Year-End Lists

Q Magazine: Top 50 Albums Of 2016

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