My Favorite Albums of 2021
Music is good company for me—like I imagine it is for most people. I am interested mostly in full albums and only occasionally put on separate singles or mixes. Maybe that’s weird. Maybe it’s not. Who knows/cares, but anyhow, I listen to a lot of albums. I appreciate the stories they tell. The ways these balance tone and emotion. The journeys they take us on. Enough of my rambling. Here are my favorites released in 2021:
12. Sturgill Simpson’s The Ballad of Dood & Juanita
11. Valerie June’s The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
10. Adia Victoria’s A Southern Gothic
9. Pink Sweat$’s Pink Planet
8. The War on Drugs’ I Don’t Live Here Anymore
7. Allison Russell’s Outside Child
6. Joy Oladokun’s in defense of my own happiness
5. Summer Walker’s Still Over It
4. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss’s Raise the Roof
3. Leon Bridges’ Gold-Diggers Sound
2. Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall’s The Marfa Tapes
1. Sierra Ferrell’s Long Time Coming