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Lowest Rated Albums of 2016
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1.

Neil Young - Peace Trail
December 9, 2016
Folk Rock
Score
20
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2.

Your Boy Tony Braxton - Adult Contempt
July 15, 2016
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20
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3.

Nevermen - Nevermen
January 29, 2016
Art Pop
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20
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4.

Lady Gaga - Joanne
October 21, 2016
Pop
Score
40
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5.

Crystal Castles - Amnesty (I)
August 19, 2016
Electro
Score
40
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6.

of Montreal - Innocence Reaches
August 12, 2016
Indie Pop
Score
40
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Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
August 5, 2016
Alternative Rock
Score
40
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8.

Arkells - Morning Report
August 5, 2016
Alternative Rock
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40
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9.

Peter Bjorn and John - Breakin' Point
June 10, 2016
Indie Pop
Score
40
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10.

Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow
May 13, 2016
Shoegaze
Score
40
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11.

Guided By Voices - Please Be Honest
April 22, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
40
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12.

Violent Femmes - We Can Do Anything
March 4, 2016
Alternative Rock
Score
40
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13.

The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
February 26, 2016
Synthpop
Score
40
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14.

Majid Jordan - Majid Jordan
February 5, 2016
Electropop
Score
40
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15.

Sonny Smith - Sees All Knows All
January 15, 2016
Score
40
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16.

Brandon Wolfe Scott - The Postcard Writer
January 15, 2016
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40
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17.

DillanPonders - Acid Reign
December 28, 2016
Score
60
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18.

Nine Inch Nails - Not the Actual Events
December 23, 2016
Industrial Rock
Score
60
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19.

J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only
December 9, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
60
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20.

The Flowers Of Hell - Symphony No. 1
December 2, 2016
Score
60
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21.

The Weeknd - Starboy
November 25, 2016
Alternative R&B
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60
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22.

Lido Pimienta - La Papessa
October 28, 2016
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60
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23.

JAHKOY - Foreign Water
October 28, 2016
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60
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24.

Sam Roberts Band - TerraForm
October 28, 2016
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60
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25.

Conor Oberst - Ruminations
October 14, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
60
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