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Sarah Spencer writesCHiRP Radio Best of 2021: Sarah Spencer
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2021. Our next list is from DJ Sarah Spencer.
2021 may have been another challenging year in the books, but it was a wonderful year for music. This is my fourth year-end top 10 list I've compiled for CHIRP Radio, however this is the first year that I'm leaving it unranked. There was just so much great stuff that passed my desk in 2021 that I don't feel as confident as I usually do picking my absolute favorites: the numbers seem to keep shifting around depending on the day and my mood. The albums that appear here are ones that I either spent the most time with, or that generally surprised and delighted me.
Vulture Prince by Arooj Aftab (New Amsterdam Records)
Daddy's Home by St. Vincent (Loma Vista)
Home Video by Lucy Dacus (Matador)
The Besnard Lakes are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings by The Besnard Lakes (Full Time Hobby)
Flock by Jane Weaver (Fire Records)
Sound Ancestors by Madlib (Madlib Invazion)
Phantom Cabinet Vol. 1 by Pepe Deluxe (Catskills Records)
Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird (Foundation Records)
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz (Age 101 Music)
The Path of the Clouds by Marissa Nadler (Sacred Bones)
Honorable Mentions
Anika - Change
Emily Jane Powers - Isometry
Hard Feelings - Hard Feelings
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell - Burn
Lost Girls - Mennenskekollektivet
Noga Erez - Kids
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