Year-End Lists

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016

1. Angel Olsen
   My Woman
2. Michael Kiwanuka
   Love & Hate
3. Margo Price
   Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
4. Sturgill Simpson
   A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
5. case/lang/veirs
   case/lang/veirs
6. David Bowie
   Blackstar
7. Drive-By Truckers
   American Band
8. Leonard Cohen
   You Want It Darker
9. A Tribe Called Quest
   We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
10. Dori Freeman
    Dori Freeman
11. Parker Millsap
    The Very Last Day
12. Chance The Rapper
    Coloring Book
13. Mudcrutch
    2
14. Bon Iver
    22, A Million
15. Lucinda Williams
    The Ghosts of Highway 20
16. William Bell
    This Is Where I Live
17. Hayes Carll
    Lovers And Leavers
18. Aaron Lee Tasjan
    Silver Tears
19. Mitski
    Puberty 2
20. Paul Simon
    Stranger to Stranger
21. Brandy Clark
    Big Day in a Small Town
22. Robert Ellis
    Robert Ellis
23. Beyoncé
    Lemonade
24. Hiss Golden Messenger
    Heart Like a Levee
25. Bonnie Raitt
    Dig In Deep
26. Lydia Loveless
    Real
27. Dawes
    We’re All Gonna Die
28. Miranda Lambert
    The Weight of These Wings
29. Brian Fallon
    Painkillers
30. Against Me!
    Shape Shift With Me
31. Lambchop
    FLOTUS
32. Kelsey Waldon
    I’ve Got A Way
33. Cass McCombs
    Mangy Love
34. Savages
    Adore Life
35. Radiohead
    A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Car Seat Headrest
    Teens of Denial
37. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
    I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
38. Courtney Marie Andrews
    Honest Life
39. Warpaint
    Heads Up
40. Maren Morris
    Hero
41. Lera Lynn
    Resistor
42. Conor Oberst
    Ruminations
43. Amanda Shires
    My Piece Of Land
44. Pinegrove
    Cardinal
45. Frank Ocean
    Blond
46. The Felice Brothers
    Life in the Dark
47. Margaret Glaspy
    Emotions and Math
48. Brothers Osborne
    Pawn Shop
49. Kanye West
    The Life of Pablo
50. Twin Peaks
    Down In Heaven