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This is an ordered list of Spectrum Culture's highest rated albums of 2016. Check out
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Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23, 2016
R&B
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95
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Colin Stetson - Sorrow - A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
April 8, 2016
Modern Classical
Score
95
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ASUNA - Tide Ripples
July 10, 2016
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90
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Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Alternative R&B
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90
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Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter
November 4, 2016
Dream Pop
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90
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John K. Samson - Winter Wheat
October 21, 2016
Indie Folk
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90
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Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
September 23, 2016
Indie Rock
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90
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Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016
Alternative R&B
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90
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Nels Cline - Lovers
August 5, 2016
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
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Angel Olsen - My Woman
September 2, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Score
90
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Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
May 13, 2016
Pop Rap
Score
90
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Charles Bradley - Changes
April 1, 2016
Soul
Score
90
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Anderson .Paak - Malibu
January 15, 2016
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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David Bowie - Blackstar
January 8, 2016
Art Rock
Score
90
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 25, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
85
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Alasdair Roberts & James Green - Plaint of Lapwing
July 1, 2016
Score
85
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inc. no world - As Light as Light
September 9, 2016
Score
85
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Isaiah Rashad - The Sun's Tirade
September 2, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
85
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Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
85
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A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation
September 16, 2016
Electronic
Score
85
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El Perro Del Mar - KoKoro
September 16, 2016
Art Pop
Score
85
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Preoccupations - Preoccupations
September 16, 2016
Post-Punk
Score
85
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Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
June 27, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
85
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Yoshi Wada - Off the Wall
May 13, 2016
Score
85
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2016.
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