came out in 2021, we haven’t even listened to every release from 2021 we even want to listen to. These are just some personal favorites that came out in 2021.
Best Album That Sammie Will Point To As Evidence That Sammie Listens To Music Besides Milquetoast Ambient
Nurture – Porter Robinson
Best Upgrade From Lo-Fi Chill-Hop Beats
The Yth Guest – ThorHighHeels
Best Revisited Teenage Feelings
Home Video – Lucy Dacus
Best Album for When You’ve Just Turned 30 And Now Truly Realize the Power of Nostalgia
memoryland – CFCF
Best Album To Quickly Inform You Who Is Just Tolerating The Gays
MONTERO – Lil Nas X
Best Variety Hour
Sound Ancestors – Madlib
Best Full Band Pivot Flex
Little Oblivions – Julien Baker
Best Most Convincing Attempt At Music
ULTRAPOP – The Armed
Best Billie Eilish
Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
Best Internally Screaming Cathartic Release That Jesus Christ It’s Still The Pandemic (Not About The Pandemic)
Laura Stevenson – Laura Stevenson
Best Mr Krabs Beep Bop Boo Boo Bop–Ass Album
Tread – Ross from Friends
Best “I Read Resident Advisor” Album
Mirrors – DJ Seinfeld
Best Jazz
Liminal Space – Ill Considered
Best Jazz (Taylor’s Version)
Talk Memory – BADBADNOTGOOD
Best Confusing Wikipedia Entry
E.VAX – E.VAX, Ratatat
Best Tornado Documentary
Magic Oneohtrix Point Never – Oneohtrix Point Never
Best Litmus Test For Which Millennials Are Getting Boomer-Pilled
SOUR – Olivia Rodrigo