Year-End Lists

Q Magazine: Top 50 Albums Of 2016

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1. Blackstar
   David Bowie
2. You Want It Darker
   Leonard Cohen
3. The Hope Six Demolition Project
   PJ Harvey
4. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
   A Tribe Called Quest
5. Skeleton Tree
   Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
6. A Moon Shaped Pool
   Radiohead
7. Mangy Love
   Cass McCombs
8. My Woman
   Angel Olsen
9. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
   The 1975
10. Chaleur Humaine
    Christine and the Queens
11. Konnichiwa
    Skepta
12. Requiem
    Goat
13. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
14. Love & Hate
    Michael Kiwanuka
15. Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul
    Dexys
16. Crab Day
    Cate Le Bon
17. Blond
    Frank Ocean
18. Wildflower
    The Avalanches
19. Human Performance
    Parquet Courts
20. Hopelessness
    ANOHNI
21. Post Pop Depression
    Iggy Pop
22. Meet the Humans
    Steve Mason
23. Super
    Pet Shop Boys
24. Don’t Let the Kids Win
    Julia Jacklin
25. Boy King
    Wild Beasts
26. Do Hollywood
    The Lemon Twigs
27. Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
    Underworld
28. Varmints
    Anna Meredith
29. I, Gemini
    Let’s Eat Grandma
30. Trick
    Jamie T
31. Let Them Eat Chaos
    Kate Tempest
32. The Bride
    Bat for Lashes
33. Untitled Unmastered
    Kendrick Lamar
34. Joanne
    Lady Gaga
35. Adore Life
    Savages
36. Ellipsis
    Biffy Clyro
37. The Ship
    Brian Eno
38. Songs for Our Mothers
    The Fat White Family
39. A Weird Exits
    Thee Oh Sees
40. Wild World
    Bastille
41. Singing Saw
    Kevin Morby
42. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
43. Distance Inbetween
    The Coral
44. Everything You’ve Come To Expect
    The Last Shadow Puppets
45. The Life of Pablo
    Kanye West
46. Hamburg Demonstrations
    Peter Doherty
47. Blossoms
    Blossoms
48. Views
    Drake
49. These People
    Richard Ashcroft
50. Chaosmosis
    Primal Scream