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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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2016

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

1. Beyoncé - Lemonade

April 23, 2016

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2. David Bowie - Blackstar

January 8, 2016

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3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

September 9, 2016

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4. Angel Olsen - My Woman

September 2, 2016

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5. Frank Ocean - Blonde

August 20, 2016

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6. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine

September 23, 2016

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7. John K. Samson - Winter Wheat

October 21, 2016

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8. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter

November 4, 2016

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9. Solange - A Seat at the Table

September 30, 2016

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10. DIIV - Is the Is Are

February 5, 2016

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11. Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are

March 4, 2016

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12. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial

May 20, 2016

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13. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound

June 27, 2016

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14. El Perro Del Mar - KoKoro

September 16, 2016

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15. A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation

September 16, 2016

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16. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

September 27, 2016

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17. inc. no world - As Light as Light

September 9, 2016

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18. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

December 25, 2016

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19. Bloc Party - HYMNS

January 29, 2016

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20. Pinkshinyultrablast - Grandfeathered

February 26, 2016

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21. Yak - Alas Salvation

May 13, 2016

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22. CFCF - On Vacation

February 19, 2016

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23. Shura - Nothing's Real

July 8, 2016

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24. Swans - The Glowing Man

June 17, 2016

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25. Skepta - Konnichiwa

May 6, 2016

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

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