Tom's Top Albums of 2021

1. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour

2. Allison Russell - Outside Child 

3. Adele - 30

4. Yola - Stand for Myself

5. Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name            

6. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof

7. Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams

8. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall - Marfa Tapes

9. Kacey Musgraves - Star-Crossed

10. James McMurtry - Horses & the Hounds

11. Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days

12. Miko Marks - Our Country & Race Records (EP)

13. Adia Victoria - Southern Gothic

14. Valerie June - Moon and Stars

15. Dawn Richard - Second Line

16. Sturgill Simpson - Ballad of Dood & Juanita

17. Jon Batiste - We Are

18. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!

19. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

20. Charley Crockett - Music City USA

21. Rodney Crowell - Triage

22. Kalie Shorr - I Got Here By Accident

23. Steve Earle - JT

24. Hayes Carll - You Get It All 

25. Sons of Kemet- Black to the Future

26. Silk Sonic - An Evening With

27. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales

28. Natalie Hemby - Pins & Needles

29. Carly Pearce - 29

30. Peter Stampfel - 20th Century In 100 Songs

31. Tom Jones - Surrounded by Time

32. Todd Snider - First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder

33. Jason Isbell - Georgia Blue

34. Teenage Fanclub -Endless Arcade

35. Hold Steady - Open Door Policy

36. Tune-Yards - Sketchy

37. Rhiannon Giddens/Francesco Turrisi - They're Calling Me Home

38. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

39. Lil Nas X - Montero

40. Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming

41. Maggie Rose - Have A Seat

42. Amythyst Kiah - Wary + Strange

43. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg

44. Margo Cilker - Pohorylle

45. Curtis Harding - If Words Were Flowers

46. Morgan Wade - Reckless

47. Liz Phair - Soberish

48. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club

49. Mavericks - En Espanol

50. Lilly Hiatt - Lately

51. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

52. Lainey Wilson - Sayin' What I'm Thinkin'

53. Morgan Wade - Reckless

54. Pistol Annies - Hell Of A Holiday

55. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee

56. Amanda Shires - For Christmas

57. Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren

58. American Aquarium -Slappers, Bangers and Certified Twangers: Volume 1 & 2

59. Christone Kingfish Ingram - 662

60. Kathleen Edwards - Total Freedom

61. Nathaniel Rateliff - Future

62. Lindsey Buckingham - s/t

63. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - Love For Sale

64. Los Lobos - Native Sons

65. Lori McKenna - Christmas Is Right Here

66. Cody Jinks - Mercy

67. Connie Smith - Cry Of The Heart

68. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time

69. Mike and the Moonpies - One To Grow On

70. Cleo Sol - Mother

71. Asleep at the Wheel - Half A Hundred Years

72. Caetano Veloso - Meu Coco

73. War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore

74. Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Vol. 2 - Various

75. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

76. Leon Bridges -Gold-Diggers Sound

77. Joan Armatrading - Consequences

78. Susannah Hoffs - Bright Lights

79. Wanda Jackson - Encore

80. Eric Church - Heart & Soul

81. Felice Brothers - Dreams to Dust

82. RaeLynn - Baytown

83. Flatlanders - Treasure of Love

84. Mandy Barnett - Nashville Songbook

85. Elvis Shane - Backslider

86. Garbage -No Gods No Masters

87. Ashley Monroe - Rosegold

88. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life

89. My Morning Jacket - s/t

90. Joy Crookes - Skin

91. Joshua Ray Walker - See You Next Time

92. John Hiatt & Jerry Douglas - Leftover Feelings

93. Torres - Thirstier

94. Gary Allan - Ruthless