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1
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Vince Staples - Prima Donna
August 25, 2016
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive
March 4, 2016
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 24, 2016
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
May 20, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20
February 5, 2016
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar]
January 8, 2016
Art Rock
,
Jazz-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
William Bell - This Is Where I Live
June 3, 2016
Soul
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8, 2016
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are
March 4, 2016
Power Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Robbie Fulks - Upland Stories
April 1, 2016
Americana
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
November 11, 2016
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
LOLO - In Loving Memory of When I Gave a Shit
September 9, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Omni - Deluxe
July 8, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Bonnie Bishop - Ain’t Who I Was
May 27, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Beth Orton - Kidsticks
May 27, 2016
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Eric Bachmann - Eric Bachmann
March 25, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Hælos - Full Circle
March 18, 2016
Trip Hop
,
Downtempo
,
Indietronica
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
June 3, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Matt Corby - Telluric
March 11, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Sleigh Bells - Jessica Rabbit
November 11, 2016
Noise Pop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
September 30, 2016
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2016.
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