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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

Year

2016
- - 2019
  - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
- - 2012
  - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - 2006
- - 2005
  - 2004
  - 2003
  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Folk Rock
  - Hip Hop
  - House
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Jazz
  - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Neo-Soul
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - Psychedelic Rock
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

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

1. Various Artists - PC Music, Vol. 2

November 18, 2016

Score

100

2. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth

October 21, 2016

Psychedelic Folk

Score

100

3. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

October 21, 2016

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

4. Marillion - F E A R

September 30, 2016

Progressive Rock

Score

100

5. Opeth - Sorceress

September 30, 2016

Progressive Rock

Score

100

6. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

September 27, 2016

Hip Hop

Score

100

7. Dinosaur - Together, As One

September 16, 2016

Score

100

8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

September 9, 2016

Art Rock

Score

100

9. Frank Ocean - Blonde

August 20, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

100

10. Russian Circles - Guidance

August 5, 2016

Post-Rock

Score

100

11. Gojira - Magma

June 17, 2016

Progressive Metal

Score

100

12. The Invisible - Patience

June 10, 2016

Downtempo

Score

100

13. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger

June 3, 2016

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

14. ANOHNI - Hopelessness

May 6, 2016

Art Pop

Score

100

15. Snarky Puppy - Culcha Vulcha

April 29, 2016

Jazz Fusion

Score

100

16. Sandy Denny - I’ve Always Kept a Unicorn: The Acoustic Sandy Denny

April 22, 2016

Score

100

17. Knifeworld - Bottled Out of Eden

April 22, 2016

Score

100

18. The Goon Sax - Up to Anything

March 11, 2016

Indie Pop

Score

100

19. The Jezabels - Synthia

February 12, 2016

Art Pop

Score

100

20. Megadeth - Dystopia

January 22, 2016

Thrash Metal

Score

100

21. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

December 25, 2016

Score

22. Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"

December 2, 2016

Score

23. Ultrasound - Real Britannia

December 2, 2016

Score

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24. John Legend - Darkness and Light

December 2, 2016

Score

25. Dungen - Häxan

November 25, 2016

Score

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Guardian awarded albums throughout 2016.

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