Top 50 Music Albums of 2016 by zdwyatt

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After a diversion through 60s psych-folk, Ray has bumped up to 70s psych-folk. But where Supernova did nothing for me, this is great. It's like he and co-producer Jim James just sat around and listened to Pink Floyd's Meddle for days on end and then this happened. I am digging the sound of this record and I respect that it's meant to be consumed as an album.

Favorite tracks: In My Own Way, Homecoming, While It Still Beats
Rating: 4.5 (85) | Last heard: June 07, 2016
[First added to this chart: 04/14/2016]
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The next time someone asks me why I love the South, I think I'll just give them this album. Compiled by the go-to producer for Nashville outsiders, Dave Cobb, this is a collection organized around the idea of the meaning of family. The themes that run through these songs just feel like home to me.

Favorite tracks: Sweet By and By, You Are My Sunshine, Can You Come Over?
Rating: 4.5 (85) | Last heard: June 07, 2016
[First added to this chart: 04/12/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2016]
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This puts to rest the debate over whether he'd still be country. It's not that this album is extra-super-country (it's not), it's that he clearly made the record he wants to make. Still, all the indie kids who want to love him but can't handle liking country just need to get on board. Good country music is good. 

Favorite tracks: Keep It Between the Lines, Brace for Impact, Welcome the Earth
Rating: 4.0 (84) | Last heard: June 07, 2016
[First added to this chart: 04/19/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2016]
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It is a subdued collection, which does make it harder to get into. But there's so much happening down in the layers. It has the same density of information as The King of Limbs, but where that felt almost suffocating, here it's enveloping. It feels more organic.

Favorite tracks: The Numbers, Present Tense, Decks Dark
Rating: 4.5 (86) | Last heard: June 07, 2016
[First added to this chart: 05/13/2016]
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Favorite tracks: Call Off Your Dogs, I Don't Care About You, Mistakes
Rating: 4.0 (80) | Last heard: June 13, 2016
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2016]
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This is his first album in four years and his first since relocating from California to Tennessee. The change of scenery did him good; this is the best thing he's done in 15 years.

Favorite tracks: Yellow Weeds, Rolling Pin, Taking On Weight in Hot Springs
Rating: 4.0 (82) | Last heard: June 07, 2016
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Top 50 Music Albums of 2016 composition

Country Albums %


United States 35 70%
United Kingdom 12 24%
Norway 1 2%
Russia 1 2%
Mixed Nationality 1 2%

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84/100 (from 2 votes)
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From 08/23/2016 17:36
I reference your charts for recs quite a bit, and the flatland cavalry position intrigues me, but that "sippin' on shiner" line is keeping me from listening. It's just too annoyingly Texas. and that's coming from a guy with a Texas tattoo.
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