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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Best Albums of 2021

The artists who comprise my top 10 albums of the year include rock and bluegrass veterans (a couple making long-awaited returns), Americana darlings, alt-rock mainstays, twentysomething British singer/guitarists and an Irish frontman following in his rock superstar father's footsteps.  

1. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, "Raise the Roof" 

2. My Morning Jacket, "My Morning Jacket" 

3. Willie Nile, "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

4. Jake Bugg, "Saturday Night Sunday Morning" 

5. The Vaccines, "Back to Love City"

6. Sam Fender, "17 Going Under"

7. Inhaler, "It Won't Always Be Like This"

8. Lindsey Buckingham, "Lindsey Buckingham"

9. Wilderado, "Wilderado"

10. Del Amitri, "Fatal Mistakes"

Honorable Mention:

11. Brandi Carlile, "In These Silent Days"

12. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, "A Few Stars Apart"

13. Lord Huron, "Long Lost"

14. Steve Earle & the Dukes, "J.T."

15. Jackson Browne, "Downhill from Everywhere" 

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