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100.
Future - Purple Reign
In
2
Lists
January 17, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
72
7
reviews
Amazon
99.
Abra - Princess
In
2
Lists
July 15, 2016
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
75
5
reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
98.
Jank - Versace Summer
July 27, 2016
Amazon
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97.
Kaleidoscope - V.2 N.2: ZONE EXPLORERS
June 4, 2016
Amazon
96.
BJ Barham - Rockingham
August 19, 2016
Amazon
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95.
Omegas - Power To Exist
November 4, 2016
Amazon
94.
Garbage - Strange Little Birds
In
3
Lists
June 10, 2016
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
69
20
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
93.
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
In
38
Lists
September 30, 2016
Art Pop
Critic Score
82
21
reviews
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Spotify
92.
Hooded Fang - Venus on Edge
May 13, 2016
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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91.
Noname - Telefone
In
21
Lists
July 31, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
90.
Hinds - Leave Me Alone
In
16
Lists
January 8, 2016
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
27
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
89.
Elise Davis - The Token
September 9, 2016
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
88.
Daniel Bachman - Daniel Bachman
November 11, 2016
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
87.
G.L.O.S.S. - Trans Day of Revenge
In
2
Lists
June 13, 2016
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
83
2 reviews
Amazon
86.
Naðra - Allir vegir til glötunar
January 17, 2016
Black Metal
Critic Score
90
1 review
Amazon
85.
Joey Purp - iiiDrops
In
5
Lists
May 27, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
76
4
reviews
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iTunes
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84.
The Weeknd - Starboy
In
7
Lists
November 25, 2016
R&B
Critic Score
65
28
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
83.
Uranium Club - All of Them Naturals
December 18, 2016
Critic Score
82
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
82.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
In
60
Lists
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Critic Score
89
30
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
81.
Storm of Sedition - Decivilize
April 1, 2016
Amazon
80.
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
In
35
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March 4, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
29
reviews
Amazon
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79.
Pity Sex - White Hot Moon
April 29, 2016
Indie Rock
Critic Score
68
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
78.
Martha - Blisters In the Pit of My Heart
In
7
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July 1, 2016
Pop Punk
Critic Score
78
10
reviews
Amazon
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77.
The Dirty Nil - Higher Power
February 26, 2016
Critic Score
66
3 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
76.
Vince Staples - Prima Donna
In
4
Lists
August 25, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
81
13
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
75.
Jessy Lanza - Oh No
In
20
Lists
May 13, 2016
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
79
19
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
74.
Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom
In
2
Lists
February 26, 2016
Electropop
Critic Score
66
10
reviews
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iTunes
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73.
Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether
September 16, 2016
Critic Score
70
1 review
Amazon
72.
White Lung - Paradise
In
16
Lists
May 6, 2016
Noise Rock
Critic Score
76
22
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
71.
Planes Mistaken For Stars - Prey
October 21, 2016
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
70.
Fat White Family - Songs for Our Mothers
In
10
Lists
January 22, 2016
Garage Rock
Critic Score
57
12
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
69.
Drake - VIEWS
In
25
Lists
April 29, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
67
30
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
68.
Gucci Mane - Everybody Looking
In
2
Lists
July 22, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
70
13
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
67.
Angel Olsen - My Woman
In
76
Lists
September 2, 2016
Indie Rock
Critic Score
86
33
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
66.
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
In
30
Lists
February 26, 2016
Synthpop
Critic Score
69
24
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
65.
Jherek Bischoff - Cistern
In
2
Lists
July 15, 2016
Modern Classical
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
64.
Void Omnia - Dying Light
June 20, 2016
Amazon
63.
Head Wound City - A New Wave Of Violence
May 13, 2016
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
76
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
62.
The Cowboys - The Cowboys
January 25, 2016
Amazon
61.
Paul Cauthen - My Gospel
October 14, 2016
Critic Score
65
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
60.
A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation
September 16, 2016
Electronic
Critic Score
87
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
59.
TheMIND - Summer Camp
June 29, 2016
Critic Score
70
1 review
Amazon
58.
Tyrannamen - Tyrannamen
September 30, 2016
Critic Score
24
2 reviews
Amazon
57.
Travis Scott - Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
In
7
Lists
September 2, 2016
Trap Rap
Critic Score
59
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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56.
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
In
47
Lists
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
88
23
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
55.
Kodak Black - Lil B.I.G. Pac
June 10, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
56
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
54.
King Dude - Sex
October 28, 2016
Gothic Rock
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53.
High Spirits - Motivator
September 16, 2016
Amazon
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52.
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
In
13
Lists
November 18, 2016
Country
Critic Score
81
10
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
51.
NxWorries - Yes Lawd!
In
13
Lists
October 21, 2016
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
79
20
reviews
Amazon
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