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1
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 24, 2016
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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2
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Jeff Parker - Slight Freedom
December 9, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
3
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Cappella Amsterdam / Daniel Reuss - Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen
October 28, 2016
Modern Classical
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Choral
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Jay Daniel - Broken Knowz
November 25, 2016
Deep House
,
Downtempo
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
September 30, 2016
Ambient Pop
,
Downtempo
,
Microhouse
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
November 11, 2016
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Dawda Jobarteh - Transitional Times
October 14, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Alicia Keys - HERE
November 4, 2016
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Illum Sphere - Glass
November 4, 2016
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense - Moving Still
October 14, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
11
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St. Lenox - Ten Hymns from My American Gothic
October 21, 2016
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Orb - COW / Chill Out, World!
October 14, 2016
Ambient
,
Electronic
,
Ambient Dub
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
14
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Frode Haltli - Air
August 26, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
15
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Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27, 2016
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
October 14, 2016
Mathcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years
September 16, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Warpaint - Heads Up
September 23, 2016
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil In Confessional
September 9, 2016
Progressive Rock
,
Rock Opera
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
20
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Mike Keneally - Scambot 2
September 9, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
21
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Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Revocation - Great Is Our Sin
July 22, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Ngaiire - Blastoma
June 10, 2016
Contemporary R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Kuba Kapsa Ensemble - Vantdraught 4
June 24, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Myrkur - Mausoleum
August 19, 2016
Dark Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings PopMatters awarded albums throughout 2016.
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