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Highest Rated Rock Albums of 2016
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Daughter - Not To Disappear
January 15, 2016
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100
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Mogwai - Atomic
April 1, 2016
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100
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De Rosa - Weem
January 22, 2016
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100
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Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
April 1, 2016
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100
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Minor Victories - Minor Victories
June 3, 2016
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100
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Angel Olsen - My Woman
September 2, 2016
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100
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September Girls - Age of Indignation
April 8, 2016
Score
80
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Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
August 5, 2016
Score
80
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Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
March 18, 2016
Score
80
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Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack
April 8, 2016
Score
80
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Tortoise - The Catastrophist
January 22, 2016
Score
80
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Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3, 2016
Score
80
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Deerhoof - The Magic
June 24, 2016
Score
80
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Black Mountain - IV
April 1, 2016
Score
80
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Holy Esque - At Hope's Ravine
February 26, 2016
Score
80
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LVL Up - Return to Love
September 23, 2016
Score
80
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Kate Jackson - British Road Movies
May 20, 2016
Score
80
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The Thermals - We Disappear
March 25, 2016
Score
80
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The Veils - Total Depravity
August 26, 2016
Score
80
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Owen - The King of Whys
July 29, 2016
Score
80
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Future of the Left - The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left
April 8, 2016
Score
80
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Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex
February 2, 2016
Score
80
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Moonface & Siinai - My Best Human Face
June 3, 2016
Score
80
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Score
80
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David Bowie - Blackstar
January 8, 2016
Score
80
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