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The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2016 by User Score
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1
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
85
1,605 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
83
2,905 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2nd, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
83
1,548 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21st, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
82
703 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - マホロボシヤ (Mahoroboshiya)
October 19th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
81
308 ratings
Amazon
Music
6
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EDEN - i think you think too much of me
August 19th, 2016
Indie Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative R&B
,
Alt-Pop
USER SCORE
79
324 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Conor Oberst - Ruminations
October 14th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
79
144 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Andy Shauf - The Party
May 20th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
79
226 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass
October 21st, 2016
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
78
142 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death
September 30th, 2016
Dream Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
USER SCORE
78
138 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Norah Jones - Day Breaks
October 7th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Vocal Jazz
,
Jazz Pop
USER SCORE
77
69 ratings
Amazon
Music
12
.
Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life
September 30th, 2016
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
77
279 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
April 15th, 2016
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
77
299 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
August 26th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
77
134 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Andrew Bird - Are You Serious
April 1st, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
76
150 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Julia Jacklin - Don't Let the Kids Win
October 7th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
76
160 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Ray LaMontagne - Ouroboros
March 4th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
76
55 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Lucy Dacus - No Burden
February 26th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
75
275 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
June 3rd, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
74
70 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land
March 18th, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
74
64 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Florist - The Birds Outside Sang
January 29th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
74
69 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Marissa Nadler - Strangers
May 20th, 2016
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
74
169 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
June 3rd, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
72
118 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Eleanor Friedberger - New View
January 22nd, 2016
Indie Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
72
90 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Emma Pollock - In Search of Harperfield
January 29th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
72
52 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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