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The Best Electronic Albums of 2016 by User Score
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1
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Disasterpeace - Hyper Light Drifter
April 13th, 2016
Ambient
,
Electronic
USER SCORE
88
77 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2
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ConcernedApe - Stardew Valley
February 26th, 2016
Bluegrass
,
Sequencer & Tracker
USER SCORE
86
68 ratings
Amazon
3
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Mick Gordon - Doom: Original Game Soundtrack
September 28th, 2016
Industrial Metal
,
Dark Ambient
,
Djent
USER SCORE
85
283 ratings
Amazon
4
.
Arca - Entrañas
July 4th, 2016
Glitch Hop
,
Post-Industrial
,
Wonky
,
Deconstructed Club
,
UK Bass
USER SCORE
83
290 ratings
Amazon
5
.
Xiu Xiu - Plays The Music of Twin Peaks
April 16th, 2016
Experimental Rock
,
Dark Ambient
,
Noise Rock
,
Dark Jazz
,
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
83
743 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
.
Noisia - Outer Edges
August 5th, 2016
Halftime
,
Neurofunk
USER SCORE
82
54 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
.
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
September 30th, 2016
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
USER SCORE
82
2,908 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
.
Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone
February 29th, 2016
Synthpop
,
Indietronica
,
New Wave
,
Geek Rock
,
Progressive Pop
USER SCORE
82
816 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
.
The Gerogerigegege - 燃えない灰 [Moenai Hai]
April 20th, 2016
Dark Ambient
,
Drone
,
Noise Rock
,
Field Recordings
USER SCORE
82
143 ratings
Amazon
10
.
Paradis - Recto Verso
September 23rd, 2016
Synthpop
,
Deep House
,
French Pop
USER SCORE
81
89 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
pilotredsun - Achievement
March 29th, 2016
IDM
,
Sequencer & Tracker
USER SCORE
81
138 ratings
Amazon
12
.
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things: Volume One
August 12th, 2016
Synthwave
,
Ambient
,
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
80
115 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
.
Bridgit Mendler - Nemesis
November 18th, 2016
Alt-Pop
,
Future Bass
,
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
80
200 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Avalanches - Wildflower
July 1st, 2016
Nu-Disco
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Sampledelia
USER SCORE
80
1,426 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Midnight - Endless Summer
August 5th, 2016
Synthwave
,
Synthpop
USER SCORE
80
76 ratings
Amazon
16
.
Street Sects - End Position
September 16th, 2016
Synth Punk
,
Electro-Industrial
USER SCORE
80
267 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
17
.
Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom
February 26th, 2016
Bubblegum Bass
,
Electropop
,
Hyperpop
,
Dance-Pop
USER SCORE
79
2,060 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
September 30th, 2016
Ambient Pop
,
Downtempo
,
Microhouse
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
79
492 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
.
Autechre - elseq 1
May 19th, 2016
IDM
USER SCORE
79
62 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
In Love With A Ghost - Let's Go
March 3rd, 2016
Chillwave
,
Downtempo
,
Lo-Fi Hip Hop
USER SCORE
79
71 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
May 6th, 2016
Electronic
,
Alternative R&B
,
House
,
Funky House
USER SCORE
78
1,076 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
EXO - EX'ACT
June 9th, 2016
K-Pop
,
Acid House
,
House
,
Dance-Pop
,
Dance
USER SCORE
78
151 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
.
아버지 [father] - reflection
December 28th, 2016
Vaporwave
,
Drone
,
Glitch
USER SCORE
78
71 ratings
Amazon
24
.
Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit
January 28th, 2016
Trip Hop
USER SCORE
78
286 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
Glass Animals - How to Be a Human Being
August 26th, 2016
Indietronica
,
Alt-Pop
USER SCORE
78
860 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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