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2016 Year End Album Lists

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#1

Top 10:

  1. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
  2. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
  3. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
  4. Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
  5. Charles Bradley - Changes
  6. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
  7. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
  8. Angel Olsen - My Woman
  9. Powell - Sport
  10. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial

Even though the list doesn’t appear numbered, they counted down the top 10 on their Twitter account so the list does appear to be ordered. They also called it their “Top 100 Albums” when the list only contains 99 album.

#2

ughh, there’s still a month and a half left and we’re seriously already getting lists.

nice to see some praise for mark pritchard though. seriously one of the most overlooked records of the year

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#3

Rough Trade always seems to be the first to release their list with some other records stores following shortly after. It makes me think that it’s intended to drive traffic for the early holiday shopping season.

#4

https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/feature.php?feature=802

Top 10:

  1. Whyte Horses - Pop or Not
  2. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
  3. Wilson Tanner - 69
  4. Pye Corner Audio - Stasis
  5. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
  6. Wild Nothing - Life of Pause
  7. Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
  8. Miranda Lee Richards - Echoes of the Dreamtime
  9. Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald - Borderland: Transport
  10. Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
#5

http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2016/11/17/spoiler-here-are-decibels-top-40-albums-of-2016

  1. Khemmis - Hunted
  2. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us
  3. Blood Incantation - Starspawn
  4. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
  5. Abbath - Abbath
  6. Gehennah - Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die
  7. Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
  8. Hammers of Misfortune - Dead Revolution
  9. Gorguts - Pleiades’ Dust
  10. Cobalt - Slow Forever
  11. Trap Them - Crown Feral
  12. Asphyx - Incoming Death
  13. Blood Ceremony - Lord of Misrule
  14. Funeral Moth - Transience
  15. Crowbar - The Serpent Only Lies
  16. Deströyer 666 - Wildfire
  17. Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
  18. Diamond Head - Diamond Head
  19. Ghoul - Dungeon Bastards
  20. Oathbreaker - Rheia
  21. Virus - Memento Collider
  22. Wretch - Wretch
  23. מזמור - Yodh
  24. Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
  25. Bölzer - Hero
  26. SubRosa - For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
  27. Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake
  28. Phobocosm - Bringer of Drought
  29. Chthe’ilist - Le Dernier Crépuscule
  30. Graves At Sea - The Curse That Is
  31. Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
  32. Inquisition - Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith
  33. Child Bite - Negative Noise
  34. Sumac - What One Becomes
  35. EERIE - EERIE
  36. Inverloch - Distance | Collapsed
  37. Aluk Todolo - Voix
  38. Venomous Concept - Kick Me Silly - VC III
  39. Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire
  40. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
#6

Uncut:

  1. David Bowie - Blackstar
  2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
  3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
  4. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
  5. Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
  6. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
  7. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
  8. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
  9. Teenage Fanclub - Here
  10. Beyoncé - Lemonade
  11. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
  12. Brian Eno - The Ship
  13. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
  14. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
  15. Wilco - Schmilco
  16. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
  17. Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
  18. Solange - A Seat at the Table
  19. Lambchop - FLOTUS
  20. Angel Olsen - My Woman
  21. William Tyler - Modern Country
  22. The Avalanches - Wildflower
  23. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
  24. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
  25. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
  26. Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
  27. Shirley Collins - Lodestar
  28. case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
  29. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
  30. Frank Ocean - Blonde
  31. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
  32. 75 Dollar Bill - Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
  33. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
  34. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20
  35. Eleanor Friedberger - New View
  36. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
  37. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
  38. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - The Rarity of Experience
  39. Shovels & Rope - Little Seeds
  40. Let’s Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
  41. Anna Meredith - Varmints
  42. Brigid Mae Power - Brigid Mae Power
  43. Róisín Murphy - Take Her Up To Monto
  44. Okkervil River - Away
  45. King - We Are King
  46. Swans - The Glowing Man
  47. The Handsome Family - Unseen
  48. Skepta - Konnichiwa
  49. Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine
  50. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
  51. Underworld - Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
  52. Various Artists - Day of the Dead
  53. HINDS - Leave Me Alone
  54. Robbie Fulks - Upland Stories
  55. Soundwalk Collective & Jesse Paris Smith - Killer Road
  56. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
  57. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS’night
  58. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
  59. Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad
  60. Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
  61. John Cale - M:FANS
  62. Ian William Craig - Centres
  63. Richmond Fontaine - You Can’t Go Back if There’s Nothing To Go Back To
  64. Gruff Rhys - Set Fire to the Stars
  65. Emma Pollock - In Search of Harperfield
  66. Charles Bradley - Changes
  67. Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
  68. The Coral - Distance Inbetween
  69. Allen Toussaint - American Tunes
  70. Kiran Leonard - Grapefruit
  71. The Comet Is Coming - Channel the Spirits
  72. Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
  73. Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
  74. Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
  75. Psychic Temple - III
#7

