Year-End Lists

AllMusic: 48 Best Albums of 2016 (roughly alphabetical by artist)

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• We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
  A Tribe Called Quest
• Citizen of Glass
  Agnes Obel
• Burn Something Beautiful
  Alejandro Escovedo
• Spirit
  Amos Lee
• Malibu
  Anderson .Paak
• Too Many Voices
  Andy Stott
• My Woman
  Angel Olsen
• Air
  Astronoid
• New City Blues
  Aubrie Sellers
• Lemonade
  Beyoncé
• Big Day in a Small Town
  Brandy Clark
• Teens of Denial
  Car Seat Headrest
• Changes
  Charles Bradley
• Atrocity Exhibition
  Danny Brown
• Blackstar
  David Bowie
• Beyond Now
  Donny McCaslin
• American Band
  Drive-By Truckers
• Emily’s D+Evolution
  Esperanza Spalding
• Post Pop Depression
  Iggy Pop
• Blood Bitch
  Jenny Hval
• Oh No
  Jessy Lanza
• Orphée
  Jóhann Jóhannsson
• EARS
  Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
• 99.9%
  KAYTRANADA
• Untitled Unmastered
  Kendrick Lamar
• We Are King
  KING
• Nonagon Infinity
  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• Nattesferd
  Kvelertak
• Stranger Things OST Volumes 1 and 2
  Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
• Canto América
  Michael Spiro, Wayne Wallace & La Orquestra Sinfonietta
• You Want It Darker
  Leonard Cohen
• Hero
  Maren Morris
• Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
  Margo Price
• The Weight of These Wings
  Miranda Lambert
• Puberty 2
  Mitski
• Skeleton Tree
  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
• Deluxe
  Omni
• Stranger to Stranger
  Paul Simon
• A Moon Shaped Pool
  Radiohead
• Day to Day
  Sarathy Korwar
• Adore Life
  Savages
• A Seat at the Table
  Solange
• A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
  Sturgill Simpson
• Love You to Death
  Tegan and Sara
• Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
  The Dear Hunter
• Blue & Lonesome
  The Rolling Stones
• Modern Country
  William Tyler
• Black Focus
  Yussef Kamaal