MCCh 2016 (12) July 15

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The best albums of 2016 (update July 15)

The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating and the number of reviews (out of 30 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.

The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; LesInrocks; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spin; Tinymixtapes

Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, Gaffa.dk, Gaffa.se, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, etc…

New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score

Out:
William Tyler: Modern Country

65 - Andy Stott: Too Many Voices - 73,8 (12)
Highlights: Butterflies - New Romantic - Selfish
UK Bass
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64 - Animal Collective: Painting With - 73,8 (30)
Highlights: Floridada - Golden Gal - Vertical
Psychedelic Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 017770.jpg[/imgsize]


63 - Modern Baseball: Holy Ghost - 73,9 (13)
Highlights: Just Another Face - Mass - Breathing in Stereo
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 059148.jpg[/imgsize]


62 - Tegan and Sara: Love You to Death - 74,1 (21)
Highlights: Boyfriend - BWU - That Girl
Synthpop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 069707.jpg[/imgsize]


61- Money: Suicide Songs – 74,3 (21)
Highlights: I'll Be The Night - I Am the Lord - Suicide Song
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 007753.jpg[/imgsize]


60 - Roly Porter: Third Law – 74,3 (9)
Highlights: Mass - 4101 - In Flight
Dark Ambient
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 001384.jpg[/imgsize]


59 - The Goon Sax: Up to Anything - 74,3 (7)
Highlights: Boyfriend - Target - Up to Anything
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 045109.jpg[/imgsize]


58 - Gold Panda: Good Luck and Do Your Best - 74,4 (18)
Highlights: In My Car - Time Eater - Autumn Falls
Microhouse
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 066924.jpg[/imgsize]


57 - Eric Bachmann: Eric Bachmann – 74,4 (8)
Highlights: Carolina - Belong to You - Mercy
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 036433.jpg[/imgsize]


56 - Bat For Lashes: The Bride - 74,5 (23)
Highlights: In God’s House - Close Encounters - I Do
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 083680.jpg[/imgsize]


55 - Laura Mvula: The Dreaming Room - 74,6 (7)
Highlights: Show Me Love - Phenomenal Woman - Bread
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/23053/ ... 83b420.jpg[/imgsize]


54 - School of Seven Bells: SVIIB - 74,7 (21)
Highlights: Ablaze - On My Heart - Open Your Eyes
Dream Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 020845.jpg[/imgsize]


53 - Kevin Gates: Islah - 74,8 (8)
Highlights: 2 Phones - La Familia - Pride
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 006306.jpg[/imgsize]


52 - LUH: Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing - 74,8 (15)
Highlights: $ORO - Beneath the Concrete - Future Blues
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 052247.jpg[/imgsize]


51 - Future Of The Left: The Peace And Truce Of Future Of The Left – 74,9 (11)
Highlights: The Limits of Battleships - Back When I Was Brilliant - In a Former Life
Noise Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 045119.jpg[/imgsize]


50 - Moderat: III - 74,9 (17)
Highlights: Reminder - Animal Trails - Running
IDM
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 043169.jpg[/imgsize]


49 - Brood Ma: Daze - 75,1 (7)
Highlights: Nrg Jynx [Daze End Version] - Well Equipped - Sex Compressor
UK Bass
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 004498.jpg[/imgsize]


48 - Ty Segall: Emotional Mugger – 75,3 (23)
Highlights: Candy Sam - Diversion - Squealer
Garage Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 985058.jpg[/imgsize]


47 - Andrew Bird: Are You Serious – 75,3 (20)
Highlights: Left Handed Kisses - The New Saint Jude - Truth Lies Low
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/23083/ ... 7fda83.jpg[/imgsize]


46 - Steve Gunn: Eyes on the Lines – 75,4 (17)
Highlights: Ancient Jules - Night Wander - Conditions Wild
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 058437.jpg[/imgsize]


45 - Damien Jurado: Visions Of Us On The Land – 75,5 (17)
Highlights: A.M AM - Kola - Orphans In The Key Of E
Indie Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 998288.jpg[/imgsize]


44 - Shura: Nothing's Real - 75,5 (12)
Highlights: What’s It Gonna Be? - What Happened to Us? - White Light
Synthpop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 078358.jpg[/imgsize]


43 - Explosions In The Sky: The Wilderness – 75,6 (20)
Highlights: Disintegration Anxiety - Logic Of A Dream - Colors in Space
Post-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 022271.jpg[/imgsize]