MOJO:

  1. David Bowie - Blackstar
  2. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
  3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
  4. Lambchop - FLOTUS
  5. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
  6. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
  7. Frank Ocean - Blonde
  8. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
  9. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
  10. Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
  11. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
  12. Beyoncé - Lemonade
  13. Teenage Fanclub - Here
  14. Charles Bradley - Changes
  15. The Cult - Hidden City
  16. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
  17. Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
  18. Syd Arthur - Apricity
  19. Modern Studies - Swell To Great
  20. Bob Dylan - Fallen Angels
  21. Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
  22. Solange - A Seat at the Table
  23. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
  24. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
  25. Skepta - Konnichiwa
  26. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
  27. case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
  28. Angel Olsen - My Woman
  29. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
  30. The Monkees - Good Times!
  31. Fat White Family - Songs for Our Mothers
  32. The Still - The Still
  33. Suede - Night Thoughts
  34. David Crosby - Lighthouse
  35. Field Music - commontime
  36. Wilco - Schmilco
  37. James Blake - The Colour in Anything
  38. William Bell - This Is Where I Live
  39. White Denim - Stiff
  40. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
  41. Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
  42. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
  43. Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
  44. Meilyr Jones - 2013
  45. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
  46. Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine
  47. Van Morrison - Keep Me Singing
  48. The Comet Is Coming - Channel the Spirits
  49. Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are
  50. The Divine Comedy - Foreverland
#8

Esquire:

Suede - Night Thoughts
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Metronomy - Summer 08
M.I.A. - AIM
Julia Jacklin - Don’t Let the Kids Win
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
DIANA - Familiar Touch
James Blake - The Colour in Anything
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Foxes - All I Need
Jack Garratt - Phase
David Bowie - Blackstar
The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You’ve Come to Expect
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
M83 - Junk
Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall
Peter Doherty - Hamburg Demonstrations

#9

NME

  1. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
  2. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
  3. Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine
  4. Skepta - Konnichiwa
  5. KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
  6. David Bowie - Blackstar
  7. DIIV - Is the Is Are
  8. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
  9. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
  10. Frank Ocean - Blonde
  11. Beyoncé - Lemonade
  12. Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
  13. Angel Olsen - My Woman
  14. Jamie T - Trick
  15. Kano - Made in the Manor
  16. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
  17. Drake - VIEWS
  18. Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death
  19. White Lung - Paradise
  20. Lady Gaga - Joanne
  21. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
  22. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
  23. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
  24. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
  25. Blossoms - Blossoms
  26. Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
  27. Giggs - Landlord
  28. GOAT - Requiem
  29. Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
  30. Nao - For All We Know
  31. Bastille - Wild World
  32. Kings of Leon - WALLS
  33. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
  34. Let’s Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
  35. Glass Animals - How to Be a Human Being
  36. Swet Shop Boys - Cashmere
  37. Soft Hair - Soft Hair
  38. Slaves - Take Control
  39. Green Day - Revolution Radio
  40. Rihanna - ANTI
  41. Solange - A Seat at the Table
  42. Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
  43. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
  44. The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
  45. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
  46. Savages - Adore Life
  47. Wild Beasts - Boy King
  48. Show Me The Body - Body War
  49. Public Access T.V. - Never Enough
  50. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
#10

