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Year-end countdown · Exit 97.7 · 2021

WEXT Top 97 of 2021

The year-end countdown (2021) from Exit 97.7 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 97 songs, with “Nightflyer” by Allison Russell at number one. The list features 86 different artists; Jade Bird has the most entries with three songs.

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Transcribed from the PDF linked on the station's page "The Top 97 of 2021" (https://www.wextradio.org/2022-01-01/the-top-97-of-2021). The PDF prints each entry as "Song / Artist". "Shemekia Copland" corrected to Copeland (53).

# Song ListsBest
1 Nightflyer Allison Russell 10 #1
2 Black Myself Amythyst Kiah 14 #2
3 Good Woman The Staves 2 #3
4 Breathing Amy Helm 3 #4
5 Sanctuary Hiss Golden Messenger 10 #5
6 Call me a Fool Valerie June 15 #4
7 Sword from the Stone Passenger 2 #7
8 Open Up The Heavens Jade Bird 6 #8
9 Roots and Wings The Wallflowers 6 #7
10 Souled Out On You Robert Finley 2 #10
11 Fine Line Oliver Wood 3 #11
12 Perennial Bloom (Back To You) Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real 6 #12
13 I Need You Jon Batiste 19 #1
14 Motorbike Leon Bridges 13 #7
15 Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive 21 #1
16 Madelyn Anderson East 8 #16
17 662 Christone Kingfish Ingram 4 #2
18 You Get It All Hayes Carll 1 #18
19 Talking Reality Television Blues Tom Jones 1 #19
20 See The World Brett Dennen 7 #20
21 All The Lilacs In Ohio John Hiatt 2 #21
22 Can't Let Go Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 16 #4
23 Making Do Lake Street Dive 7 #5
24 Travelin' Jorma Kaukonen & John Hurlbut 1 #24
25 I Need to Go Somewhere Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors 1 #25
26 Redemption Nathaniel Rateliff 5 #26
27 Diamond Studded Shoes Yola 15 #1
28 My Power Edie Brickell And New Bohemians 1 #28
29 Easy Rider Jim Keller 1 #29
30 Sweet Oblivion Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird 1 #30
31 The Real Thing Parker Millsap 4 #31
32 How High The Record Company 7 #20
33 Back In Ohio Lucero 6 #33
34 Boot Money Tony Joe White 1 #34
35 Hurt Arlo Parks 17 #5
36 Something Better Emily Wolfe 1 #36
37 Remember That Night? Sara Kays 2 #37
38 Headstart Jade Bird 8 #38
39 Missing Piece Vance Joy 10 #2
40 I Love This Life Bob Schneider 2 #40
41 FREEDOM Jon Batiste 19 #2
42 Simultaneously Ani DiFranco 3 #39
43 The Medicine Man Keb' Mo' 1 #43
44 breathe again Joy Oladokun 2 #44
45 Right On Time Brandi Carlile 16 #1
46 Down In The Country Israel Nash 4 #16
47 Now Is The Time Jade Bird 3 #47
48 Juniper Jones David Wax Museum 1 #48
49 Something Has To Change Rodney Crowell 1 #49
50 Blood On Your Hands Willie Nile 2 #50
51 Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth The Black Keys 2 #45
52 Crawling Kingsnake The Black Keys 12 #6
53 Hit 'Em Back Shemekia Copeland & Kenny Wayne Shepherd 1 #53
54 My Cleveland Heart Jackson Browne 6 #42
55 Harshest Critic Allison Ponthier 2 #39
56 Elevator Boots Counting Crows 6 #18
57 Freedom Illiterate Light 6 #2
58 Last Train Home John Mayer 7 #11
59 Like A Locomotive Ben Harper 1 #59
60 I Ain't Living Long Like This Shannon McNally 1 #60
61 Break Our Fall Dispatch 6 #48
62 Wild Blue John Mayer 4 #24
63 Hard On You Mo Kenney 1 #63
64 Turn Me Loose (I'll Never Be The Same) Todd Snider 1 #64
65 Only A Song Van Morrison 1 #65
66 Survivor Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 16 #7
67 Hope Arlo Parks 7 #15
68 Love Special Delivery Los Lobos 2 #49
69 Just Like Leaving Bella White 1 #69
70 How Low Heartless Bastards 5 #12
71 Good Day for a Good Day Michael Franti & Spearhead 4 #67
72 I Don't Mind Lindsey Buckingham 1 #72
73 Hold On Martin Sexton 1 #73
74 Break My Baby Kaleo 5 #41
75 Long Way Eddie Vedder 9 #13
76 Can't Stop The Rain Neal Francis 6 #33
77 Place Names Nick Waterhouse 1 #77
78 Smile Valerie June 5 #51
79 Poor Boy A Long Way From Home The Black Keys 4 #79
80 Driver 8 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 2 #16
81 Timing Alisa Amador 2 #50
82 Phoenix Big Red Machine 7 #29
83 Love Love Love My Morning Jacket 14 #8
84 Hardlytown Hiss Golden Messenger 1 #84
85 Head On Jose Gonzalez 3 #46
86 Worry No More Amos Lee 10 #14
87 Heroes Natalie Hemby 5 #70
88 Brightside Lumineers 16 #6
89 Squid Tattoo Sean Rowe 2 #17
90 For Your Consideration Maggie Rose 2 #19
91 The Afterglow Oshima Brothers 1 #91
92 Magnolia Blues Adia Victoria 9 #37
93 Badlands Cristina Vane 1 #93
94 Wasted Days John Mellencamp & Bruce Springsteen 1 #94
95 I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs 25 #2
96 Fancy Drones (Fracture Me) Amythyst Kiah 2 #96
97 justified Kacey Musgraves 12 #10

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About this countdown

WEXT Top 97 of 2021 was broadcast by Exit 97.7 (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY) in 2021. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: WEXT Exit 97.7, "The Top 97 of 2021" (PDF).

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