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1.

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
September 27th, 2016
Experimental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
89
4,790 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
89
7,692 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar]
January 8th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
89
3,494 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
November 11th, 2016
Conscious Hip Hop
USER SCORE
87
2,198 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

5.

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8th, 2016
Art Pop
USER SCORE
87
5,089 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Swans - The Glowing Man
June 17th, 2016
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
87
1,278 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

7.

Radwimps - 君の名は。
August 24th, 2016
USER SCORE
87
57 ratings
Amazon

8.

BK - Castelos & Ruínas
October 19th, 2016
Hip Hop
USER SCORE
86
126 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
May 6th, 2016
Industrial Hip Hop
USER SCORE
86
3,254 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
May 20th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
86
2,417 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9th, 2016
Art Rock
USER SCORE
85
1,285 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23rd, 2016
Contemporary R&B
USER SCORE
84
3,525 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Kate Bush - Before the Dawn
November 25th, 2016
Art Pop
USER SCORE
84
52 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

14.

Justin Hurwitz - La La Land
December 9th, 2016
Show Tunes
USER SCORE
84
82 ratings
Amazon

15.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
April 29th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
84
1,762 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

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

17.

Old Gray - Slow Burn
December 9th, 2016
Screamo
USER SCORE
84
67 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Frank Ocean - Endless
August 19th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
84
965 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

19.

Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.
October 14th, 2016
Power Pop
USER SCORE
84
819 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

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

21.

Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
February 14th, 2016
Experimental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
83
7,562 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Various Artists - La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
December 9th, 2016
Show Tunes
USER SCORE
83
288 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30th, 2016
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
83
1,705 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

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

25.

Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2nd, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
83
1,347 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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