Derek Nielsen’s Best Albums of 2021

As a child of the ’90s myself, I am bound to the notion that the decade most detrimental to my personal development didn’t officially start until 1991.  Ergo, the year 1990 was still officially part of the ’80s. This is not a hot take. These are the rules, according to the standard Gregorian calendar. This notion is clearly reflected in the music that was released that year. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, REM, My Bloody Valentine,  even Red Hot Chili Peppers all dropped their era-defining releases in 1991, and turned the tides of the entire music industry forever. Sonically, these albums are inarguably the ones we associate with this (admittedly biased) wonderful moment in history, and will forever remain crystallized in the hearts of a jaded and irony-poisoned generation. The point...

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