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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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Source
Genre
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1.

KURO - KURO
November 11, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Bitch 'n' Monk - We Are Peering Over
September 30, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

3.

Paper Tiger - Blast Off
May 27, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Christine Tobin - Pelt
November 25, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

5.

Xylaroo - Sweetooth
June 3, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Old Fire - Songs From the Haunted South
June 24, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Bosco Rogers - Post Exotic
July 8, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

The Early Years - II
September 23, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter
November 4, 2016
Dream Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Orlando Voorn - In My World
January 25, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Black Merlin - Hipnotik Tradisi
June 23, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Deap Vally - Femejism
September 16, 2016
Garage Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Death In Vegas - Transmission
May 27, 2016
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Damir Imamović's Sevdah Takht - Dvojka
April 29, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

17.

RM Hubbert - Telling the Trees
April 29, 2016
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Swans - The Glowing Man
June 17, 2016
Post-Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

ANOHNI - Hopelessness
May 6, 2016
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Beth Orton - Kidsticks
May 27, 2016
Indietronica
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Brian Eno - The Ship
April 29, 2016
Ambient
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Jessy Lanza - Oh No
May 13, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Steve Mason - Meet the Humans
February 26, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

El Guincho - Hiperasia
February 12, 2016
Glitch Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Emma Pollock - In Search of Harperfield
January 29, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Arts Desk awarded albums throughout 2016.
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