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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

Decade

2010s
- All Time
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- 2010s

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alternative R&B
- Alternative Rock
- Ambient
- Art Pop
- Art Rock
- Electronic
- Experimental Rock
- Hip Hop
- House
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Jazz
- Metal
- Pop
- Progressive Electronic
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Synthpop
- Techno
- Trap Rap
- UK Bass

2016

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

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

September 9, 2016

Score

100

2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

May 8, 2016

Score

90

3. Beyoncé - Lemonade

Beyoncé - Lemonade

April 23, 2016

Score

90

4. ANOHNI - Hopelessness

ANOHNI - Hopelessness

May 6, 2016

Score

90

5. David Bowie - Blackstar

David Bowie - Blackstar

January 8, 2016

Score

90

6. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

December 25, 2016

Score

80

7. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service

A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service

November 11, 2016

Score

80

8. Dark0 - Oceana

October 28, 2016

Score

80

9. Solange - A Seat at the Table

Solange - A Seat at the Table

September 30, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

80

10. Pangaea - In Drum Play

Pangaea - In Drum Play

October 14, 2016

Score

80

11. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

Nicolas Jaar - Sirens

September 30, 2016

Score

80

12. Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

October 14, 2016

Score

80

13. Frank Ocean - Blonde

Frank Ocean - Blonde

August 20, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

80

14. MJ Guider - Precious Systems

MJ Guider - Precious Systems

July 15, 2016

Score

80

15. Elysia Crampton - Demon City

Elysia Crampton - Demon City

July 22, 2016

Score

80

16. Zomby - Ultra

September 2, 2016

Score

80

17. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound

June 27, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

80

18. Angel Olsen - My Woman

Angel Olsen - My Woman

September 2, 2016

Score

80

19. YG - Still Brazy

YG - Still Brazy

June 17, 2016

Score

80

20. Oh Sees - A Weird Exits

Oh Sees - A Weird Exits

August 12, 2016

Psychedelic Rock

Score

80

21. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

May 13, 2016

Score

80

22. Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald - Borderland: Transport

Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald - Borderland: Transport

April 29, 2016

Score

80

23. Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2

Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2

August 12, 2016

Score

80

24. DJ Rashad - Afterlife

DJ Rashad - Afterlife

April 8, 2016

Score

80

25. Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines

Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines

June 3, 2016

Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

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

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