Year-End Lists

The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2016

1. David Bowie
   Blackstar
2. Shirley Collins
   Lodestar
3. Moor Mother
   Fetish Bones
4. Autechre
   elseq 1-5
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
   Skeleton Tree
6. Jenny Hval
   Blood Bitch
7. Noura Mint Seymali
   Arbina
8. Yves Tumor
   Serpent Music
9. Gaika
   SECURITY
10. Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force
    Yermande
11. Gate
    Saturday Night Fever
12. Solange
    A Seat at the Table
13. Kanye West
    The Life of Pablo
14. Oren Ambarchi
    Hubris
15. Babyfather
    “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
16. 75 Dollar Bill
    Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
17. Anna Meredith
    Varmints
18. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    EARS
19. A Tribe Called Quest
    We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
20. Carla dal Forno
    You Know What It’s Like
21. David Toop
    Entities Inertias Faint Beings
22. Leonard Cohen
    You Want It Darker
23. Kendrick Lamar
    Untitled Unmastered
24. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
    We Be All Africans
25. Laura Cannell
    Simultaneous Flight Movement
26. Ectoplasm Girls
    New Feeling Come
27. Steve Gunn
    Eyes on the Lines
28. Ian William Craig
    Centres
29. Matmos
    Ultimate Care II
30. Laraaji & Sun Araw
    Professional Sunflow
31. Scott Walker
    The Childhood of a Leader (OST)
32. Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie “Prince” Billy
    Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
33. Elysia Crampton
    Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
34. Katie Gately
    Color
35. Shackleton with Ernesto Tomasini
    Devotional Songs
36. Anxiety
    Anxiety
37. Skepta
    Konnichiwa
38. Puce Mary
    The Spiral
39. The Dwarfs of East Agouza
    Bes
40. Catherine Christer Hennix
    Live At Issue Project Room
41. Horse Lords
    Interventions
42. Roy Montgomery
    R M H Q: Headquarters
43. Frank Ocean
    Blond
44. Thalia Zedek
    Eve
45. Charlemagne Palestine
    Cathédrale De Strasbourg
46. Kepler Quartet
    Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8
47. Circuit Des Yeux
    Jackie Lynn
48. Zomby
    Ultra
49. Klara Lewis
    Too
50. Peder Mannerfelt
    Controlling Body