The 50 Best Albums of 2016
Update:
- 50 Best Albums of 2015
- 50 Best Albums of 2016
- 50 Best Albums of 2017
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- Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
- Parquet Courts – Human Performance
- Beyonce – Lemonade
- Frank Ocean – Blonde
- Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
- A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here…
- Solange – A Seat at the Table
- Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
- Young Thug – Jeffery
- David Bowie – Blackstar
- Kaytranada – 99.9%
- Anohni – Hopelessness
- Seth Bogart – Seth Bogart
- Islands – Taste
- The Game – 1992
- Yumi Zouma – Yoncalla
- Angel Olsen – My Woman
- Dr Dog – The Psychedelic Swamp
- Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
- Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
- Animal Collection – Painting With
- Lydia Loveless – Real
- Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
- Nicolas Jaar – Sirens
- Sonny & The Sunsets – Moody Baby Moods
- Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
- Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
- NxWorries – Yes Lawd!
- 2 Chains – Collegrove
- Anna Meredith – Varmints
- Bon Iver – 22, A Million
- Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
- Esperanza Spalding – Emily’s D+Evolution
- Jeremih – Late Nights: Europe
- Kamaiyah – A Good Night in the Ghetto
- Kevin Gates – Islah
- ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
- Blonde Readhead – Masculin Feminin
- Kari Faux – Lost En Los Angelos
- Wye Oak – Tween
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Ears
- MOddyman – DJ Kicks
- Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
- Rihanna – Anti
- Porches – Pool
- Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
- Noname – Telefone
- Hamilton Leithauser – I had a dream that you were mine
- Kedr Livanskiy – January Sky
- Japanese Breakfast – Psychopomp
Honorable Mentions:
Jamila Woods – Heavn, Maxwell – blackSUMMERs’night, Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker, YG – Still Brazy, Mitski – Puberty 2, Jessy Lanza – Oh No, Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat to Earth, The Avalanches – Wildflower, Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree, Tim Hecker – Love Streams