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Old 12-26-2016, 12:14 PM   #1
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Best Music Of 2016

Since it was such a sucky year, we can't expect.
Of course "Best" is subjective, an opinion, either one man's or a group decision, so should be taken with a grain of salt.

digg’s Top 10 for 2016
10. Anohni — 'Drone Bomb Me'
9. Frank Ocean — 'Ivy'
8. Beyoncé — 'Sorry'
7. Mitski — 'Your Best American Girl'
6. Rae Sremmurd — 'Black Beatles'
5. Rihanna — 'Work'
4. Chance The Rapper — 'No Problem'
3. Solange — 'Cranes In The Sky'
2. Beyoncé — 'Formation'
1. Kanye West — 'Ultralight Beam'

digg’s Top Albums of 2016
10. Car Seat Headrest — 'Teens Of Denial'
9. Angel Olsen — 'My Woman'
8. Kanye West — 'The Life Of Pablo'
7. Radiohead — 'A Moon Shaped Pool'
6. A Tribe Called Quest — 'We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'
5. Solange — 'A Seat At The Table'
4. Chance The Rapper — 'Coloring Book'
3. Frank Ocean — 'Blonde'
2. David Bowie — 'Blackstar'
1. Beyoncé — 'Lemonade'

Rolling Stone's Highest Rated Albums of 2016
1. Beyoncé – Lemonade
2. Bruce Springsteen - Chapter and Verse
3. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
4. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
5. Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
6. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
8. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
9. Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
10. Green Day - Revolution Radio
11. Solange - A Seat at the Table
12. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
13. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
14. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
15. Usher - Hard II Love
16. Jack White - Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016
17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
18. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
19. Young Thug – Jeffery
20. Frank Ocean – Blonde
21. Lori McKenna - The Bird & the Rifle
22. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night
23. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
24. Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
25. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger

Bandcamp’s best albums of 2016
#10. Mitski, Puberty 2
#9. MNDSGN, Body Wash
#8. Jenny Hval, Blood Bitch
#7. Noname, Telefone
#6. Jenny Besetzt, Tender Madness
#5. Shabaka & the Ancestors, Wisdom of Elders
#4. Ette, Homemade Lemonade
#3. NxWorries, Yes Lawd!
#2. Moor Mother, Fetish Bones
#1. KING, We Are KING

UPROXX’s Best Albums Of 2016
10. Kayne West - Life of Pablo
9. Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat To Earth
8. Childish Gambino – Awaken, My Love
7. Beyoncé – Lemonade
6. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
5. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of denial
4. Solange - A Seat at the Table
3. Bon Iver – 22. A Million
2. Mitski, Puberty 2
1. Frank Ocean – Blonde

AV CLUB’s Best Albums of 2016
10. Joyce Manor, Cody
9. Frank Ocean, Blonde
8. Mitski, Puberty 2
7. Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
6. White Lung, Paradise
5. The Hotelier, Goodness
4. Pinegrove, Cardinal
3. Angel Olsen, My Woman
2. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
1. David Bowie, Blackstar

SPIN’s best Albums of 2016
10. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
8. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
6. Beyoncé – Lemonade
5. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
4. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
3. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Frank Ocean – Blonde
1. Solange - A Seat at the Table
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Old 12-27-2016, 02:01 AM   #2
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Where's Taylor Swift's Greatest Hits album? Oh man, she got robbed by Kanye West again!
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Old 12-27-2016, 09:47 AM   #3
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Blackstar, verified as best album I purchased this year.
I've liked what I've heard from Radiohead's new one.
Chance the Rapper seems like good stuff from a genre I don't generally listen to.

From Lil' Griff, I received Pup's The Dream is Over on vinyl for Christmas. I hope they get in the ballpark of their last effort. Punk rock in funky time signatures, only in Canada...

Check out Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial.

Against Me's new effort is good as well.
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Old 12-27-2016, 09:49 AM   #4
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sexobon, that's just mean! (And I love it because TS scares the hell outta me!)

My favorite album of 2016 is a late release and not likely to make any Top Any Number lists...

http://www.premierguitar.com/ext/res...-Cover_WEB.jpg

Still totally blown away by Rosie Bones's singing...reminds me a bit of Amy Lee. And it is extremely difficult to remember that Jeff Beck is 72 years old. I have him on my miniscule celebrity-following Twitter feed, hoping for a US tour of this album! Believe he's currently touring in the UK or elsewhere in Europe.
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