Year-End Lists

Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2016, as published by Slate

Top 10, in alphabetical order

• ANOHNI
  Hopelessness
• Beyoncé
  Lemonade
• David Bowie
  Blackstar
• Drive-By Truckers
  American Band
• Mary Halvorson Octet
  Away with You
• Veda Hille
  Love Waves
• Miranda Lambert
  The Weight of These Wings
• Anderson .Paak
  Malibu
• Elza Soares
  A Mulher do Fim do Mundo
• Tanya Tagaq
  Retribution

Another 15, in alphabetical order

• Anal Trump
  That Makes Me Smart
• Car Seat Headrest
  Teens of Denial
• Chance The Rapper
  Coloring Book
• Brandy Clark
  Big Day in a Small Town
• Leonard Cohen
  You Want It Darker
• Vijay Iyer & Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith
  A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke
• Maxwell
  blackSUMMERS’night
• Frank Ocean
  Blond
• Angel Olsen
  My Woman
• Iggy Pop
  Post Pop Depression
• Margo Price
  Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
• Noura Mint Seymali
  Arbina
• A Tribe Called Quest
  We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
• A Tribe Called Red
  We Are the Halluci Nation
• Kanye West
  The Life of Pablo