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This is an ordered list of SPIN's highest rated albums of 2016. Check out
SPIN's Year End List
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1
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Vektor - Terminal Redux
May 6, 2016
Technical Thrash Metal
Score
90
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2
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The Goon Sax - Up to Anything
March 11, 2016
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
90
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3
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Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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4
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Robert Ellis - Robert Ellis
June 3, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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5
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The Hotelier - Goodness
May 27, 2016
Emo
Score
90
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6
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Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
May 13, 2016
Pop Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
7
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Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8, 2016
Art Rock
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Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
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8
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Matthew Revert / Vanessa Rossetto - Earnest Rubbish
February 29, 2016
Score
90
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Amazon
9
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ANOHNI - Hopelessness
May 6, 2016
Art Pop
,
Electropop
Score
90
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Amazon
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10
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Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23, 2016
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop
Score
90
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11
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Teen Suicide - It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot
April 1, 2016
Noise Pop
Score
90
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12
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The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
March 18, 2016
Drone Metal
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Avant-Garde Metal
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Sludge Metal
Score
90
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13
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Kel Assouf - Tikounen
April 3, 2016
Score
80
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14
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JPEGMAFIA - Black Ben Carson
February 15, 2016
Industrial Hip Hop
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Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
80
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15
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Jordan Rakei - Cloak
June 3, 2016
Neo-Soul
,
Psychedelic Soul
Score
80
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Spotify
16
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Terrace Martin - Velvet Portraits
April 1, 2016
Neo-Soul
,
Instrumental Hip Hop
,
Jazz-Funk
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
17
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Yuna - Chapters
May 20, 2016
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
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Spotify
18
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Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
19
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Vince Staples - Prima Donna
August 25, 2016
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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20
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De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody...
August 26, 2016
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
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21
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KA - Honor Killed the Samurai
August 13, 2016
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Drumless
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
22
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katie dey - Flood Network
August 12, 2016
Indietronica
,
Hypnagogic Pop
Score
80
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Amazon
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23
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Horseback - Dead Ringers
August 12, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
,
Drone
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
24
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Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
July 8, 2016
Sludge Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Nao - For All We Know
July 29, 2016
Alternative R&B
,
Electropop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings SPIN awarded albums throughout 2016.
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