Best Albums of 2016
Listed below are the best albums of 2016 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"A difficult album to get into compared with her debut, but for me this is much more rewarding. Starts out a bit bumpily (VV Violence) but the last three tracks really are exceptional. Won't necessarily suit everyone's tastes but for me this is a stand-out record of 2016." Reply
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SleepDealer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Scots composer Anna Meredith has been involved in all manner of fun cross-disciplinary projects (including a musical flashmob on a motorway), and her style is similarly all over the shop. Varmints is a very swish example of what she can do. Not a massive fan of the vocals, but that quickly ceases..." [+] Reply
"following up an album about teenage angst after over 15 years was gonna be hard in more ways than one, and it shows. even if lines like "doctor, it hurts when i exist" or "i've malevolence inside of me" aren't actually worse than anything on the first album, it certainly feels like it when it's c..." [+] Reply
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"A sign of a great band struggling to grow up, as this album sounds more straight-jacketed than full of laid-back maturity" Reply
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cestuneblague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Very good album. The cover is quite stunning. I think that the overall continuity would have been better had all songs been recorded at the same recording studio. Album notes states that this was not the case. As such it does sound like the production is different." Reply
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"I saw this at the record shop... why was I able to automatically buy new albums from nick cave and bon iver w/o even having heard them yet (I want to hear them for the first time on vinyl), but not even consider buying this? why? they were among the best, it's a shame that I have to feel like the..." [+] Reply
"entertaining album!" Reply
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Leonard | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Best Albums of 2016 composition
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| Various Artists | 10 | 1% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 0% | |
| Young Thug | 2 | 0% | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 2 | 0% | |
| Gov't Mule | 2 | 0% | |
| Lil Peep | 2 | 0% | |
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452 | 45% | |
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176 | 18% | |
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54 | 5% | |
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49 | 5% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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25 | 3% | |
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