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Highest Rated Indie Pop Albums of 2016
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1.
Benji Hughes - Songs in the Key of Animals
January 29, 2016
Score
80
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Ultimate Painting - Dusk
September 30, 2016
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80
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EZTV - High in Place
September 30, 2016
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80
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Quilt - Plaza
February 26, 2016
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70
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Cullen Omori - New Misery
March 18, 2016
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70
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Eleanor Friedberger - New View
January 22, 2016
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70
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Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light
February 19, 2016
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60
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Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive
March 4, 2016
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60
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Deep Sea Diver - Secrets
February 19, 2016
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60
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La Sera - Music for Listening to Music To
March 4, 2016
Score
60
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11.
of Montreal - Innocence Reaches
August 12, 2016
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60
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Radiation City - Synesthetica
February 12, 2016
Score
50
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13.
Wild Nothing - Life of Pause
February 19, 2016
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50
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2016.
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