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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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2016

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

1. Megadeth - Dystopia

January 22, 2016

Thrash Metal

Score

100

2. The Jezabels - Synthia

February 12, 2016

Art Pop

Score

100

3. ANOHNI - Hopelessness

May 6, 2016

Art Pop

Score

100

4. The Goon Sax - Up to Anything

March 11, 2016

Indie Pop

Score

100

5. Knifeworld - Bottled Out of Eden

April 22, 2016

Score

100

6. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger

June 3, 2016

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

7. Gojira - Magma

June 17, 2016

Progressive Metal

Score

100

8. The Invisible - Patience

June 10, 2016

Downtempo

Score

100

9. Snarky Puppy - Culcha Vulcha

April 29, 2016

Jazz Fusion

Score

100

10. Russian Circles - Guidance

August 5, 2016

Post-Rock

Score

100

11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

September 9, 2016

Art Rock

Score

100

12. Marillion - F E A R

September 30, 2016

Progressive Rock

Score

100

13. Opeth - Sorceress

September 30, 2016

Progressive Rock

Score

100

14. Frank Ocean - Blonde

August 20, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

100

15. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth

October 21, 2016

Psychedelic Folk

Score

100

16. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

September 27, 2016

Hip Hop

Score

100

17. Dinosaur - Together, As One

September 16, 2016

Score

100

18. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

October 21, 2016

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

19. Suede - Night Thoughts

January 22, 2016

Score

20. Hinds - Leave Me Alone

January 8, 2016

Score

21. Tindersticks - The Waiting Room

January 22, 2016

Score

22. Field Music - commontime

February 5, 2016

Score

23. Chairlift - Moth

January 22, 2016

Score

24. Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow

January 22, 2016

Score

25. Savages - Adore Life

January 22, 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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