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Highest Rated Post-Rock Albums of 2016
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Post-Rock
All
Alternative R&B
Alternative Rock
Ambient
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Electronic
Electronic Dance Music
Electropop
Folk
Hip Hop
House
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Pop
Pop Rap
Psychedelia
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
Trap
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1
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Swans - The Glowing Man
June 17, 2016
Post-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
81
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2
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Explosions In The Sky - The Wilderness
April 1, 2016
Post-Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
3
.
Colin Stetson - Sorrow - A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
April 8, 2016
Modern Classical
,
Symphony
,
Post-Rock
Score
78
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Spotify
4
.
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Light Falls
September 16, 2016
Ambient
,
Post-Rock
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Russian Circles - Guidance
August 5, 2016
Post-Rock
,
Post-Metal
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Eight Bells - Landless
February 12, 2016
Post-Rock
,
Doom Metal
Score
74
Source →
Amazon
Music
7
.
Papa M - Highway Songs
November 11, 2016
Experimental Rock
,
Post-Rock
Score
74
Source →
Amazon
Music
8
.
Mogwai - Atomic
April 1, 2016
Post-Rock
Score
71
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Tortoise - The Catastrophist
January 22, 2016
Post-Rock
,
Math Rock
Score
68
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Sonic Youth - Spinhead Sessions
June 17, 2016
Post-Rock
,
Noise Rock
Score
64
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Yndi Halda - Under Summer
March 4, 2016
Post-Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Minor Victories - Minor Victories
June 3, 2016
Shoegaze
,
Post-Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
MONO - Requiem for Hell
October 14, 2016
Post-Rock
Score
59
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2016.
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