# The Guardian's best albums of 2021

The top 15 of The Guardian's best albums of 2021, led by Prioritise Pleasure — Self Esteem.

- 36 votes · 15 items
- Mar 12, 2022 · Noemi Mariani
- https://even.best/en/l/1775/the-guardian-s-best-albums-of-2021

## Top 15

1. **Sometimes I Might Be Introvert — Little Simz** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — No. 3 on The Guardian's list.
2. **Call Me If You Get Lost — Tyler, The Creator** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — No. 5 on The Guardian's list.
3. **Carnage — Nick Cave & Warren Ellis** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — No. 15 on The Guardian's list.
4. **Blue Weekend — Wolf Alice** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — No. 2 on The Guardian's list.
5. **Nine — Sault** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 6 on The Guardian's list.
6. **Afrique Victime — Mdou Moctar** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 10 on The Guardian's list.
7. **Prioritise Pleasure — Self Esteem** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — No. 1 on The Guardian's list.
8. **Ignorance — The Weather Station** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — No. 4 on The Guardian's list.
9. **Heaux Tales — Jazmine Sullivan** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — No. 12 on The Guardian's list.
10. **New Long Leg — Dry Cleaning** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 7 on The Guardian's list.
11. **Collapsed in Sunbeams — Arlo Parks** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 9 on The Guardian's list.
12. **Seventeen Going Under — Sam Fender** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 11 on The Guardian's list.
13. **Jubilee — Japanese Breakfast** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 13 on The Guardian's list.
14. **Sour — Olivia Rodrigo** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — No. 8 on The Guardian's list.
15. **Montero — Lil Nas X** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — No. 14 on The Guardian's list.

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