Year-End Lists

Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
   Skeleton Tree
2. Solange
   A Seat at the Table
3. Kanye West
   The Life of Pablo
4. ANOHNI
   Hopelessness
5. Show Me the Body
   Body War
6. David Bowie
   Blackstar
7. Blood Orange
   Freetown Sound
8. Kendrick Lamar
   Untitled Unmastered
9. Angel Olsen
   My Woman
10. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    EARS
11. Frank Ocean
    Blond
12. Beyoncé
    Lemonade
13. Parquet Courts
    Human Performance
14. dvsn
    SEPT. 5TH
15. Young Thug
    Jeffery
16. Radiohead
    A Moon Shaped Pool
17. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
    Savage Mode
18. Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie “Prince” Billy
    Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
19. Car Seat Headrest
    Teens of Denial
20. Powell
    Sport
21. YG
    Still Brazy
22. PJ Harvey
    The Hope Six Demolition Project
23. Anderson .Paak
    Malibu
24. Rihanna
    Anti
25. Rae Sremmurd
    SremmLife 2
26. Skepta
    Konnichiwa
27. Pangaea
    In Drum Play
28. Hinds
    Leave Me Alone
29. KAYTRANADA
    99.9%
30. Mitski
    Puberty 2
31. Noname
    Telefone
32. Nicolas Jaar
    Sirens
33. Savages
    Adore Life
34. Hieroglyphic Being
    The Disco's Of Imhotep
35. Frankie Cosmos
    Next Thing
36. Danny Brown
    Atrocity Exhibition
37. Jenny Hval
    Blood Bitch
38. Frank Ocean
    Endless
39. Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland
    Transport
40. Drake
    Views
41. DJ Rashad
    Afterlife
42. Kamaiyah
    A Good Night in the Ghetto
43. Raime
    Tooth
44. Chance The Rapper
    Coloring Book
45. various artists
    Mambos Levis D'Outro Mundo
46. Steven Julien
    Fallen
47. Thee Oh Sees
    A Weird Exits
48. Kornél Kovács
    The Bells
49. NxWorries
    Yes Lawd!
50. DJ Earl
    Open Your Eyes
51. Giggs
    Landlord
52. Darkthrone
    Arctic Thunder
53. Lil Yachty
    Summer Songs 2
54. Kyle Hall
    From Joy
55. various artists
    Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban Vol.1
56. Oren Ambarchi
    Hubris
57. Let’s Eat Grandma
    I, Gemini
58. Meek Mill
    DC4
59. Omar S
    The Best
60. Tim Hecker
    Love Streams
61. Warpaint
    Heads Up
62. Travis Scott
    Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
63. Surgeon
    From Farthest Known Objects
64. Schoolboy Q
    Blank Face LP
65. Jay Daniel
    Broken Knowz
66. Young Thug
    Slime Season 3
67. Wolf Müller and Cass.
    The Sound Of Glades
68. Ka
    Honor Killed the Samurai
69. Huerco S
    For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
70. Nao
    For All We Know
71. Julianna Barwick
    Will
72. Shy Glizzy
    Young Jefe 2
73. Zomby
    Ultra
74. Weaves
    Weaves
75. Elysia Crampton
    Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
76. A Tribe Called Quest
    We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
77. Cavern of Anti-Matter
    Void Beats / Invocation Trex
78. Babyfather
    “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
79. Klein
    ONLY
80. Guerilla Toss
    Eraser Stargazer
81. Eagulls
    Ullages
82. Doe
    Some Things Last Longer than You
83. Mykki Blanco
    Mykki
84. Havoc & The Alchemist
    The Silent Partner
85. Mark Pritchard
    Under The Sun
86. Gucci Mane
    Everybody Looking
87. Carla dal Forno
    You Know What It’s Like
88. Minor Victories
    Minor Victories
89. Ty Segall
    Emotional Mugger
90. Soft Hair
    Soft Hair
91. Whitney
    Light Upon the Lake
92. Levelz
    LVL 11
93. Jessy Lanza
    Oh No
94. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani
    FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy
95. Ethereal
    Look at Me
96. Future
    Purple Reign
97. Gonjasufi
    Callus
98. Preoccupations
    Preoccupations
99. Payroll Giovanni & Cardo Got Wings
    Big Bossin, Vol. 1
100. Craig David
     Following My Intuition