2021 has finally come to a close and that means the moment you’ve all been waiting for CJRU’s top 128 list! With us being a radio station one of our largest measurements of success is spins, so this yea- end list is who gets spun the most here at CJRU. Sure it’s a popularity contest but it’s our list and who doesn’t love judging the popular kid? It’s time to sort out the wheat from the chaff, here’s our top 128 most played albums of 2021.
Artists |
Album |
Label |
|
128 |
møziz |
E-Møtion |
Collection Disques Durs |
127 |
BROS |
Vol.2 |
Dine Alone Music |
126 |
Yoo Doo Right |
Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose |
Mothland |
125 |
Alyson McNamara |
Let Me Sleep |
Ghost Pepper Records |
124 |
St. Vincent |
Daddy’s Home |
Loma Vista Recordings |
123 |
Bachelor |
Doomin’ Sun |
Polyvinyl Records |
122 |
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy |
A Cult That Worships A God Of Death |
Self-released |
121 |
Flyte |
This Is Really Going To Hurt |
Universal-Island Records |
120 |
Autogramm |
No Rules |
Nevado |
119 |
Nick Hakim & Roy Nathanson |
Small Things |
NYXO Records; tmwrk records |
118 |
Valerie June |
The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers |
Fantasy |
117 |
Mouraine |
Bigger Dreams |
Birthday Cake |
116 |
Lava La Rue |
Butter-Fly |
Marathon Artists |
115 |
Noga Erez |
KIDS |
City Slang |
114 |
No Joy |
Can My Daughter See Me From Heaven |
Joyful Noise Recordings |
113 |
José González |
Local Valley |
Imperial; Mute |
112 |
Harkness |
The Occasion |
Windchild Records |
111 |
Myd |
Born a Loser |
Because Music |
110 |
Carlos Nino & Friends |
More Energy Fields, Current |
International Anthem |
109 |
Nous Alpha |
A Walk in the Woods |
Our Silent Canvas |
108 |
Gilligan Moss |
Gilligan Moss |
Foreign Family Collective |
107 |
Dominique Fils-Aimé |
Three Little Words |
Ensoul Records |
106 |
Packs |
Take the Cake |
Fire Talk |
105 |
Tompa |
1 |
NSEW Recordings |
104 |
summersets |
small town sunday |
Self-Released |
103 |
Adrian Sutherland |
When the Magic Hits |
Midnight Shine Music |
102 |
Midnight Shine Music |
New Long Leg |
4AD |
101 |
The Midnight |
Horror Show |
Counter Records |
100 |
John Oliver |
Tao 20 Tree Temple |
Self-Released |
99 |
BADBADNOTGOOD |
Talk Memory |
XL Recordings; People’s Champ |
98 |
Triptides |
Alter Echoes |
Alive Naturalsound Records |
97 |
The Weather Station |
Ignorance |
Next Door Records |
96 |
Ty Segall |
Harmonizer |
Drag City Records |
95 |
Dizzy |
Separate Places |
Royal Mountain Records |
94 |
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, & London Symphony Orchestra |
Promises |
Luaka Bop |
93 |
Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band |
Banned |
Flemish Eye Records; Anti/Epitaph |
92 |
Bill Jr. Jr. |
Homebody |
Bush League Records |
91 |
Real Sickies |
Love Is For Lovers |
Stomp Records |
90 |
Colouring Outside |
Dead and Dying Town |
Barely Imaginary Records |
89 |
CHAI |
WINK |
Sub Pop |
88 |
Foxing |
Draw Down The Moon |
Grand Paradise / Hopeless Records |
87 |
Petey |
Lean Into Life |
Terrible Records |
86 |
Hippo Campus |
Good Dog, Bad Dream |
Tugboat Records |
85 |
yehno |
Tomorrow We’ll Be Here |
Collection Disques Durs |
84 |
Sour Widows |
Crossing Over |
Exploding In Sound Records |
83 |
Keaton Henson |
Fragments EP |
Play It Again Sam |
82 |
Le Vaisseau D’or |
Desire Forever |
Le Vaisseau D’Or |
81 |
girl in red |
If I Could Make It Go Quiet |
World in Red |
80 |
Suncraft |
Flat Earth Rider |
All Good Clean Records, A.S |
79 |
Mother Mother |
Inside |
Self-released |
78 |
N0V3L |
Non-fiction |
Flemish Eye Records |
77 |
Bicep |
Isles |
Ninja Tune |
76 |
K.A.A.N. |
Long Time No See |
Kaan Life Music |
75 |
Field Guide |
Make Peace with That |
Birthday Cake |
74 |
Whitehorse |
