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Best Albums of 2016 by User Score

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Min. Ratings
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1.

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
89
2611 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
89
3961 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

David Bowie - Blackstar
January 8th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
87
2204 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
86
2843 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
November 11th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
86
1312 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
May 20th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
85
1451 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
85
1009 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Mick Gordon - Doom: Original Game Soundtrack
September 28th, 2016
USER SCORE
84
74 reviews
Amazon

9.

BK - Castelos & Ruínas
October 19th, 2016
USER SCORE
84
60 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
May 6th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
1739 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Swans - The Glowing Man
June 17th, 2016
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
84
698 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Justin Hurwitz - La La Land
December 9th, 2016
USER SCORE
83
57 reviews
Amazon

13.

Frank Ocean - Endless
August 19th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
83
601 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

14.

Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23rd, 2016
R&B
USER SCORE
83
2304 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
83
1253 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
April 29th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
83
936 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Angel Olsen - My Woman
September 2nd, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
82
1052 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

The Blasting Company - Over the Garden Wall
July 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
82
61 reviews
Amazon

19.

Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.
October 14th, 2016
Power Pop
USER SCORE
82
503 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Céu - Tropix
March 25th, 2016
Art Pop
USER SCORE
82
148 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Uyama Hiroto - Freeform Jazz
November 2nd, 2016
USER SCORE
82
54 reviews
Amazon

22.

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21st, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
82
436 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 25th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
82
1520 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

KA - Honor Killed the Samurai
August 13th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
82
364 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
February 14th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
82
3925 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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