2021 Albums of the Year
WECB’s favorite albums released this year! Milk Crate staff and WECB managers nominated their top albums. Final ordering was arranged by amount of nominations, with tied places determined by David Shird, Maura Cowan, Will Ingman, Karenna Umscheid and Lily Hartenstein through individual ranking and brackets.
50. “Heaux Tales” by Jazmine Sullivan
49. “Driver” by Adult Mom
48. “Up 2 Me” by Yeat
47. “Typhoons” by Royal Blood
46. “GLOW ON” by Turnstile
45. “lately I feel EVERYTHING” by WILLOW
44. “Sensational” by Erika de Casier
43. “L.W.” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
42. “star-crossed” by Kacey Musgraves
41. “Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land” by Marina
40. “Is 4 Lovers” by Death From Above 1979
39. “In Plain Sight” by Neal Francis
38. “SINNER GET READY” by Lingua Ignota
37. “Cavalcade” by black midi
36. “Mood Valiant” by Hiatus Kaiyote
35. “The Melodic Blue” by Baby Keem
34. “Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma” by Topaz Jones
33. “Exotica” by Purple Disco Machine
32. “New Long Leg” by Dry Cleaning
31. “Talk Memory” by BADBADNOTGOOD
30. “Year of the Spider” by Shannon and the Clams
29. “Whole Lotta Red” by Playboi Carti
28. “30” by Adele
27. “Obviously” by Lake Street Dive
26. “Radical” by Every Time I Die
25. “FLOWERS for VASES/descanos” by Hayley Williams
24. “Harmony House” by Dayglow
23. “Still Over It” by Summer Walker
22. “Solar Power” by Lorde
21. “333” by Tinashe
20. “Juno” by Remi Wolf
19. “Stand for Myself” by Yola
18. “Valentine” by Snail Mail
17. “Blue Weekend” by Wolf Alice
16. “Comfort to Me” by Amyl and the Sniffers
15. “I Know I’m Funny haha” by Faye Webster
14. “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert” by Little Simz
13. “Daddy’s Home” by St. Vincent
12. “to hell with it” by PinkPantheress
11. “Vince Staples” by Vince Staples
10. “Fatigue” by L’Rain
9. “MONTERO” by Lil Nas X
8. “Untourable Album” by Men I Trust
7. “Sour” by Olivia Rodrigo
6. “Collapsed in Sunbeams” by Arlo Parks
5. “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST” by Tyler, the Creator
4. “Home Video” by Lucy Dacus
3. “An Evening with Silk Sonic” by Silk Sonic
2. “Any Shape You Take'“ by Indigo De Souza
“Jubilee” by Japanese Breakfast