best of luckystrike's Best of 2021 | DOUBLE UPDATE!! (pg. 7)

[luckystrike]

 

WELCOME TO MY BEST OF 2021

This year was unfortunately, kind of a lackluster year when it came to music releases, not a lot of consistent good releases like last year and a lot of expectations that were not met. Nonetheless, even if not many, this year also had some great projects, so after a whole year of listening and rating, I present my Best Of 2021...

 

 

 

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#15. Bebe Rexha - Better Mistakes

#14. Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed

#13. Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version)

#12. Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos

#11. CHUNG HA - QUERENCIA

#10. Taylor Swift - evermore

#9. Aly & AJ - a touch of the beat get you up on your feet... 

#8. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

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

#6. Doja Cat - Planet Her 

#5. Nick Jonas - Spaceman

 

 

 

 

 

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#10. Tate McRae - TOO YOUNG TO BE SAD

#9. Foxes - Friends In the Corner

#8. Alina Baraz - Moongate

#7. Jorja Smith - Be Right Back

#6. Daya - The Difference

#5. Rita Ora - BANG

 

 

 

 

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#50. Aly & AJ - "Personal Cathedrals"

#49. CHUNG HA - "X"

#48. Taylor Swift - "tolerate it"

#47. Dua Lipa - "That Kind of Woman"

#46. Billie Eilish - "Happier Than Ever"

#45. Kacey Musgraves - "star-crossed"

#44. Jorja Smith - "Burn"

#43. Saweetie - "Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat")

#42. Olivia Rodrigo - "happier"

#41. Taylor Swift - "willow"

#40. Rita Ora - "Bang Bang"

#39. Rebecca Black - "Worth It For the Feeling"

#38. Tinashe - "I Can See the Future"

#37. Saweetie - "Fast (Motion)"

#36. Doja Cat - "You Right (feat. The Weeknd)"

#35. Chlöe - "Have Mercy"

#34. Selena Gomez - "Baila Conmigo (feat. Rauw Alejandro)"

#33. Allie X - "Private Life"

#32. Olivia Rodrigo - "good 4 u"

#31. Troye Sivan - "could cry just thinkin about you"

#30. aespa - "Next Level"

#29. Doja Cat - "Woman"

#28. Ava Max - "Every Time I Cry"

#27. Nick Jonas - "This Is Heaven"

#26. Olivia Rodrigo - "traitor"

#25. Tinashe - "Pasadena (feat. Buddy)"

#24. Agnes - "24 Hours"

#23. Zara Larsson - "Talk About Love (feat. Young Thug)"

#22. Addison Rae - "Obsessed"

#21. Bebe Rexha - "Death Row"

 

 

 

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HONORABLE ALBUMS

St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

Alessia Cara - In the Meantime

Lil Nas X - MONTERO

Julia Michaels - Not In Chronological Order

Luke Hemmings - When Facing the Things We Turn Away From

Agnes - Magic Still Exists

Adele - 30

Clairo - Sling

Lorde - Solar Power

MARINA - Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land

 

HONORABLE EPs

Charlotte Lawrence - Charlotte

Joshua Bassett - Joshua Bassett

aespa - Savage

ELIO - Can You Hear Me Now?

 

HONORABLE SONGS

Megan Thee Stallion - Thot Shit

Lil Nas X - MONTERO (CMBYN)

Mabel - Let Them Know

Justin Bieber - Die For You

Halsey - Honey

The Weeknd - Take My Breath

Sofia Carson - Fool's Gold

Years & Years - Starstruck

Shift K3Y - Love Line

Sabrina Carpenter - Skin

 

 

Edited December 20, 2021 by luckystrike
update

[luckystrike]

first update in a few hours <3

[Sanguine]

Okay the graphics are a serve

 

Ready for Slayyyter domination and Your Top Ten

[Alex]

i'm ready 

[smholiv]

Yasssss can’t wait for the sour serve

 

love your graphics  bestie

[dreamofyou]

graphics are serving, perched for the lists

[Kinich]

ready for HAIM slayage!

[luckystrike]

22 minutes ago, Hikari said:

ready for HAIM slayage!

wrong thread bestie

[Hug]

I trust lucky taste yeah. Let's see what will appear on here!

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

Yes i'm excited for the lists 

[worldwide angel]

the graphics

[taemin]

Graphics on point as expected 

[luckystrike]

 

Welcome to the first update of my Best Of  to kick things off, I'm going to get the honorable mentions out of the way, some of these are either albums that I liked but I just didn't listen to enough for them to make it onto my list, OR albums that completely did not meet my expectations and were a let down  For the albums, I originally chose 5 honorable mentions, but then I decided to cut my main favorite albums list from 20 to 15 since the bottom 5 didn't feel worthy of a main top 20 placement  so those 5 I cut are now in the honorable mentions list. For the EPs, I chose 4 EPs that I enjoyed but didn't listen to a lot, and for the songs I chose 10 songs that almost made the cut into the final Top 50.

