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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

Year

2016
- - 2019
  - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013

Genre

All
- - All
  - Abstract Hip Hop
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Art Rock
  - Black Metal
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Metal
  - Neo-Soul
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Psychedelic
  - Psychedelic Rock
  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - Trap Rap

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

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

November 11, 2016

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2. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

September 27, 2016

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3. Swans - The Glowing Man

June 17, 2016

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4. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit

May 6, 2016

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5. David Bowie - Blackstar

January 8, 2016

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6. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

December 25, 2016

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7. Nine Inch Nails - Not the Actual Events

December 23, 2016

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8. Injury Reserve - Floss

December 15, 2016

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9. Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation

October 21, 2016

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10. Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.

October 14, 2016

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11. Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales

October 14, 2016

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12. Conor Oberst - Ruminations

October 14, 2016

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13. Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life

September 30, 2016

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14. Solange - A Seat at the Table

September 30, 2016

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15. Neurosis - Fires Within Fires

September 23, 2016

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16. Street Sects - End Position

September 16, 2016

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17. Preoccupations - Preoccupations

September 16, 2016

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18. Touché Amoré - Stage Four

September 16, 2016

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19. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

September 9, 2016

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20. Swain - The Long Dark Blue

September 9, 2016

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21. clipping. - Splendor & Misery

September 9, 2016

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22. Angel Olsen - My Woman

September 2, 2016

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23. Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION: Side B

August 26, 2016

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24. Frank Ocean - Blonde

August 20, 2016

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25. KA - Honor Killed the Samurai

August 13, 2016

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

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