The A.V. Club: 21 Best Albums of 2016
[see also 2020, 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011]
- David Bowie — Blackstar
- Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
- Angel Olsen — My Woman
- Pinegrove — Cardinal
- The Hotelier — Goodness
- White Lung — Paradise
- Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
- Mitski — Puberty 2
- Frank Ocean — Blond
- Joyce Manor — Cody
- Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
- Eric Bachmann — Eric Bachmann
- Solange — A Seat at the Table
- Modern Baseball — Holy Ghost
- Lydia Loveless — Real
- Nails — You Will Never Be One of Us
- Touché Amoré — Stage Four
- Kanye West — The Life of Pablo
- Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial
- Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam — I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
- Martha — Blisters In the Pit of My Heart