CJRU’s Top 128 Most Played Albums of 2021

31 December 2021 / by Met Radio
CJRU top 128 of 2021

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

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