10 HONORABLE ALBUMS (in no particular order)

 

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St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

Trinity: Pay Your Way In Pain, Live In the Dream, The Melting of the Sun

Least favorite: Daddy's Home

 

 

Alessia Cara - In the Meantime

Trinity: Lie to Me, Shapeshifter, You Let Me Down

Least favorite: Sweet Dream

 

 

 

Lil Nas X - MONTERO

Trinity: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), SCOOP (feat. Doja Cat), LOST IN THE CITADEL

Least favorite: LIFE AFTER SALEM

 

 

Julia Michaels - Not In Chronological Order

Trinity: Lie Like This, Wrapped Around, All Your Exes

Least favorite: That's the Kind of Woman

 

 

 

Luke Hemmings - When Facing the Things We Turn Away From

Trinity: Saigon, Starting Line, Motion

Least favorite: Comedown

 

 

Agnes - Magic Still Exists

Trinity: Here Comes the Night, 24 Hours, Love and Appreciation

Least favorite: Magic Still Exists (not counting interludes)

 

 

 

Adele - 30

Trinity: Oh My God, To Be Loved, Can I Get It

Least favorite: Woman Like Me

 

 

Clairo - Sling

Trinity: Amoeba, Blouse, Harbor

Least favorite: Little Changes

 

 

 

Lorde - Solar Power

Trinity: Mood Ring, Solar Power, California

Least favorite: Dominoes

 

 

MARINA - Ancient Dreams In a Modern Land

Trinity: Venus Fly Trap, Purge the Poison, Ancient Dreams In a Modern Land

Least favorite: Goodbye

 

 

 

 

4 HONORABLE EPs (in no particular order)

 

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Charlotte Lawrence - Charlotte

Favorites: Slow Motion, Why Do You Love Me

Least favorite: You

 

 

Joshua Bassett - Joshua Bassett

Favorites: Telling Myself, Lie Lie Lie

Least favorite: Only a Matter of Time

 

 

 

aespa - Savage

Favorites: aenergy, YEPPI YEPPI

Least favorite: Lucid Dream

 

 

ELIO - Can You Hear Me Now?

Favorites: Charger, Jackie Onassis

Least favorite: Fabric

 

 

 

 

 

10 HONORABLE SONGS (in no particular order)

 

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[Alldeezy]

Ooo honey 

 

Your graphics are so good 

[luckystrike]

<3

 

Spoiler

2 hours ago, Sanguine said:

Okay the graphics are a serve

 

Ready for Slayyyter domination and Your Top Ten

I dont have a "worst of" section this year 

 

2 hours ago, dangerousalex said:

i'm ready 

yasss bestiana

 

2 hours ago, hofork said:

Yasssss can’t wait for the sour serve

 

love your graphics  bestie

ty bestie :shy:

 

1 hour ago, dreamofyou said:

graphics are serving, perched for the lists

thank u <3

 

50 minutes ago, Hug said:

I trust lucky taste yeah. Let's see what will appear on here!

oop thanks king <3

 

48 minutes ago, Mr. Blue_Shirt said:

Yes i'm excited for the lists 

 

47 minutes ago, worldwide angel said:

the graphics

thx king <3

 

44 minutes ago, diogozsz said:

Graphics on point as expected 

yasss ty bestie 

 

 

 

 

[Alex]

Thot Shit, Let Them Know, Honey, Skin, Love Line 

 

In The Meantime and Magic Still Exists are also cute!

[worldwide angel]

all this taste omg  and this is just the HMs 

[Kinich]

Annie and Clairo robbed! I thought Aespa was gonna make it somehow

 

Love love Fool's Gold, wish it actually made the list

[Sanguine]

St. Vincent and Aespa were absolutely ROBBED

 

Elio bops, just realized I snubbed her on my EPs list nn

 

Clairo not making it the way her stans dropped her this era fhjfjgj

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

MARINA, Adele, Agnes, Lil Nas X and aespa entering the ist  

 

I forgot about Alessia & Julia this year i-  But regardless, Clairo and St. Vincent were dissapointing for me this year

 

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Thot Shit, Montero (song), Let Them know, Take My Breath and Honey are all massive bops wow 

[smholiv]

great hms, sad for st. vincent and clairo but at least they were mentioned!!

 

elio and vespa

[TheWayWeWere]

beautiful layout sis

In the Meantime is the most complex and cohesive work from Alessia  

NICO should've been better, but at least it gave us All Your Exes

Magic Still Exists  

30, Solar Power, Ancient Dreams  deserved to be on the main list tho  

 

Let Them Know  the best song from her this year

[dreamofyou]

in the meantime, solar power & ancient dreams taste

 

also ELIO

[Moonlightbae]

hey bestie 

you're already serving so much taste with Alessia, Julia, Luke (!!!),  Agnes, Adele, Lorde and Marina 

I also love almost every song, can't wait to see what made it to the lists.

 

[Lazuli]

sad that daddy's home, 30 and sling didn't make the list, but glad that solar power is at least here and not mercilessly dragged 

savage is a BAWP but lucid dreams is def not the worst song here