Consequence of Sound

  1. Beyoncé - Lemonade
  2. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
  3. David Bowie - Blackstar
  4. Frank Ocean - Blonde
  5. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
  6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
  7. Angel Olsen - My Woman
  8. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
  9. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
  10. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
  11. Mitski - Puberty 2
  12. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
  13. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
  14. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
  15. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
  16. Wilco - Schmilco
  17. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
  18. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
  19. Solange - A Seat at the Table
  20. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol 1
  21. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol 2
  22. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
  23. KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
  24. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
  25. James Blake - The Colour in Anything
  26. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
  27. Jamila Woods - HEAVN
  28. Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death
  29. Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
  30. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
  31. Pinegrove - Cardinal
  32. Babymetal - Metal Resistance
  33. Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
  34. Gojira - Magma
  35. Sioux Falls - Rot Forever
  36. Into It. Over It. - Standards
  37. Noname - Telefone
  38. The Range - Potential
  39. Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
  40. Savages - Adore Life
  41. Deftones - Gore
  42. Mothers - When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
  43. Kevin Gates - Islah
  44. The Hotelier - Goodness
  45. Lambchop - FLOTUS
  46. Young Thug - Jeffery
  47. Martha - Blisters In the Pit of My Heart
  48. Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp
  49. White Lung - Paradise
  50. Weaves - Weaves
  51. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
#11

Rolling Stone

  1. Beyoncé - Lemonade
  2. David Bowie - Blackstar
  3. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
  4. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
  5. Frank Ocean - Blonde
  6. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
  7. The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
  8. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
  9. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
  10. Young Thug - Jeffery
  11. Solange - A Seat at the Table
  12. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
  13. Maren Morris - Hero
  14. Green Day - Revolution Radio
  15. LVL Up - Return to Love
  16. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
  17. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
  18. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
  19. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
  20. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
  21. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
  22. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
  23. Mitski - Puberty 2
  24. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
  25. Rihanna - ANTI
  26. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
  27. Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
  28. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
  29. Mudcrutch - 2
  30. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
  31. White Lung - Paradise
  32. Alicia Keys - HERE
  33. Sting - 57th & 9th
  34. Angel Olsen - My Woman
  35. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
  36. Metallica - Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
  37. Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep
  38. Tove Lo - Lady Wood
  39. Elton John - Wonderful Crazy Night
  40. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS’night
  41. Wilco - Schmilco
  42. Drake - VIEWS
  43. Future - EVOL
  44. The Monkees - Good Times!
  45. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
  46. Norah Jones - Day Breaks
  47. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol 1
  48. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol 2
  49. Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution
  50. Dawes - We’re All Gonna Die
  51. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
#12

TIME

  1. Frank Ocean - Blonde
  2. Solange - A Seat at the Table
  3. Mitski - Puberty 2
  4. Angel Olsen - My Woman
  5. The Range - Potential
  6. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
  7. Rihanna - ANTI
  8. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
  9. Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution
  10. Jean-Michel Blais - Il

http://time.com/4577061/top-10-best-albums-2016/

#13

Bleep

  1. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
  2. Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
  3. Biosphere - Departed Glories
  4. Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
  5. Mica Levi & Oliver Coates - Remain Calm
  6. Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
  7. Babyfather - BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow
  8. Steven Julien - Fallen
  9. Ash Koosha - I AKA I
  10. Kowton - Utility

https://bleep.com/Albums-of-the-Year-2016