The Freshman 15: 2021's Best Debut Albums
Next week, we'll release our final overall list of this year's best overall albums. But our ongoing best of 2021 coverage continues right now with a look at this year's top newcomers in music.
Above is our list of the 15 best-reviewed debut albums of 2021, ranked by Metascore. Note that albums must have at least 7 reviews—and be a full-length LP (or mixtape) rather than an EP—to be eligible for inclusion. Albums are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding based on scores as of December 14, 2021.
(#10) Recorded in a home basement, the nine-song Projector marks the debut for Geese, a Brooklyn-based band consisting of five teenagers who recorded the album while still in high school. But there's nothing immature about their sophisticated indie-rock/post-punk sound.
“Projector is an impressive debut and all-around solid effort from a band at the start of a promising career.” —Allmusic
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