BLOG | NOV. 28, 2021

Tape Op Staff Picks 2021

It's that time of year again where we go back through our digital listening histories or simply look over at the turntable to get a handle on just what we were enjoying this past year. There were a ton of great releases this year, many of them made during in bedrooms, basements and cabins during lockdowns, quarantines and the spaces in between. We gave a little leeway for some late or perhaps overlooked 2020 releases. Enjoy.

Larry Crane

  1. Steven Wilson
    The Future Bites

  2. Anders Parker
    Wolf Reckoning

  3. Illuminati Hotties
    Let Me Do One More

  4. Yes
    The Quest

  5. The Beatles
    Let it Be (Super Deluxe Edition)

John Baccigaluppi

  1. The Weather Station
    Ignorance

  2. Cassandra Jenkins
    An Overview of Phenomenal Nature

  3. Low
    Hey What

  4. Hand Habits
    Funhouse

  5. Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra
    Promises

  6. Arushi Jain
    Under the Lilac Sky

  7. Big Red Machine
    How Long Do You Think it's Gonna Last?

Geoff Stanfield

  1. Blitzen Trapper
    Holy Smokes, Future Jokes

  2. Amyl and the Sniffers
    Comfort to Me

  3. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
    Butterfly 3000

  4. Rachel Eckroth
    The Garden

  5. Xenia Rubinos
    Una Rosa

  6. Nate Smith
    Kinfolk 2: See the Birds

Anthony Sarti

  1. Turnstile
    GLOW ON

  2. Clams Casino
    Winter Flower

  3. The Weeknd
    "Save Your Tears" (w/ Ariana Grande) Remix

  4. Crumb
    Ice Melt

  5. Sons of Alpha Centauri
    Push

Andy Hong

  1. In Inertia
    Efflorescence

  2. Wings of the ISANG
    The Borderline between Hope and Despair

  3. Pat Metheny
    Road to the Sun

  4. Alina Baraz
    Sunbeam/Moongate

  5. Hope Tala
    Girl Eats Sun

  6. Rodrigo Amarante
    Drama

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