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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

Decade
Source
Genre
2010s
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2016
2017
2018
2019

1.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
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2.

M83 - Junk
April 8, 2016
Synthpop
Score
100
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3.

The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Keep It Greasy!
October 14, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

4.

Ebbot Lundberg & The Indigo Children - For The Ages To Come
February 26, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

5.

Oskar's Drum - A Cathedral Of Hands
November 7, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

6.

John Southworth - Small Town Water Tower
November 4, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

7.

Angelina - Vagabond Saint
December 2, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

8.

Saint Leonard's Horses - Good Luck Everybody
October 14, 2016
Score
80
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9.

The Songbook Collective - The Songbook Collective
October 17, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

10.

Skinny Lister - The Devil, The Heart & The Fight
September 30, 2016
Score
80
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11.

Wakrat - Wakrat
November 8, 2016
Score
80
Source →
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Spotify

12.

The Orchestra Of Syrian Musicians - Africa Express Presents... The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians & Guests
December 16, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

13.

Ultrasound - Real Britannia
December 2, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

14.

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 25, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
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15.

Hannah Peel - Awake But Always Dreaming
September 23, 2016
Score
80
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16.

The Computers - Birth/Death
September 23, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

17.

The Clang Group - Practice
September 30, 2016
Score
80
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18.

A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
November 11, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Dele Sosimi - You No Fit Touch Am in Dub
July 29, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Lewis & Leigh - Ghost
August 26, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

21.

The Dirty Strangers - Crime and a Woman
July 1, 2016
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
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Spotify

22.

Madness - Can't Touch Us Now
October 28, 2016
Ska
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Alejandro Escovedo - Burn Something Beautiful
October 28, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Alabama 3 - Blues
October 28, 2016
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

25.

Gabriella Cohen - Full Closure and No Details
February 24, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Q Magazine awarded albums throughout 2016.
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