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This is an ordered list of Rolling Stone's highest rated albums of 2016. Check out
Rolling Stone's Year End List
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1
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Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23, 2016
Contemporary R&B
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Pop
Score
100
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2
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Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
December 2, 2016
Blues Rock
,
Blues
Score
90
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3
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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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4
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Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
February 14, 2016
Pop Rap
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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5
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LNZNDRF - LNZNDRF
February 19, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
80
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6
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Mothers - When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
February 26, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
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7
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Urthboy - The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat
March 4, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
80
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8
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The Cat Empire - Rising with the Sun
March 4, 2016
Score
80
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9
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 24, 2016
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
80
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10
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Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
November 18, 2016
Heavy Metal
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Thrash Metal
Score
80
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11
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Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
November 18, 2016
Contemporary Country
Score
80
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12
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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
80
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13
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
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14
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Tanya Tagaq - Retribution
October 21, 2016
Experimental Rock
Score
80
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15
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Green Day - Revolution Radio
October 7, 2016
Pop Punk
Score
80
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16
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Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Neo-Soul
,
Alternative R&B
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Drive-By Truckers - American Band
September 30, 2016
Alt-Country
,
Southern Rock
Score
80
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18
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Bon Iver - 22, A Million
September 30, 2016
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
Score
80
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19
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Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27, 2016
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
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20
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Usher - Hard II Love
September 16, 2016
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
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Spotify
21
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Young Thug - JEFFERY
August 26, 2016
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
Score
80
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22
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Rock
Score
80
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23
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Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
August 26, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
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Spotify
24
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Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Lori McKenna - The Bird & the Rifle
July 29, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Score
80
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 2016.
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