Year-End Lists

Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016

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1. Skeleton Tree
   Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
2. A Seat at the Table
   Solange
3. The Life of Pablo
   Kanye West
4. Hopelessness
   ANOHNI
5. Body War
   Show Me the Body
6. Blackstar
   David Bowie
7. Freetown Sound
   Blood Orange
8. Untitled Unmastered
   Kendrick Lamar
9. My Woman
   Angel Olsen
10. EARS
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
11. Blond
    Frank Ocean
12. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
13. Human Performance
    Parquet Courts
14. SEPT. 5TH
    dvsn
15. Jeffery
    Young Thug
16. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
17. Savage Mode
    21 Savage & Metro Boomin
18. Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
    Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie “Prince” Billy
19. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
20. Sport
    Powell
21. Still Brazy
    YG
22. The Hope Six Demolition Project
    PJ Harvey
23. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
24. Anti
    Rihanna
25. SremmLife 2
    Rae Sremmurd
26. Konnichiwa
    Skepta
27. In Drum Play
    Pangaea
28. Leave Me Alone
    Hinds
29. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
30. Puberty 2
    Mitski
31. Telefone
    Noname
32. Sirens
    Nicolas Jaar
33. Adore Life
    Savages
34. The Disco's Of Imhotep
    Hieroglyphic Being
35. Next Thing
    Frankie Cosmos
36. Atrocity Exhibition
    Danny Brown
37. Blood Bitch
    Jenny Hval
38. Endless
    Frank Ocean
39. Transport
    Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland
40. Views
    Drake
41. Afterlife
    DJ Rashad
42. A Good Night in the Ghetto
    Kamaiyah
43. Tooth
    Raime
44. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
45. Mambos Levis D'Outro Mundo
    various artists
46. Fallen
    Steven Julien
47. A Weird Exits
    Thee Oh Sees
48. The Bells
    Kornél Kovács
49. Yes Lawd!
    NxWorries
50. Open Your Eyes
    DJ Earl
51. Landlord
    Giggs
52. Arctic Thunder
    Darkthrone
53. Summer Songs 2
    Lil Yachty
54. From Joy
    Kyle Hall
55. Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban Vol.1
    various artists
56. Hubris
    Oren Ambarchi
57. I, Gemini
    Let’s Eat Grandma
58. DC4
    Meek Mill
59. The Best
    Omar S
60. Love Streams
    Tim Hecker
61. Heads Up
    Warpaint
62. Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
    Travis Scott
63. From Farthest Known Objects
    Surgeon
64. Blank Face LP
    Schoolboy Q
65. Broken Knowz
    Jay Daniel
66. Slime Season 3
    Young Thug
67. The Sound Of Glades
    Wolf Müller and Cass.
68. Honor Killed the Samurai
    Ka
69. For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
    Huerco S
70. For All We Know
    NAO
71. Will
    Julianna Barwick
72. Young Jefe 2
    Shy Glizzy
73. Ultra
    Zomby
74. Weaves
    Weaves
75. Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
    Elysia Crampton
76. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
77. Void Beats / Invocation Trex
    Cavern of Anti-Matter
78. “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
    Babyfather
79. ONLY
    Klein
80. Eraser Stargazer
    Guerilla Toss
81. Ullages
    Eagulls
82. Some Things Last Longer than You
    Doe
83. Mykki
    Mykki Blanco
84. The Silent Partner
    Havoc & The Alchemist
85. Under The Sun
    Mark Pritchard
86. Everybody Looking
    Gucci Mane
87. You Know What It’s Like
    Carla dal Forno
88. Minor Victories
    Minor Victories
89. Emotional Mugger
    Ty Segall
90. Soft Hair
    Soft Hair
91. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
92. LVL 11
    Levelz
93. Oh No
    Jessy Lanza
94. FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani
95. Look at Me
    Ethereal
96. Purple Reign
    Future
97. Callus
    Gonjasufi
98. Preoccupations
    Preoccupations
99. Big Bossin, Vol. 1
    Payroll Giovanni & Cardo Got Wings
100. Following My Intuition
     Craig David