Year-End Lists

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016

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1. My Woman
   Angel Olsen
2. Love & Hate
   Michael Kiwanuka
3. Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
   Margo Price
4. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
   Sturgill Simpson
5. case/lang/veirs
   case/lang/veirs
6. Blackstar
   David Bowie
7. American Band
   Drive-By Truckers
8. You Want It Darker
   Leonard Cohen
9. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
   A Tribe Called Quest
10. Dori Freeman
    Dori Freeman
11. The Very Last Day
    Parker Millsap
12. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
13. 2
    Mudcrutch
14. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
15. The Ghosts of Highway 20
    Lucinda Williams
16. This Is Where I Live
    William Bell
17. Lovers And Leavers
    Hayes Carll
18. Silver Tears
    Aaron Lee Tasjan
19. Puberty 2
    Mitski
20. Stranger to Stranger
    Paul Simon
21. Big Day in a Small Town
    Brandy Clark
22. Robert Ellis
    Robert Ellis
23. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
24. Heart Like a Levee
    Hiss Golden Messenger
25. Dig In Deep
    Bonnie Raitt
26. Real
    Lydia Loveless
27. We’re All Gonna Die
    Dawes
28. The Weight of These Wings
    Miranda Lambert
29. Painkillers
    Brian Fallon
30. Shape Shift With Me
    Against Me!
31. FLOTUS
    Lambchop
32. I’ve Got A Way
    Kelsey Waldon
33. Mangy Love
    Cass McCombs
34. Adore Life
    Savages
35. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
36. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
37. I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
    Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
38. Honest Life
    Courtney Marie Andrews
39. Heads Up
    Warpaint
40. Hero
    Maren Morris
41. Resistor
    Lera Lynn
42. Ruminations
    Conor Oberst
43. My Piece Of Land
    Amanda Shires
44. Cardinal
    Pinegrove
45. Blond
    Frank Ocean
46. Life in the Dark
    The Felice Brothers
47. Emotions and Math
    Margaret Glaspy
48. Pawn Shop
    Brothers Osborne
49. The Life of Pablo
    Kanye West
50. Down In Heaven
    Twin Peaks