Lists
- Drowned in Sound: 16 Favourite Albums of 2016
- Les Inrocks: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
- Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
- Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2016
- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2016
- The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2016
- The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
- Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2016
- A.V. Club: 21 Best Albums of 2016
- Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
- Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Jordan Cronk: 30 Favorite Albums of 2016
- Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2016
- Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
- Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
- NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
- Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Esquire: The Best Albums of the 2010s
- Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
- American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
- NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
- Flood: The Best Records of 2016
- The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
- Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
- Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
- Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
- Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2016
- Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016
- NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
- A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
- Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Jordan Cronk: 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s
- Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
- Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
- Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
- AllMusic: 48 Best Albums of 2016
- Sasha Frere-Jones: 100 Favorite Albums of 2016
- DIY: 16 Albums That Shaped 2016
- Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2016
- Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2016
- Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of the 2010s
- Albumism: The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the Decade