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​TOP 50 LPs Of The Year 2021

Kevin, Phil and Lucy have selected their personal favourite releases of the year, counted up the votes, and come up with a Top 50 that represents the finest and most interesting releases of a remarkable year

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1. Little Simz ~ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

2. Goat Girl ~ On All Fours

3. Low ~ HEY WHAT

4. The Paper Kites ~ Roses

5. Billie Marten ~ Flora Fauna

6. Makaya McCraven ~ Deciphering The Message

7. Billie Eilish ~ Happier Than Ever

8. Julien Baker ~ Little Oblivions

9. Sons of Kemet ~ Black To The Future

10. Alfa Mist ~ Bring Backs

11. Alexa Rose ~ Headwaters

12. Pom Pom Squad ~ Death Of A Cheerleader

13. Joy Crookes ~ Skin

14. John Grant ~ Boy From Michigan

15. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London
Symphony Orchestra ~ Promises

16. F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm ~ 2x1=4

17. Katy Kirby ~ Cool Dry Place

18. Nathaniel Rateliffe & The Night Sweats ~ The Future

19. Tony Allen ~ There Is No End

20. Jose Gonzalez ~ Local Valley

21. Lucy Dacus ~ Home Video

22. Amyl and The Sniffers ~ Comfort To Me

23. Lake Street Dive ~ Obviously 

24. Steve Earle & The Dukes ~ J.T.

25. Field Music ~ Flat White Moon

26. Faye Webster ~ I Know I'm Funny Haha

27. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss ~ Raise The Roof

28. Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles ~ Keys

29. Anne-Marie ~ Therapy

30. The Go! Team ~ Get Up Sequences Part One

31. Christian Loffler ~ Parallels: Shellac Reworks

32. Girl In Red ~ If I Could Make It Go Quiet

33. Liz Phair ~ Soberish

34. black midi ~ Cavalcade

35. Briston Maroney ~ Sunflower

36. Lou Barlow ~ Reason To Live

37. Hannah Peel ~ Fir Wave

38. STR4TA ~ Aspects

39. Adele ~ 30

40. The Black Keys ~ Delta Kream

41. The Bevis Frond ~ Little Eden

42. Arab Strap ~ As Days Get Dark

43. Nilüfer Yanya ~ Inside Out

44. Ryley Walker ~ Course In Fable

45. Parquet Courts ~ Sympathy For Life

46. Mr Jukes & Barney Artist ~ The Locket

47. Damian Jurado ~ Monster

48. dvr Tape ~ 01 + Thru The City

49. Weezer ~ OK Human

50. Bess Atwell ~Already, Always

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PHIL'S PERSONAL TOP 50 of 2021

​1. F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm ~ 2x1=4
2. Amyl and The Sniffers ~ Comfort To Me
3. Alexa Rose ~ Headwaters
4. Faye Webster ~ I Know I'm Funny Haha
5. Low ~ HEY WHAT
6. The Go! Team ~ Get Up Sequences Part One
7. Christian Loffler ~ Parallels: Shellac Reworks
8. Liz Phair ~ Soberish
9. Steve Earle & The Dukes ~ J.T.
10. Little Simz ~ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
11. The Paper Kites ~ Roses
12. The Bevis Frond ~ Little Eden
13. Julien Baker ~ Little Oblivions
14. Billie Marten ~ Flora Fauna
15. Damian Jurado ~ Monster
16. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss ~ Raise The Roof
17. Dinosaur Jr. ~ Sweep It Into Space
18. Makaya McCraven ~ Deciphering The Message
19. DJ Muggs The Black Goat ~ Dies Occidendum
20. Billie Eilish ~ Happier Than Ever
21. Alfa Mist ~ Bring Backs
22. Major Murphy ~ Access 
23. Sons of Kemet ~ Black To The Future
24. Dylan Leblanc ~ Pastimes
25. Pom Pom Squad ~ Death Of A Cheerleader
26. Goat Girl ~ On All Fours
27. Matthew Sweet ~ Catspaw
28. Nathaniel Rateliffe & The Night Sweats ~ The Future
29. Ministry ~ Moral Hygiene
30. Murcof ~ The Alias Sessions
31. Nightmares on Wax ~ Shout Out! To Freedom...
32. Consolidated ~ We’re Already There
33. Penelope Trapps ~ Penelope Three
34. Bess Atwell ~ Already, Always
35. Lucy Dacus ~ Home Video
36. Wedding Present ~ Locked Down & Stripped Back
37. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra ~ Promises
38. Joy Crookes ~ Skin
39. Katy Kirby ~ Cool Dry Place
40. Lou Barlow ~ Reason To Live
41. Arab Strap ~  As Days Get Dark
42. My Morning Jacket ~ My Morning Jacket
43. Weezer ~ OK Human
44. Rose City Band ~ Earth Trip
45. William Fitzsimmons ~ Ready The Astronaut
46. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis ~ Carnage
47. Public Service Broadcasting ~ Bright Magic
48. Sleaford Mods ~ Spare Ribs
49. David Gray ~ Skellig
50. Laura Stevenson ~ Laura Stevenson
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KEVIN'S PERSONAL TOP 50 of 2021