Strike Me Down |
Six Shooter Records |
73 |
Hemai |
Strange Beauty |
Tru Thoughts |
72 |
Yaya Bey |
The Things I Can’t Take With Me |
Big Dada |
71 |
Possum |
Lunar Gardens |
Idée Fixe Records |
70 |
Hailu Mergia |
Tezeta |
Awesome Tapes From Africa |
69 |
BassKase |
A Fist Full Of Dubs |
SoundPoint |
68 |
Field Music |
Flat White Moon |
Memphis Industries |
67 |
Drummachinemike |
A Certain Death |
Drum Machine Music |
66 |
AIM LOW |
Broken Sundial |
Amplitude Limitations |
65 |
Brad Sucks |
A New Low in Hi-Fi |
Self-released |
64 |
Melanie Durrant |
Where I’m At |
Melo-D’s Inc. |
63 |
Danz CM |
The Absurdity of Human Existence |
Computer Magic Music |
62 |
Flock of Dimes |
Price of Blue |
Sub Pop |
61 |
Wine Lips |
Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party |
Stomp Records |
60 |
Jocelyn Mackenzie |
Push |
Righteous Babe Records |
59 |
Adrian Younge |
The American Negro |
Jazz Is Dead |
58 |
Jacob Dsouza |
Nights in California (Stripped Down) |
Stripped Down |
57 |
Crown Lands |
White Buffalo |
Universal |
56 |
Andy Shauf |
Wilds |
Anti/Epitaph |
55 |
Boogarins |
Manchaca, Vol. 2 |
OAR |
54 |
Cartel Madras |
The Serpent & The Tiger |
Royal Mountain Records; Sub Pop |
53 |
Cadence Weapon |
Parallel World |
Cadence Weapon |
52 |
Haviah Mighty |
Stock Exchange |
Mighty Gang Inc. |
51 |
Rochelle Jordan |
Play With The Changes |
Royal Mountain Records; Young Art Records |
50 |
Behrooz Mihankhah |
Lydium |
Self-released |
49 |
Reykjavictim |
Face Forward, Don’t Be Untoward |
Self-Released |
48 |
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
Butterfly 3000 |
Self-released |
47 |
Simbiyez Wilson |
Warrior |
Self-released |
46 |
Hand Habits |
dirt |
Saddle Creek |
45 |
Mdou Moctar |
Afrique Victime |
Matador |
44 |
ROY |
Roy’s Garage |
Idée Fixe Records |
43 |
Bernice |
Eau De Bonjourno |
Figureight |
42 |
Psycho & Plastic |
Soundtrack 1: Schwelen |
GiveUsYourGOLD |
41 |
Fleece |
Stunning & Atrocious |
Self-released |
40 |
Nancy |
The Seven Foot Tall Post-Suicidal Feel Good Blues |
B3SCI Records |
39 |
Eva Tolkin |
City and Sky |
Crystal Math |
38 |
Half Moon Run |
Inwards & Onwards |
Glassnote Music |
37 |
Charlotte Day Wilson |
ALPHA |
Stone Woman Music |
36 |
Fimber Bravo |
Lunar Tredd |
Moshi Moshi |
35 |
Dorothea Paas |
Anything Can’t Happen |
Telephone Explosion |
34 |
Lennox C.B. |
High Hopes |
High Hopes |
33 |
Trash Magic |
Power World |
Deep Sea Mining Syndicate |
32 |
Borelson |
Building Bridges |
BekeliArts |
31 |
Indigo Sparke |
Echo |
Sacred Bones |
30 |
Goodbye Honolulu |
Goodbye Honolulu |
Self-released |
29 |
Amyl & The Sniffers |
Comfort To Me |
Rough Trade |
28 |
Les Moontunes |
Les Moontunes |
Self-released |
27 |
Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz |
jooj two |
Mint Records |
26 |
Ada Lea |
One hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden |
Saddle Creek |
25 |
FHANG |
FHANG |
Hidden Ship |
24 |
Ducks Ltd. |
Get Bleak |
Carpark Records |
23 |
Small Sins |
Volume II |
Arts & Crafts |
22 |
Century Egg |
Little Piece of Hair |
Forward Music Group |
21 |
Anna B Savage |
A Common Turn |
City Slang |
20 |
Slow Leaves |
Holiday |
Birthday Cake; Make My Day Records |
19 |
The Besnard Lakes |
The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings |
Flemish Eye Records |
18 |
Status / Non Status |
1, 2, 3, 500 years |
You’ve Changed Records |
17 |
Lydia Hol |
Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream |
Self-released |
16 |
Rhye |
Home |
Last Gang; Loma Vista Recordings |
15 |
Dusted |
III |
Self-released |
14 |
Bad Waitress |
No Taste |
Royal Mountain Records |
13 |
Alex Cuba |
Mendó |
Caracol Records |
12 |
Paul Jacobs |
Pink Dogs on the Green Grass |
Blow the Fuse |
11 |
SUUNS |
The Witness |
Joyful Noise Recordings |