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1.

Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
89
4344 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
89
2822 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar]
January 8th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
88
2322 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
86
3044 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
1406 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
May 20th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
85
1552 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
85
1037 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

BK - Castelos & Ruínas
October 19th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
85
63 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
May 6th, 2016
Industrial Hip Hop
USER SCORE
84
1855 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

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

11.

Bo Burnham - Make Happy
June 3rd, 2016
Comedy
USER SCORE
84
66 reviews
Amazon

12.

Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23rd, 2016
R&B
USER SCORE
83
2494 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

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

14.

The Blasting Company - Over the Garden Wall
July 8th, 2016
Chamber Folk
USER SCORE
83
70 reviews
Amazon

15.

Grouper - Paradise Valley
December 21st, 2016
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
83
88 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

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

17.

Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
83
1330 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Uyama Hiroto - Freeform Jazz
November 2nd, 2016
USER SCORE
83
60 reviews
Amazon

19.

Mick Gordon - Doom: Original Game Soundtrack
September 28th, 2016
Industrial Metal
USER SCORE
83
84 reviews
Amazon

20.

Céu - Tropix
March 25th, 2016
Art Pop
USER SCORE
83
158 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
April 29th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
83
1009 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.
October 14th, 2016
Power Pop
USER SCORE
83
542 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Angel Olsen - My Woman
September 2nd, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
82
1090 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Carne Doce - Princesa
August 24th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
82
64 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them
September 23rd, 2016
Jazz
USER SCORE
82
110 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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