Top 70 Music Albums of 2016
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dihansse 
The 2010's are not the best decade with especially that slowed down music that seems to invade the radio and also a number of albums in the BEA top chart. But 2016 was also very promising for three reasons:
- good albums by some of the oldies like Wilco, Dinosaur Jr., Metallica, Bettie Serveert, Bob Mould
- very promising albums by new and/or young bands/artists: The Men, DIIV, Car Seat Headrest, Kevin Morby, The Goon Sax, Yuck, Jeff Rosenstock, etc
- and especially (although they are not the highest ranked in the list) this is a year of loss: loss of own life (David Bowie, Leonard Cohen), loss of a loved one (Nick Cave) and loss in general (Radiohead).
All in all some very good albums.
- Chart updated: 07/28/2026 08:45
- (Created: 02/04/2016 19:17).
- Chart size: 70 albums.
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This is the fourth album of their the career of one of my favorite bands (the first one was with Lou Barlow, the second without Lou Barlow and the third again with Lou Barlow). And again what a magnificent album it is. The guitars of J Mascis shine as before and the songs are there to enhance things further. There is nothing really knew but this is just one of those albums which make me happy just listening at it. Nearly all the songs are top but Lost All Day is even better.
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Top 70 Music Albums of 2016 composition
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| Greys | 2 | 3% | |
| Toy (UK) | 1 | 1% | |
| Marble Sounds | 1 | 1% | |
| Car Seat Headrest | 1 | 1% | |
| Bent Van Looy | 1 | 1% | |
| Cymbals Eat Guitars | 1 | 1% | |
| Nada Surf | 1 | 1% | |
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38 | 54% | |
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11 | 16% | |
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6 | 9% | |
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6 | 9% | |
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5 | 7% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 70 Music Albums of 2016 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 44 from 70th to 26th |
Up 5 from 42nd to 37th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 2 from 36th to 38th |
Down 2 from 37th to 39th |
Down 2 from 38th to 40th |
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From dihansse 01/03/2017 21:56 in End of Year recap: 2016 Albums/releases in Review
dihansse 01/03/2017 21:56 in End of Year recap: 2016 Albums/releases in Review“This year I was very busy listening to albums of other years than 2016 but there were however a great deal of albums I really liked: albums by older artists (Wilco, Metallica, ), great albums by new or still fairly young artists (DIIV, Kevin Morby, Car Seat Headrest, etc) but most of all this year…”
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