Year-End Lists

Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
   Babyfather
2. Live In Paris
   Lolina
3. The Life of Pablo
   Kanye West
4. Entrañas
   Arca
5. Blond
   Frank Ocean
5. Endless
   Frank Ocean
6. Blood Bitch
   Jenny Hval
7. Human Story 3
   James Ferraro
8. Vroom Vroom
   Charli XCX
9. Atrocity Exhibition
   Danny Brown
10. Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future (Or: A Non-Abled Offender’s Exercise in Jurisprudence)
    Elysia Crampton
11. Serpent Music
    Yves Tumor
12. Lil Boat
    Lil Yachty
13. Jeffery
    Young Thug
14. Anti
    Rihanna
15. Oh No
    Jessy Lanza
16. Ez Minzoku
    Foodman
17. $uccessor
    Dedekind Cut
18. Bonito Generation
    Kero Kero Bonito
19. Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
    Elysia Crampton
20. Late Nights: The Album
    Jeremih
21. 1992
    Princess Nokia
22. Arigato
    DJWWWW
23. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
24. blisters
    serpentwithfeet
25. The Spiral
    Puce Mary
26. Telefone
    Noname
27. Love Streams
    Tim Hecker
28. Why Do You Look Like Your Dog?
    Macula Dog
29. Blackstar
    David Bowie
30. Beyond the Fleeting Gales
    Crying
31. Too Many Voices
    Andy Stott
32. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
33. elseq 1-5
    Autechre
34. Classroom Sexxtape
    death’s dynamic shroud
35. Everywhere at the End of Time
    The Caretaker
36. Evol
    Future
37. Shadow of Marlboro Man
    The Savage Young Taterbug
38. Mi Wo
    YTAMO
39. Will
    Julianna Barwick
40. ONLY
    Klein
41. Hopelessness
    ANOHNI
42. JE M’EN TAPE
    DJ Coquelin & MC Cloarec
43. Puberty 2
    Mitski
44. For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
    Huerco S
45. Hubris
    Oren Ambarchi
46. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
47. AS
    Amnesia Scanner
48. Honor Killed the Samurai
    Ka
49. Music for Public Ensemble
    Sean McCann
50. A Love Story 4 @Deezius, Neo, Chuk, E, Milkleaves, Angel, Isis, + Every1else…. And Most of All My Damn Self
    N-Prolenta