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Highest Rated Indie Pop Albums of 2016

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2010s

Genre

Indie Pop
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient
  - Art Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Folk Rock
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Post-Punk
  - Psychedelic
  - Psychedelic Pop
  - Psychedelic Rock
  - Punk
  - Punk Rock
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

2016

1. Ultimate Painting - Dusk

Ultimate Painting - Dusk

September 30, 2016

Score

80

2. EZTV - High in Place

EZTV - High in Place

September 30, 2016

Score

80

3. Benji Hughes - Songs in the Key of Animals

Benji Hughes - Songs in the Key of Animals

January 29, 2016

Score

80

4. Cullen Omori - New Misery

Cullen Omori - New Misery

March 18, 2016

Score

70

5. Quilt - Plaza

February 26, 2016

Score

70

6. Eleanor Friedberger - New View

Eleanor Friedberger - New View

January 22, 2016

Score

70

7. of Montreal - Innocence Reaches

of Montreal - Innocence Reaches

August 12, 2016

Score

60

8. La Sera - Music for Listening to Music To

La Sera - Music for Listening to Music To

March 4, 2016

Score

60

9. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive

March 4, 2016

Score

60

10. Deep Sea Diver - Secrets

Deep Sea Diver - Secrets

February 19, 2016

Score

60

11. Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light

Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light

February 19, 2016

Score

60

12. Wild Nothing - Life of Pause

Wild Nothing - Life of Pause

February 19, 2016

Score

50

13. Radiation City - Synesthetica

Radiation City - Synesthetica

February 12, 2016

Score

50

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2016.

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