Slant Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2016
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
- Kanye West — The Life of Pablo
- Beyoncé — Lemonade
- A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
- David Bowie — Blackstar
- Frank Ocean — Blond
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
- Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
- Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
- Britney Spears — Glory
- Lambchop — FLOTUS
- Lucinda Williams — The Ghosts of Highway 20
- Solange — A Seat at the Table
- Garbage — Strange Little Birds
- Sturgill Simpson — A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
- Julianna Barwick — Will
- Margo Price — Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
- Tove Lo — Lady Wood
- Drive-By Truckers — American Band
- Allen Toussaint — American Tunes
- Big Black Delta — Trágame Tierra
- Gwen Stefani — This Is What the Truth Feels Like
- Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial
- Blood Orange — Freetown Sound
- Jenny Hval — Blood Bitch