Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2016

1. David Bowie
   Blackstar
2. Beyoncé
   Lemonade
3. Car Seat Headrest
   Teens of Denial
4. A Tribe Called Quest
   We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
5. Mitski
   Puberty 2
6. Radiohead
   A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Angel Olsen
   My Woman
8. Lucy Dacus
   No Burden
9. Bon Iver
   22, A Million
10. Frank Ocean
    Blond
11. Kanye West
    The Life of Pablo
12. Margo Price
    Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
13. Solange
    A Seat at the Table
14. Pinegrove
    Cardinal
15. Chance The Rapper
    Coloring Book
16. Anderson .Paak
    Malibu
17. Leonard Cohen
    You Want It Darker
18. Blood Orange
    Freetown Sound
19. Sturgill Simpson
    A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
20. Parquet Courts
    Human Performance
21. Danny Brown
    Atrocity Exhibition
22. Lucius
    Good Grief
23. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    Skeleton Tree
24. Andrew Bird
    Are You Serious
25. The Avalanches
    Wildflower
26. Wilco
    Schmilco
27. Tacocat
    Lost Time
28. Tegan and Sara
    Love You to Death
29. Frankie Cosmos
    Next Thing
30. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
    A Man Alive
31. Japanese Breakfast
    Psychopomp
32. case/lang/veirs
    case/lang/veirs
33. Hinds
    Leave Me Alone
34. Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop
    Love Letter For Fire
35. Lake Street Dive
    Side Pony
36. Kendrick Lamar
    Untitled Unmastered
37. Whitney
    Light Upon the Lake
38. ANOHNI
    Hopelessness
39. Paul Simon
    Stranger to Stranger
40. Dawn Richard
    Redemption
41. Margaret Glaspy
    Emotions and Math
42. Jenny Hval
    Blood Bitch
43. Charles Bradley
    Changes
44. The Coathangers
    Nosebleed Weekend
45. Hiss Golden Messenger
    Heart Like a Levee
46. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
    I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
47. St. Paul & The Broken Bones
    Sea Of Noise
48. Drive-By Truckers
    American Band
49. Fruit Bats
    Absolute Loser
50. Courtney Marie Andrews
    Honest Life