Metacritic Aggregate: 2021 Old Music: Electronica/Dance

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

• Blues/Gospel
• Country/Americana/Folk
• Classical/New Age
• Electronica/Dance
• Hip-Hop/R&B
• Jazz
• Metal
• World
• Everything

Ranking

1. Cold Wave #1 (2017-20, Soul Jazz) {5}: pc_c:2, pm_r:+ -- TH:**
2. Amapiano Now (NTS) {4}: ra:+ -- TH:***
3. Cold Wave #2 (2015-20, Soul Jazz) {4}: -- TH:A-
4. La Ola Interior: Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990 (Bongo Joe) {3}: Bc:+; aqd:+ -- TH:*
5. Rare.wavs (Vol 1) (Foreign Family) {3}: PO:+ -- TH:**
6. Tresor 30 (Tresor) {3}: VF:11; am_e:+
7. Ritmo Fantasia: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie & House (1982-1992) (Soundway) {2}: -- TH:**
8. DJ Shadow: Endtroducing . . . 25 (Half Speed Master) (Island) {1}: pc_r:6
9. DJ Sprinkles: Gayest Tits & Greyist Shits: 1998-2017 12-Inches & One-Offs (Comatose) {1}: tgl:+
10. Kevin McCormick & David Horridge: Light Patterns (1982, Smiling C) {1}: aqd:+
11. @0 () {1}: tr_e:+
12. I Can't Complain but Sometimes I Still Do (Regelbau -EP) {1}: GB:45
13. The Sound of Limo (Limousine Dream) {1}: ra:+
14. Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age 1993-1997 (Music From Memory -20) {1}: ra:+