KVSC Top 88 Albums of 2021

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The KVSC Top 88 of 2021 was voted on by the radio station’s staff and listeners. Only albums that were spun as part of KVSC’s main music rotation were eligible for the station’s official Top 88.

The album cover to Japanese Breakfast's Jubilee
  1. Jubilee – Japanese Breakfast
  2. Delta Kream – The Black Keys
  3. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – Little Simz
  4. Emphatically No. – Cheekface
  5. I Don’t Live Here Anymore – The War on Drugs
  6. Electromelodier – Son Volt
  7. Let Me Do One More -Illuminati Hotties
  8. Introducing… – Aaron Frazer
  9. Van Weezer – Weezer
  10. SKA DREAM – Jeff Rosenstock
  11. HEY WHAT – Low
  12. The Million Masks of God – Manchester Orchestra
  13. OK Human – Weezer
  14. Yol – Altın Gün
  15. Things Take Time, Take Time – Courtney Barnett
  16. Pressure Machine – The Killers
  17. Threesome – Baby Boys
  18. Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator
  19. Audio Drag for Ego Slobs – Gustaf
  20. Cavalcade – black midi
  21. Good Kids Make Bad Apples – Spud Cannon
  22. Soft – Yellow Ostrich
  23. Once Twice Melody: Chapters One & Two – Beach House
  24. Juno – Remi Wolf
  25. An Evening with Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic
  26. Raise the Roof – Robert Plant | Alison Krauss
  27. Aisles – Angel Olsen
  28. Rehearsal – Skeggs
  29. Daddy’s Home – St. Vincent
  30. Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
  31. Wary + Strange – Amethyst Kiah
  32. Smile with No Teeth – Genesis Owusu
  33. Glow On – Turnstile
  34. Butterfly 3000 – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
  35. Cooler Returns – Kiwi Jr.
  36. Scaled and Icy – Twenty One Pilots
  37. Life, and Another – Mega Bog
  38. True Love – Hovvdy
  39. Texis – Sleigh Bells
  40. Other You – Steve Gunn
  41. Time Traveler – Waltzer
  42. Tiny Circles – Jeweler
  43. For the First Time – Black Country, New Road
  44. OH NO – Xiu Xiu
  45. Islomania – Islands
  46. Techniculture – Drowning Effect
  47. Thirstier – Torres
  48. Fever Dreams – Villagers
  49. Earth Trip – Rose City Band
  50. Comfort to Me – Amyl and the Sniffers
  51. Blood – Juliana Hatfield
  52. The Pet Parade – Fruit Bats
  53. La Luz – La Luz
  54. If I Fail Are We Still Cool? – Patrick Paige II
  55. Typhoons – Royal Blood
  56. Jump for Joy – Gary Louris
  57. Pono – A Great Big Piles of Leaves
  58. Sinner Get Ready – Lingua Ignota
  59. Gami Gang – Origami Angel
  60. Crocus – The Ophelias
  61. We Are – Jon Batiste
  62. Mirage – Anchorsong
  63. Time Flies – Ladyhawke
  64. Beautiful Noise – Major Spark
  65. BOOK – They Might Be Giants
  66. Poets Party – The Suburbs
  67. Glowing in the Dark – Django Django
  68. Sweep It Into Space – Dinosaur Jr.
  69. Lindsey Buckingham – Lindsey Buckingham
  70. L.W. – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
  71. In the Blossom of Their Shade – Pokey LaFarge
  72. Homemade – Andy Gabbard
  73. Mercury: Act I – Imagine Dragons
  74. Appropriation – Appropriation
  75. Aurora – Marquis
  76. Open Door Policy – The Hold Steady
  77. Valentine – Snail Mail
  78. Untourable Album – The Men I Trust
  79. Earth Man Blues – Guided By Voices
  80. Roses – The Paper Kites
  81. No Taste – Bad Waitress
  82. Walkman – Bad Bad Hats
  83. A Good Year to Forget – Julian Cope
  84. Path to Wellness – Sleater-Kinney
  85. Departure – Applesauce Tears
  86. Crawler – Idles
  87. Little Oblivions – Julien Baker
  88. We Weren’t Here – Film School