Year-End Lists

Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
2. The Life of Pablo
   Kanye West
3. Blond
   Frank Ocean
4. Coloring Book
   Chance The Rapper
5. A Moon Shaped Pool
   Radiohead
6. Blackstar
   David Bowie
7. Malibu
   Anderson .Paak
8. Teens of Denial
   Car Seat Headrest
9. 22, A Million
   Bon Iver
10. Wildflower
    The Avalanches
11. Jeffery
    Young Thug
12. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
    Sturgill Simpson
13. Freetown Sound
    Blood Orange
14. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
15. Untitled Unmastered
    Kendrick Lamar
16. Anti
    Rihanna
17. Hopelessness
    ANOHNI
18. Atrocity Exhibition
    Danny Brown
19. Human Performance
    Parquet Courts
20. Junk
    M83
21. The Colour in Anything
    James Blake
22. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
23. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
24. Bottomless Pit
    Death Grips
25. E•MO•TION: Side B
    Carly Rae Jepsen
26. AIM
    M.I.A.
27. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
28. The Glowing Man
    Swans
29. Cheetah
    Aphex Twin
30. Sleep Cycle
    Deakin
31. Puberty 2
    Mitski
32. and the Anonymous Nobody…
    De La Soul
33. Sirens
    Nicolas Jaar
34. Leave Me Alone
    Hinds
35. Moth
    Chairlift
36. Preoccupations
    Preoccupations
37. Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
    Underworld
38. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
39. Cardinal
    Pinegrove
40. Nonagon Infinity
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
41. The Hope Six Demolition Project
    PJ Harvey
42. RR7349
    S U R V I V E
43. Blank Face LP
    Schoolboy Q
44. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
45. Love Streams
    Tim Hecker
46. The Impossible Kid
    Aesop Rock
47. Stranger to Stranger
    Paul Simon
48. Rojus (Designed to Dance)
    Leon Vynehall
49. Joanne
    Lady Gaga
50. Tempo
    Olga Bell
51. Singing Saw
    Kevin Morby
52. SEPT. 5TH
    dvsn
53. Endless
    Frank Ocean
54. I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
    Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
55. Roosevelt
    Roosevelt
56. Gore
    Deftones
57. Trans Day of Revenge
    G.L.O.S.S.
58. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
    The 1975
59. Paradise
    White Lung
60. The Follower
    The Field