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2021 Year End Lists Chapter 7: The Top 100 Albums of 2021

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The Album as definitive of an artistic statement as you will get from most musical artists. There are no frills about this one, I listened to a LOT of albums this year. These are the best of them. Lets do it.  100. Dark In Here  - The Mountain Goats Getting us started if John Darnielle and company who haven't been on their most creative streak in the bands storied history but delivered some really good singles and interesting deep cuts that play on John's coy and humorous style of songwriting.  Listen To: The Slow Parts In Death Metal Albums , Dark In Here 99. Is 4 Lovers  - Death From Above 1979 The third new DFA record since their "comeback" in 2014 splits the difference between the first two. While it has plenty of wild moments throughout they do spend quite a bit of time playing it relatively safe and sounding like some of their contemporaries. Listen To: Mean Streets , N,Y,C Power Elite Part 1 98. The Art Of Losing  - The Anchoress Being billed as the next Kate B