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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

Year
Genre
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. Various Artists - Let’s Go Down and Blow Our Minds: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967

Various Artists - Let’s Go Down and Blow Our Minds: The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967
October 21, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8, 2016
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

3. Luke Temple - A Hand Through the Cellar Door

Luke Temple - A Hand Through the Cellar Door
November 11, 2016
Indie Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth

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

5. The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood

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

6. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine

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

7. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years

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

8. TeenCanteen - Say It All With A Kiss

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

9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10. Psychic Twin - Strange Diary

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

11. Okkervil River - Away

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

12. Frank Ocean - Blonde

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

13. Factory Floor - 25 25

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

14. Wild Beasts - Boy King

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

15. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
June 27, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16. Mitski - Puberty 2

Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17. Amber Arcades - Fading Lines

Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
June 3, 2016
Indie Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18. Beth Orton - Kidsticks

Beth Orton - Kidsticks
May 27, 2016
Indietronica
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial

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

20. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans

Wire - Nocturnal Koreans
April 22, 2016
Post-Punk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw

Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
April 15, 2016
Folk Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project

PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
April 15, 2016
Alternative Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23. M83 - Junk

M83 - Junk
April 8, 2016
Synthpop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24. Postiljonen - Reverie

Postiljonen - Reverie
February 19, 2016
Dream Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25. Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow

Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow
January 22, 2016
Indie Rock
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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