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The best songs and albums we missed in 2021

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Members of the NPR Music team share their personal picks for the best songs or albums from 2021 that didn't make our final lists.

1. dodie: "Hate Myself," from Build a Problem
2. Tōth: "Turnaround (Cocaine Song)," from You And Me And Everything
3. Flock of Dimes: "Price of Blue," from Head of Roses
4. Blu DeTiger: "Vintage," from How Did We Get Here?
5. doechii: "TRUTH," From Bra-Less
6. girl in red: "Did You Come?" from if i could make it go quiet
7. Moin: "Crappy Dreams Count," from Moot!
8. Limp Bizkit: "Dad Vibes," from STILL SUCKS
9. Madi Diaz: "Nervous," from History of a Feeling
10. Tré Burt: "Funny Story (Song for Eva)," from You, Yeah, You
11. Normani (feat. Cardi B): "Wild Side" (Single)
12. Sarah Kinsley: "The King," from The King (EP)
13. NIKARA: "Thick Girls," from NIKARA presents Black Wall Street
14. Draco Rosa: "El Amor de Borikén," from Sound Healing 1:11
15. Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella: "Weiht," from Pop Ambient 2022

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey Robin, check it out!

0:07.0

Bob, what are you doing in that trailer truck?

0:10.8

I've just come from the all songs considered warehouse, you know, where we keep all the albums

0:15.4

and all the songs we've played over the years.

0:17.2

I've filled the truck with boxes and boxes of records so I can drive around the country

0:21.9

and deliver copies for all of our listeners to hear.

0:25.5

I mean, I know we love to get more music from more artists.

0:29.9

Out to more people, but there's a much easier way to do this.

0:33.9

What do you mean?

0:34.9

Look, we have the all songs considered podcasts, yeah.

0:38.0

If listeners just support the podcast, they can help ensure they'll keep hearing new musical

0:42.5

discoveries by artists from all over the world.

0:45.8

All they have to do is make a donation to the public radio station of their choice.

0:50.2

So how would they do that?

0:51.7

Just go to donate.npr.org slash music to get started.

0:55.9

You make a donation and help get more voices and more music to more people.

1:00.7

And you can do it from anywhere, your home or anywhere.

1:02.8

You don't need this truck.

1:04.3

Amazing, so let's donate.npr.org slash music.

1:08.0

Donate.npr.org slash music.

1:11.1

Go now!

1:12.1

I'm on my way!

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