Year-End Lists

Uncut Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2016

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