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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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This is an ordered list of Under The Radar's highest rated albums of 2016. Check out Under The Radar's Year End List.

1.

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8, 2016
Art Rock
Score
90
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2.

Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow
January 22, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
85
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3.

Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
January 22, 2016
Garage Rock
Score
85
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4.

Postiljonen - Reverie
February 19, 2016
Dream Pop
Score
85
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Spotify

5.

Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
April 15, 2016
Folk Rock
Score
85
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Spotify

6.

PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
April 15, 2016
Alternative Rock
Score
85
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7.

Wire - Nocturnal Koreans
April 22, 2016
Post-Punk
Score
85
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Spotify

8.

M83 - Junk
April 8, 2016
Synthpop
Score
85
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9.

Beth Orton - Kidsticks
May 27, 2016
Indietronica
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify

10.

Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify

11.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
May 20, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify

12.

Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
June 3, 2016
Indie Pop
Score
85
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Spotify

13.

Okkervil River - Away
September 9, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
85
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years
September 16, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
85
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Wild Beasts - Boy King
August 5, 2016
Art Pop
Score
85
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Factory Floor - 25 25
August 19, 2016
Electronic
Score
85
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Score
85
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Spotify

18.

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
June 27, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
85
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Spotify

19.

Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify

20.

Psychic Twin - Strange Diary
September 9, 2016
Synthpop
Score
85
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
September 23, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
October 21, 2016
Psychedelic Folk
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify

23.

The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
October 14, 2016
Baroque Pop
Score
85
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iTunes
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Spotify

24.

TeenCanteen - Say It All With A Kiss
September 9, 2016
Score
85
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iTunes
Music

25.

Luke Temple - A Hand Through the Cellar Door
November 11, 2016
Indie Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Under The Radar awarded albums throughout 2016.
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