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Highest Rated Rock Albums of 2016
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1.
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8, 2016
Score
100
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2.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Call It What It Is
April 8, 2016
Score
91
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3.
David Bowie - Blackstar
January 8, 2016
Score
91
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4.
Jack White - Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016
September 9, 2016
Score
91
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5.
Parquet Courts - Human Performance
April 8, 2016
Score
91
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6.
Bob Weir - Blue Mountain
September 30, 2016
Score
91
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7.
Sting - 57th & 9th
November 11, 2016
Score
91
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8.
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
March 18, 2016
Score
91
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9.
The Kills - Ash & Ice
June 3, 2016
Score
91
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10.
Brian Fallon - Painkillers
March 11, 2016
Score
83
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11.
Bob Mould - Patch the Sky
March 25, 2016
Score
83
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12.
Kings of Leon - WALLS
October 14, 2016
Score
83
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13.
Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
April 15, 2016
Score
83
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14.
Young the Giant - Home of the Strange
August 12, 2016
Score
83
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15.
Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
June 10, 2016
Score
83
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16.
Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep
February 26, 2016
Score
83
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17.
The Thermals - We Disappear
March 25, 2016
Score
83
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18.
Woods - City Sun Eater in the River Of Light
April 8, 2016
Score
83
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19.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway
June 17, 2016
Score
75
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20.
Bastille - Wild World
September 9, 2016
Score
75
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21.
Lady Gaga - Joanne
October 21, 2016
Score
75
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22.
Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave
September 16, 2016
Score
75
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23.
Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
April 1, 2016
Score
75
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24.
Weezer - Weezer (White Album)
April 1, 2016
Score
75
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25.
OneRepublic - Oh My My
October 7, 2016
Score
75
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2016.
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