| FlagAsh's Top 25 of 2021 |
| 1 |  | Magdalena Bay
Mercurial World
Near pop perfection |
| 2 |  | Lil Ugly Mane
Volcanic Bird Enemy...
A trippy, quirky, bittersweet journey |
| 3 |  | Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner's Mind
Another gorgeous Sufjan album |
| 4 |  | Squid
Bright Green Field
Manic, quirky post-punk |
| 5 |  | Genesis Owusu
Smiling with No Teeth
A playful mix of neo-soul, funk, hip-hop, and R&B |
| 6 |  | Little Simz
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
A lush, well thought out hip-hop album |
| 7 |  | Bruno Pernadas
Private Reasons
If some of the instrumental songs were shorter, it would be higher on the list. but still a beautiful psychedelic journey |
| 8 |  | Black Country, New Road
For the first time
Anxious monologues over experimental post-punk |
| 9 |  | Tyler, the Creator
Call Me If You Get Lost
He's just on a roll |
| 10 |  | Sweet Trip
A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
Glad they are back |
| 11 |  | Low
Hey What
Hypnotic af |
| 12 |  | Arca
KicK iii
This shit goes off |
| 13 |  | Japanese Breakfast
Jubilee
A very pleasant indie pop album from start to finish |
| 14 |  | Porter Robinson
Nurture
Euphoric af |
| 15 |  | Lucy Dacus
Home Video
Some of the best lyrics of this year |
| 16 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
Just really solid post-rock |
| 17 |  | Silk Sonic
An Evening with Silk Sonic
Who knew Bruno could be this fun? |
| 18 |  | St. Vincent
Daddy's Home
This grew on me, a solid effort by Annie |
| 19 |  | Brockhampton
Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
It's no Saturation II, but it's very good still |
| 20 |  | Turnstile
Glow On
Yeah gonna be yell singing a lot of these songs |
| 21 |  | Cassandra Jenkins
An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
One of the most soothing albums of this year |
| 22 |  | Darkside
Spiral
Lovely atmosphere, lovely sounds |
| 23 |  | Faye Webster
I Know I'm Funny haha
A soft, introspective country-ish vibe |
| 24 |  | JPEGMAFIA
LP! (online)
Probably my favorite of his |
| 25 |  | Injury Reserve
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Avant garde hip-hop that demands multiple listens |
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