Tom's Top 25 Albums of 2020

View the top 25 albums of 2021, as selected by the esteemed Guild. You can view the full list below, browse honorable mentions, or view each individual list.



Artist Album
1 Vulture Prince - Arooj Aftab Vulture Prince
2 Promises - Pharaoh Sanders and Floating Points Promises
3 Collapsed in Sunbeams - Arlo Parks Collapsed in Sunbeams
4 Urban Driftwood - Yasmin Williams Urban Driftwood
5 Quivering in Time - Eris Drew Quivering in Time
6 Ignorance - The Weather Station Ignorance
7 Shade - Grouper Shade
8 Sensational - Erika de Casier Sensational
9 Black to the Future - Sons of Kemet Black to the Future
10 Mercurial World - Magdalena Bay Mercurial World
11 Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales
12 New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning New Long Leg
13 An Overview on Phenomenal Nature - Cassandra Jenkins An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
14 Uneasy - Vijay Iyer Trio Uneasy
15 Space 1.8 - Nala Sinephro Space 1.8
16 Deciphering the Message - Makaya McCraven Deciphering the Message
17 Far In - Helado Negro Far In
18 Sometimes I Might Be an Introvert - Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be an Introvert
19 Tako Tsubo - L'Imperatrice Tako Tsubo
20 Bo Jackson - Boldy James & The Alchemist Bo Jackson
21 Tone Poem - Charles Lloyd and the Marvels Tone Poem
22 Untourable Album - Men I Trust Untourable Album
23 Squint - Julian Lage Squint
24 For the first time - Black Country, New Road For the first time
25 Entendre - Nik Bartsch Entendre