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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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Genre

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

2016

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

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

November 11, 2016

Score

90

2. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

September 27, 2016

Score

90

3. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit

May 6, 2016

Score

90

4. Swans - The Glowing Man

Swans - The Glowing Man

June 17, 2016

Score

90

5. David Bowie - Blackstar

David Bowie - Blackstar

January 8, 2016

Score

90

6. Nine Inch Nails - Not the Actual Events

Nine Inch Nails - Not the Actual Events

December 23, 2016

Industrial Rock

Score

80

7. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

December 25, 2016

Score

80

8. Injury Reserve - Floss

Injury Reserve - Floss

December 15, 2016

Score

80

9. Swain - The Long Dark Blue

Swain - The Long Dark Blue

September 9, 2016

Score

80

10. Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales

Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales

October 14, 2016

Score

80

11. Solange - A Seat at the Table

Solange - A Seat at the Table

September 30, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

80

12. Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.

Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.

October 14, 2016

Score

80

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

Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION: Side B

August 26, 2016

Score

80

14. Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation

Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation

October 21, 2016

Score

80

15. KA - Honor Killed the Samurai

KA - Honor Killed the Samurai

August 13, 2016

Score

80

16. Street Sects - End Position

Street Sects - End Position

September 16, 2016

Score

80

17. Conor Oberst - Ruminations

Conor Oberst - Ruminations

October 14, 2016

Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

18. Frank Ocean - Blonde

Frank Ocean - Blonde

August 20, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

80

19. Noname - Telefone

Noname - Telefone

July 31, 2016

Score

80

20. clipping. - Splendor & Misery

clipping. - Splendor & Misery

September 9, 2016

Score

80

21. Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life

Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life

September 30, 2016

Score

80

22. The I.L.Y.'s - Scum with Boundaries

The I.L.Y.'s - Scum with Boundaries

July 16, 2016

Score

80

23. Show Me The Body - Body War

Show Me The Body - Body War

June 17, 2016

Score

80

24. Neurosis - Fires Within Fires

Neurosis - Fires Within Fires

September 23, 2016

Score

80

25. Touché Amoré - Stage Four

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

September 16, 2016

Score

80

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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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