The 20 Best Albums of 2021 So Far
Which albums have impressed critics the most during the first half of the year? Above, we rank the best-reviewed LPs released between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 by Metascore. Albums must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible, and resissues, EPs, live albums, and compilations are excluded.
A Mercury Prize-nominated British jazz quartet with rock and folk influences, Sons of Kemet followed 2018's Your Queen Is A Reptile with this fourth album in May. Guests include Lianne La Havas and Moor Mother.
“This is the group’s masterwork to date, a thrillingly rich tapestry that combines passionate reflections on the meaning of black power, sharpened in particular by last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, with sonic love letters to black culture past and present.” —The Skinny
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