Top Albums of 2021

Bo Burnham takes the top spot this year. He epitomized and put the entire pandemic (up to that point) and put it into perspective.

Plus it has great songwriting and performing. It delivers on the the promise of his early YouTube career as comedic musician.

1. Bo Burnham “Inside”
2. Andrew Gabbard “Homemade”
3. Courtney Barnett “Things Take Time, This Time”
4. The Rugged Nuggets “Odds + Ends”
5. Ryley Walker “Course in Fable”
6. Sufjan Stevens/Angelo DeAugustine “A Beginner’s Mind”
7. Steve Earle & The Dukes “JT”
8. Lindsey Buckingham “Lindsey Buckingham”
9. Brandi Carlile “In These Silent Days”
10. My Morning Jacket “My Morning Jacket”
11. Joel Culpepper “Sgt. Culpepper”
12. Aimee Mann “Queens of the Summer Hotel”
13. Elvis Costello “Spanish Model”
14. Bruno Mars/Anderson.Paak “Silk Sonic”
15. Ixtahuele “Eden Habenz’s Dreamland”
16. Delvon LaMarr Organ Trio “I Told You So”
17. Parquet Courts “Sympathy for Life”
18. Sleater-Kinney “Path to Wellness”
19. Leon Bridges “Gold-Diggers’ Sound”
20. Billy Strings “Renewal”
21. Durand Jones & The Indications “Private Space”
22. Amyl and The Sniffers “Comfort To Me”
23. Billie Eilish “Happily Ever After”
24. Prince “Welcome 2 America”
25. Daniel Lanois “Heavy Sun”
26. GA-20 “GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor”
27. St. Vincent “Daddy’s Home”
28. Los Lobos “Native Sons”
29. Neal Francis “In Plain Sight”
30. Robert Plant/Alison Krause “Raise The Roof”
31. Ike Reilly “Because The Angels”
32. David Crosby “For Free”
33. Deerhoof “Actually, You Can”
34. Porches “All Day Gentle Hold”
35. Dry Cleaning “New Long Leg”