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31.

Cardinal 

 Pinegrove

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"A heartfelt, passionate album. The songs here each carry serious emotional weight propelled by solid musicianship. There's at least a little something on this record that anyone can relate to"  Reply

- jeremih724 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

787

Rank in 2016:

31

Rank in 2010s:

344

Overall Rank:

2,113

Average Rating:

 76 (173 votes)

Comments:

8

32.

Hopelessness 

 Anohni

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"Proof that the day of artists producing difficult, boundary pushing albums is far from over, Hopelessness is a dazzling and thought-provoking piece of work. Leaving behind the previous baroque-rock stylings of before for a more contemporary, electro feel this is a brave and exciting step forward ...""Proof that the day of artists producing difficult, boundary pushing albums is far from over, Hopelessness is a dazzling and thought-provoking piece of work. Leaving behind the previous baroque-rock stylings of before for a more contemporary, electro feel this is a brave and exciting step forward for ANOHNI."  [+]  Reply

- johnner | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

767

Rank in 2016:

32

Rank in 2010s:

350

Overall Rank:

2,163

Average Rating:

 73 (223 votes)

Comments:

11

33.

Everything You've Come To Expect 

 The Last Shadow Puppets

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"Having listened to this a few times now, it has really grown on me. This is a rather refreshing album with plenty of hints of 60s soft rock, but with a modern twist, as well as the excellent vocal work of Turner and Kane. The overall sound of the album is really nice. A warm, full-bodied and deta...""Having listened to this a few times now, it has really grown on me. This is a rather refreshing album with plenty of hints of 60s soft rock, but with a modern twist, as well as the excellent vocal work of Turner and Kane. The overall sound of the album is really nice. A warm, full-bodied and detailed sound that fits well with all the songs on the album. The strings really add to this to differentiate it and give it an extra sense of drama. Lyrically, the album is very strong. I really liked the nostalgic words of 'The Dream Synopsis' and the fast-paced, almost urgent feel of 'Aviation'. There's certainly a genuine and refined feel to the words of every song, and their delivery, as mentioned before, is really good. One area that does lack is the structure. While there's no one song that genuinely feels out of place, the album jumps around in terms of pacing, and there were a number of points when songs didn't feel like they didn't belong one after the other. Its other main weakness is that it does get a little on the boring side around the middle. Though every song is certainly distinguishable from the next, they lose the energy of the opening until 'Pattern' comes on. It means the album is fine to have on in the background, but tracks like 'Bad Habits' and 'She Does The Woods' aren't tempting enough to listen to on their own. Overall though, I am suitably impressed. Turner is certainly best when he's with the Arctic Monkey's, but that's not to say he isn't at home with Kane. This is an interesting and well developed, if rather incohesive, side project that I will certainly be listening to for a while yet."  [+]  Reply

- DeusExMackia | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

700

Rank in 2016:

33

Rank in 2010s:

369

Overall Rank:

2,328

Average Rating:

 73 (266 votes)

Comments:

11

34.

Post Pop Depression 

 Iggy Pop

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"Billed as his possible last album, PPD is a renaissance of sorts for the man, with the album revisiting one of his classic lp's - The Idiot. Whilst not as good, it is nice to hear him successfully come back with some of his best material in years."  Reply

- johnner | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

688

Rank in 2016:

34

Rank in 2010s:

374

Overall Rank:

2,357

Average Rating:

 74 (261 votes)

Comments:

10

35.

Telefone 

 Noname

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"This was a well done album. Kinda wished I listen to this earlier but better late than never."  Reply

- Luigii | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

646

Rank in 2016:

35

Rank in 2010s:

395

Overall Rank:

2,475

Average Rating:

 78 (152 votes)

Comments:

5

36.

Blood Bitch 

 Jenny Hval

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"Went to see her live, touring for this album. It was one of the worst live shows I've ever attended. Nearly everyone there left at around the halfway point. Turned me way the fuck off her music, which I'd been undecided about up till that point. But yeah, no."  Reply

- swagnadalf | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (5 helpful | 4 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

632

Rank in 2016:

36

Rank in 2010s:

401

Overall Rank:

2,511

Average Rating:

 75 (129 votes)

Comments:

4

37.

The Impossible Kid 

 Aesop Rock

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"I'm not much of a hip-hop fan, but this album had me straight up addicted for a long time. I'd listened to aseop in highschool during the "none shall pass" era, but stopped for years. When I looked him up and found this newest album I was blown away by how someone I thought had perfected his craf...""I'm not much of a hip-hop fan, but this album had me straight up addicted for a long time. I'd listened to aseop in highschool during the "none shall pass" era, but stopped for years. When I looked him up and found this newest album I was blown away by how someone I thought had perfected his craft had improved so vastly. Every day I'd listen to it start to finish until I knew every lyric to my favorite tracks, not that I'd claim to understand the meaning behind every bar. Still my favorite in his catalog. Although Skelethon and Malibu Ken have some bangers, there's not a single skip on this track list. That's impossible."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

628

Rank in 2016:

37

Rank in 2010s:

403

Overall Rank:

2,524

Average Rating:

 78 (152 votes)

Comments:

8

38.

