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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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- Soul
- Synthpop

2016

This is an ordered list of AllMusic's highest rated albums of 2016. Check out AllMusic'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

100

2. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings

Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings

November 18, 2016

Score

100

3. Solange - A Seat at the Table

Solange - A Seat at the Table

September 30, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

100

4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

September 9, 2016

Score

100

5. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

May 13, 2016

Score

100

6. Maren Morris - Hero

Maren Morris - Hero

June 3, 2016

Score

100

7. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity

April 29, 2016

Psychedelic Rock

Score

100

8. Mitski - Puberty 2

Mitski - Puberty 2

June 17, 2016

Score

100

9. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter

Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter

March 25, 2016

Score

100

10. Anderson .Paak - Malibu

Anderson .Paak - Malibu

January 15, 2016

Score

100

11. King - We Are King

King - We Are King

February 5, 2016

Score

100

12. Rihanna - ANTI

January 27, 2016

Score

100

13. David Bowie - Blackstar

David Bowie - Blackstar

January 8, 2016

Score

100

14. Larry Young - In Paris: The ORTF Recordings

Larry Young - In Paris: The ORTF Recordings

March 11, 2016

Score

90

15. Stan Getz - Moments in Time

Stan Getz - Moments in Time

February 19, 2016

Score

90

16. Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke - Invisible Strings

Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke - Invisible Strings

November 18, 2016

Score

90

17. Bobby Previte - Mass

Bobby Previte - Mass

November 18, 2016

Score

90

18. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Echo In The Valley

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Echo In The Valley

October 6, 2016

Score

90

19. Lara Downes - America Again

Lara Downes - America Again

October 28, 2016

Score

90

20. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

December 25, 2016

Score

90

21. Daniil Trifonov - Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Franz Liszt

Daniil Trifonov - Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Franz Liszt

October 7, 2016

Score

90

22. Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra - Time/Life

Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra - Time/Life

September 16, 2016

Score

90

23. Kenny Chesney - Cosmic Hallelujah

Kenny Chesney - Cosmic Hallelujah

October 28, 2016

Score

90

24. The Dean Ween Group - The Deaner Album

The Dean Ween Group - The Deaner Album

October 21, 2016

Alternative Rock

Score

90

25. Common - Black America Again

Common - Black America Again

November 4, 2016

Score

90

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

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