Year-End Lists

Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2016, as published by Rolling Stone

• Beyoncé
  Lemonade
• David Bowie
  Blackstar
• Mannequin Pussy
  Romantic
• Leonard Cohen
  You Want It Darker
• LVL UP
  Return to Love
• Vince Staples
  Prima Donna
• A Tribe Called Quest
  We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
• Car Seat Headrest
  Teens of Denial
• Radiohead
  A Moon Shaped Pool
• Lisa Prank
  Adult Teen
• Frank Ocean
  Blond
• Free Cake For Every Creature
  Talking Quietly of Anything With You
• Angel Olsen
  My Woman
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
  Skeleton Tree
• Kanye West
  The Life of Pablo
• 75 Dollar Bill
  Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
• Anderson .Paak
  Malibu
• Parquet Courts
  Human Performance
• Danny Brown
  Atrocity Exhibition
• The Monkees
  Good Times!