Lists
- Gorilla vs. Bear: 60 Favorite Albums of 2016
- Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
- Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Flood: The Best Records of 2016
- Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
- Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
- Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
- Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
- Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
- Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
- Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016
- Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
- Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s
- Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
- Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2016
- Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
- The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
- NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
- The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2016
- Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2016
- Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
- Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
- Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
- Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
- Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
- Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
- Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
- Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
- Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
- Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016