The best albums of 2021: The ballots
Here are the ballots submitted by the 11 critics who determined The A.V. Club's best albums of the past year
Music Lists Deacon Tyler
Graphic: Allison Corr
The A.V. Club’s list of 2021’s best albums was determined by 11 critics, who each submitted a ranked ballot of their 20 records of the year. Those ballots can be found below, along with their picks for additional nominations—including best EPs and best reissues. If you’re looking to explore the best records of the year that didn’t make our official list, this is the place to find them. Additionally, this is where you can find our critics’ picks for the best singles of the year. (Spoiler alert: Hope you like “Thot Shit.”)
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No love for “Rhythm & Booze” by The SPR3?Ridiculous!
ugh
I know it’s not that kind of publication but I genuinely don’t understand how you have 11 critics put lists together and there’s not a single metal album here.Frustrating how every year all these multi-genre sites put these lists together and include like, super niche ambient electronic music or whatever but can’t be arsed to recognize metal at allEDIT: after I posted this I noticed David Anthony has a few listed
props to Annie Zaleski for the Crowded House inclusion…a great band that is far too underappreciated on these shores, and Dreamers is a really good album