Year-End Lists

Uncut Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2016

1. David Bowie
   Blackstar
2. Radiohead
   A Moon Shaped Pool
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
   Skeleton Tree
4. Leonard Cohen
   You Want It Darker
5. Ryley Walker
   Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
6. PJ Harvey
   The Hope Six Demolition Project
7. Sturgill Simpson
   A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
8. ANOHNI
   Hopelessness
9. Teenage Fanclub
   Here
10. Beyoncé
    Lemonade
11. Thee Oh Sees
    A Weird Exits
12. Brian Eno
    The Ship
13. Drive-By Truckers
    American Band
14. Bon Iver
    22, A Million
15. Wilco
    Schmilco
16. Hiss Golden Messenger
    Heart Like a Levee
17. Cavern of Anti-Matter
    Void Beats / Invocation Trex
18. Solange
    A Seat at the Table
19. Lambchop
    FLOTUS
20. Angel Olsen
    My Woman
21. William Tyler
    Modern Country
22. The Avalanches
    Wildflower
23. Margo Price
    Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
24. Paul Simon
    Stranger to Stranger
25. Iggy Pop
    Post Pop Depression
26. Cate Le Bon
    Crab Day
27. Shirley Collins
    Lodestar
28. case/lang/veirs
    case/lang/veirs
29. Kendrick Lamar
    Untitled Unmastered
30. Frank Ocean
    Blond
31. Cass McCombs
    Mangy Love
32. 75 Dollar Bill
    Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
33. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
    Nonagon Infinity
34. Lucinda Williams
    The Ghosts of Highway 20
35. Eleanor Friedberger
    New View
36. Jenny Hval
    Blood Bitch
37. Tim Hecker
    Love Streams
38. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band
    The Rarity of Experience
39. Shovels and Rope
    Little Seeds
40. Let’s Eat Grandma
    I, Gemini
41. Anna Meredith
    Varmints
42. Brigid Mae Power
    Brigid Mae Power
43. Róisín Murphy
    Take Her Up to Monto
44. Okkervil River
    Away
45. KING
    We Are King
46. Swans
    The Glowing Man
47. The Handsome Family
    Unseen
48. Skepta
    Konnichiwa
49. Christine and the Queens
    Chaleur Humaine
50. Kevin Morby
    Singing Saw
51. Underworld
    Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
52. various artists
    Day of the Dead
53. Hinds
    Leave Me Alone
54. Robbie Fulks
    Upland Stories
55. Soundwalk Collective / Patti Smith / Jesse Paris Smith
    Killer Road
56. Danny Brown
    Atrocity Exhibition
57. Maxwell
    blackSUMMERS’night
58. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    EARS
59. Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
    Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad
60. Ty Segall
    Emotional Mugger
61. John Cale
    Music for a New Society/M:FANS
62. Ian William Craig
    Centres
63. Richmond Fontaine
    You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back To
64. Gruff Rhys
    Set Fire to the Stars
65. Emma Pollock
    In Search of Harperfield
66. Charles Bradley
    Changes
67. Steve Gunn
    Eyes on the Lines
68. The Coral
    Distance Inbetween
69. Allen Toussaint
    American Tunes
70. Kiran Leonard
    Grapefruit
71. The Comet Is Coming
    Channel the Spirits
72. Oren Ambarchi
    Hubris
73. Heron Oblivion
    Heron Oblivion
74. Melt Yourself Down
    Last Evenings on Earth
75. Innercity Ensemble
    III