​​1. Goat Girl ~ On All Fours
2. Little Simz ~ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
3. Field Music ~ Flat White Moon
4. Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles ~ Keys 
5. Makaya McCraven ~ Deciphering The Message
6. Low ~ HEY WHAT
7. Sons of Kemet ~ Black To The Future
8. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra ~ Promises
9. black midi ~ Cavalcade
10. Hannah Peel ~ Fir Wave
11. STR4TA ~ Aspects
12. The Black Keys ~ Delta Kream
13. Ryley Walker ~ Course In Fable
14. Parquet Courts ~ Sympathy For Life
15. John Grant ~ Boy From Michigan
16. Jose Gonzalez ~ Local Valley
17. BadBadNotGood ~ Talk Memory
18. Billy Nomates ~ Emergency Telephone
19. Mdou Moctar ~ Afrique Victime
20. Nubya Garcia ~ SOURCE ⧺ WE MOVE
21. Lou Barlow ~ Reason To Live
22. Arab Strap ~ As Days Get Dark
23. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ~ Superwolves
24. Tindersticks ~ Distractions
25. Tirzah ~ Colourgrade
26. Cathal Coughlan ~ Song Of Co-Aklan
27. Clinic ~ Fantasy Island
28. Teeth Agency ~ You Don't Have To Live In Pain
29. The Coral ~ Coral Island 
30. Tony Allen ~ There Is No End
31. Sleaford Mods ~ Spare Ribs
32. James Yorkston & the Second Hand Orchestra ~ The Wide, Wide River
33. John Murry ~ The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes
34. Keg ~ Assembly
35. Lee Ranaldo ~ Names Of North End Women
36. Leon Vynehall ~ Rare, Forever
37. Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley ~ Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection
38. Modern Nature ~ Island Of Noise
39. Nitin Sawney ~ Immigrants
40. Squid ~ Bright Green Field
41. Steve Gunn ~ Other You
42. Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
43. The Lounge Society ~ Silk For The Starving
44. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss ~ Raise The Roof
45. Steve Earle & The Dukes ~ J.T.
46. Julien Baker ~ Little Oblivions
47. Gruff Rhys ~ Seeking New Gods
48. Greentea Peng ~ Man Made
49. Black Country, New Road ~ For The First Time
50. Drug Store Romeos ~ The World Within Our Bedrooms

LUCY'S PERSONAL TOP 50 of 2021

​1. Little Simz ~ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
2. Joy Crookes ~ Skin
3. Lake Street Dive ~ Obviously 
4. The Paper Kites ~ Roses
5. Anne-Marie ~ Therapy
6. Billie Marten ~ Flora Fauna
7. Billie Eilish ~ Happier Than Ever
8. Girl In Red ~ If I Could Make It Go Quiet
9. Katy Kirby ~ Cool Dry Place
10. Briston Maroney ~ Sunflower
11. Alfa Mist ~ Bring Backs
12. Adele ~ 30
13. Nilüfer Yanya ~ Inside Out
14. Pom Pom Squad ~ Death Of A Cheerleader
15. Mr Jukes & Barney Artist ~ The Locket
16. dvr ~ Tape_01 + Thru The City
17. Lucy Dacus ~ Home Video
18. Griff ~ One Foot In Front Of The Other
19. Julien Baker ~ Little Oblivions
20. Goat Girl ~ On All Fours
21. Tony Allen ~ There Is No End
22. Nathaniel Rateliffe & The Night Sweats ~ The Future
23. Miley Cyrus ~ Plastic Hearts
24. Weezer OK ~ Human
25. Olivia Rodrigo ~ Sour
26. Maneskin ~ Teatro d'ira Vol. 1
27. Raleigh Ritchie ~ Andy
28. David Gray ~ Skellig
29. Holiday Ghosts ~ North Street Air
30. John Grant ~ Boy From Michigan
31. Alexa Rose ~ Headwaters
32. Chet Faker ~ Hotel Surrender
33. Bess Atwell ~ Already, Always
34. easy life ~ Life's a Beach
35. Jose Gonzalez ~ Local Valley
36. Leon Bridges ~ Gold-diggers Sound
37. Squirrel ~ Flower Planet (i)
38. Torres ~ Thirstier
39. Mndsgn ~ Rare Pleasure
40. Celeste ~ Not Your Muse
41. Laura Stevenson ~ Laura Stevenson
42. Arlo Parks ~ Collapsed In Sunbeams
43. Ron Gallo ~ Peacemeal
44. Benee ~ Hey U X
45. Claud ~ Super Monster
46. F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm ~ 2x1=4
47. Jorja Smith ~ Be Right Back
48. Kings Of Convenience ~ Peace Or Love
49. Emily Scott Robinson ~ American Siren
50. Beans On Toast ~ Survival Of The Friendliest