Hardwired... To Self-Destruct 

 Metallica

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"Wow! I didn't know they still had an album like this in them with albums like St. Anger, Death Magnetic, and Lulu preceding this. The first disc is actually really, really solid. Hardwired is a strange song when every other song on the record is almost twice as long, but it's a good opener. Atlas...""Wow! I didn't know they still had an album like this in them with albums like St. Anger, Death Magnetic, and Lulu preceding this. The first disc is actually really, really solid. Hardwired is a strange song when every other song on the record is almost twice as long, but it's a good opener. Atlas Rise is a great homage to Iron Maiden's types of riffs and epic material. Now That We're Dead is such a fun song. A bit unlike what the band has done before, but Hetfield brings out some great riffs for this song. Moth Into Flame I feel is the best mix of metal with catchy songwriting on this album. Dream No More is another entry in the band's Lovecraftian list of songs (Call of Ktulu, The Thing that Should Not Be, All Nightmare Long) and does the subject matter real justice. Finally, Halo on Fire sort of serves as the album's "ballad" as there aren't too many other quiet moments in the album aside from intros. It also has a great build up. The second disc took a while to grow on me, but after listening to them about a dozen times I finally started to understand their nuances. And then I REALLY started to like them after watching the videos associated with them. Here Comes Revenge and Murder One in particular have very interesting music videos. Also, I hated ManUNkind at first, but now I think it's a great song. I'm fascinated by how it seems to have to distinct choruses, almost like a song within a song. Last but not least, there's Spit Out the Bone. I was extremely shocked when I heard this song as I didn't think the band could write a thrash song of this magnitude any more, but I'm glad they proved me wrong. Kirk almost plays a solo reminiscent of his 80's heyday (a bit of a dyers eve knock off, but whatever)! And the vitriol in Hetfield's voice is so great to hear again. The first four tracks on the third disc of the deluxe editions are also fantastic (especially the remix of Lords of Summer which actually turns that song into a great anthem). Positives? Rob finally seems to have found his groove in this band. Really solid bass playing which CAN ACTUALLY BE HEARD. James' vocals haven't sounded this confident since the Load/Reload days. His lyrics are also a big step up from Death Magnetic's (well, maybe not the chorus HERE COMES REVENGE). And I'm always surprised by how catchy his riffs/hooks are, though by now I know I shouldn't be. Negatives for me? Kirk's solos are at times uninspired and I'm not a fan of Lars' minimalistic drumming. Having said that, his drums haven't sound this unobtrusive in a long time hahaha. They may not always add much to the songs, but they rarely distract from them like they were known to do in St. Anger and Death Magnetic. Song structure for Metallica lately has also been at times repetitive. The best song on this album, Spit Out the Bone, has a couple moments where the same idea seems to be played two or three too many times. The album is a great mix of everything Metallica have been through up to this point. Fans who have listened to Load/Reload will catch a lot of those records' influence in this one. One can almost imagine this record taking the spot of St. Anger in this band's history. This is a real treasure for longtime fans like myself. Will it pull in new fans? Tough to say, but it wouldn't surprise me, especially after they released a high quality music video for each track."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

573

Rank in 2016:

38

Rank in 2010s:

445

Overall Rank:

2,753

Average Rating:

 69 (255 votes)

Comments:

19

39.

Starboy 

 The Weeknd

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"Half of this album is really good! If he cut it down to 10 songs, it would have packed a real punch and been a really great album."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

529

Rank in 2016:

39

Rank in 2010s:

482

Overall Rank:

2,924

Average Rating:

 70 (217 votes)

Comments:

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40.

The Hope Six Demolition Project 

 PJ Harvey

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"Criminally under appreciated PJH album this one This time the over arching theme focus' on America and more precisely the perceived social cleansing through demolition of ghettos and slums , it really is powerful stuff . Tip - get to understand the back ground to this album and you will appreciat...""Criminally under appreciated PJH album this one This time the over arching theme focus' on America and more precisely the perceived social cleansing through demolition of ghettos and slums , it really is powerful stuff . Tip - get to understand the back ground to this album and you will appreciate it more "The Wheel" is amongst Polly Jeans best tracks They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here ........... "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

520

Rank in 2016:

40

Rank in 2010s:

486

Overall Rank:

2,961

Average Rating:

 73 (249 votes)

Comments:

10

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Best Albums of 2016 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	10	1%
David Bowie	3	0%
The Rolling Stones	3	0%
Lil Peep	2	0%
Neil Young	2	0%
Oh Sees	2	0%
Nicolas Jaar	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	451	45%
	176	18%
	54	5%
	50	5%
	37	4%
	28	3%
	25	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	978	98%
Yes	22	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%