Year-End Lists

Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016

1. Beyoncé
   Lemonade
2. Kanye West
   The Life of Pablo
3. Frank Ocean
   Blond
4. Chance The Rapper
   Coloring Book
5. Radiohead
   A Moon Shaped Pool
6. David Bowie
   Blackstar
7. Anderson .Paak
   Malibu
8. Car Seat Headrest
   Teens of Denial
9. Bon Iver
   22, A Million
10. The Avalanches
    Wildflower
11. Young Thug
    Jeffery
12. Sturgill Simpson
    A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
13. Blood Orange
    Freetown Sound
14. Solange
    A Seat at the Table
15. Kendrick Lamar
    Untitled Unmastered
16. Rihanna
    Anti
17. ANOHNI
    Hopelessness
18. Danny Brown
    Atrocity Exhibition
19. Parquet Courts
    Human Performance
20. M83
    Junk
21. James Blake
    The Colour in Anything
22. Angel Olsen
    My Woman
23. KAYTRANADA
    99.9%
24. Death Grips
    Bottomless Pit
25. Carly Rae Jepsen
    E•MO•TION: Side B
26. M.I.A.
    AIM
27. Whitney
    Light Upon the Lake
28. Swans
    The Glowing Man
29. Aphex Twin
    Cheetah
30. Deakin
    Sleep Cycle
31. Mitski
    Puberty 2
32. De La Soul
    and the Anonymous Nobody…
33. Nicolas Jaar
    Sirens
34. Hinds
    Leave Me Alone
35. Chairlift
    Moth
36. Preoccupations
    Preoccupations
37. Underworld
    Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
38. A Tribe Called Quest
    We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
39. Pinegrove
    Cardinal
40. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
    Nonagon Infinity
41. PJ Harvey
    The Hope Six Demolition Project
42. S U R V I V E
    RR7349
43. Schoolboy Q
    Blank Face LP
44. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    Skeleton Tree
45. Tim Hecker
    Love Streams
46. Aesop Rock
    The Impossible Kid
47. Paul Simon
    Stranger to Stranger
48. Leon Vynehall
    Rojus (Designed to Dance)
49. Lady Gaga
    Joanne
50. Olga Bell
    Tempo
51. Kevin Morby
    Singing Saw
52. dvsn
    SEPT. 5TH
53. Frank Ocean
    Endless
54. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
    I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
55. Roosevelt
    Roosevelt
56. Deftones
    Gore
57. G.L.O.S.S.
    Trans Day of Revenge
58. The 1975
    I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
59. White Lung
    Paradise
60. The Field
    The Follower