The top fifty albums of 2021

1. The Turning Wheel - SPELLLING

2. Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

3. Sinner Get Ready - Lingua Ignota

4. Vulture Prince - Arooj Aftab

5. DONDA - Kanye West

6. Carnage - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

7. LP! - JPEGMAFIA

8. Henki - Richard Dawson & Circle

9. By The Time I Get to Pheonix - Injury Reserve

10. Sometimes I Might Be An Introvert - Little Simz

11. Smiling With No Teeth - Genesis Owusu

12. Bo Jackson - Boldy James & The Alchemist

13. GLOW ON - Turnstile

14. Hey What - Low

15. Promises - Pharaoh Sanders, Floating Points & The London Symphony Orchestra

16. Skin - Joy Crookes

17. Fatigue - L’Rain

18. Vince Staples - Vince Staples

19. Nine - Sault

20. Blue Bannisters - Lana Del Rey

21. Overflow - Rival Consoles

22. Black to the Future - Sons of Kemet

23. A Martyrs Reward - KA

24. Hitler Wears Hermes 8, Side B - Westside Gunn

25. Delta Estacio Blues - Juçara Marçal

26. Uneasy - Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey

27. Black Encyclopaedia of the Air - Moor Mother

28. Prioritise Pleasure - Self Esteem

29. Friends That Break Your Heart - James Blake

30. Now - Damien Locks + Black Monument Ensemble

31. KICK ii/KicK iii/kick iiii/kiCK iiii - Arca

32. Pray for Haiti - Mach Hommy

33. Madison - Sloppy Jane

34. Spiral - DARKSIDE

35. Una Rosa - Xenia Rubinos

36. HARAM - Armand Hammer & Alchemist

37. Let Me Do One More - Illuminati Hotties

38. Far In - Helado Negro

39. A Beginner’s Guide - Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine

40. Any Shape You Take - Indigo De Souza

41. Afrique Victime - Mdou Moctar

42. Welfare Jazz - Viagra Boys

43. Comfort to Me - Amyl & The Sniffers

44. Reflection - Loraine James

45. Detritus - Sarah Neufeld

46. As Days Get Dark - Arab Strap

47. The Color Blu(e) - Blu

48. Mercurial World - Magdalena Bay

49. DEACON - Serpentwithfeet

50. OH NO - Xiu Xiu