42 - White Lung: Paradise – 75,7 (20)
Highlights: Below - Kiss Me When I Bleed - Narcoleptic
Noise Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 056073.jpg[/imgsize]


41 - Skepta: Konnichiwa – 75,7 (18)
Highlights: Ladies Hit Squad - Shutdown - Man (Laigon Life)
Grime
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 057287.jpg[/imgsize]


40 - Suede: Night Thoughts – 75,8 (26)
Highlights: Outsiders - Like Kids - What I'm Trying To Tell You
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn.pitchfork.com/albums/22612/h ... 6f21d2.jpg[/imgsize]


39 - Hinds: Leave Me Alone – 76,1 (30)
Highlights: Chili Town - Fat Calmed Kiddos – Garden
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 991800.jpg[/imgsize]


38 - The Hotelier: Goodness - 76,2 (13)
Highlights: Soft Animal - Piano Player - Opening Mail For My Grandmother
Emo
[imgsize 200x200]http://exclaim.ca/images/hotelier_2.jpg[/imgsize]


37 - The Avalanches: Wildflower - 76,3 (25)
Highlights: Colours - Frankie Sinatra - Subways
Electronic
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 076682.jpg[/imgsize]


36 - Bob Mould: Patch The Sky - 76,3 (20)
Highlights: Voices in My Head - Losing Sleep - The End of Things
Power Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 001417.jpg[/imgsize]


35- PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project – 76,4 (27)
Highlights: The Wheel - The Ministry Of Defence - The Ministry Of Social Affairs
Pop-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 023824.jpg[/imgsize]


34 - Gojira: Magma – 76,5 (14)
Highlights: Stranded - Only Pain - Pray
Progressive Metal
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 076831.jpg[/imgsize]


33 - Karl Blau: Introducing Karl Blau - 76,5 (7)
Highlights: Fallin' Rain - Let the World Go By - That's How I Got to Memphis
Alt-Country
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 058994.jpg[/imgsize]


32 - Mogwai: Atomic – 76,6 (23)
Highlights: Are You a Dancer? - Scram - Ether
Post-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 007684.jpg[/imgsize]


31 - Swans: The Glowing Man – 76,8 (20)
Highlights: The Glowing Man - Frankie M. - Cloud of Unknowing
Post-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 076108.jpg[/imgsize]


30 - Deftones: Gore – 77,0 (21)
Highlights: Hearts/Wires - Doomed User - Geometric Headdress
Alternative Metal
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 037482.jpg[/imgsize]


29 - case/lang/veirs: case/lang/veirs – 77,0 (19)
Highlights: Song for Judee - Best Kept Secret - 1000 Miles Away
Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 077640.jpg[/imgsize]


28 - Colin Stetson: Sorrow - A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony – 77,0 (13)
Highlights: Sorrow: I - Sorrow: II - Sorrow: III
Modern Classical
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 042106.jpg[/imgsize]


27 - Yak: Alas Salvation – 77,0 (11)
Highlights: Harbour The Feeling - Curtain Twitcher – Hungry Heart
Pop-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 045841.jpg[/imgsize]


26 - Whitney: Light Upon the Lake - 77,6 (21)
Highlights: No Woman - Golden Days - No Matter Where We Go
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 041902.jpg[/imgsize]


25 - Anderson .Paak: Malibu – 77,6 (16)
Highlights: The Waters - The Season / Carry Me - Am I Wrong
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 002034.jpg[/imgsize]


24 - Daughter: Not To Disappear – 77,6 (30)
Highlights: Alone/With You - Doing The Right Thing - Numbers
Dream Pop
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 996017.jpg[/imgsize]


23 - Margo Price: Midwest Farmer's Daughter - 77,7 (9)
Highlights: Hands of Time - Hurtin’ (On the Bottle) - About to Find Out
Country
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 020720.jpg[/imgsize]


22 - Tindersticks: The Waiting Room – 78,1 (22)
Highlights: We Are Dreamers! - Hey Lucinda - Help Yourself
Chamber Pop
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 004059.jpg[/imgsize]


21 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity – 78,2 (14)
Highlights: Gamma Knife - Road Train - Evil Death Roll
Psychedelic Rock
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 037194.jpg[/imgsize]


20 - Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate - 78,2 (7)
Highlights: Cold Little Heart - The Finale Frame - Father's Child
R&B
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 049858.jpg[/imgsize]


19 - Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20 – 78,2 (18)
Highlights: Ghosts Of Highway 20 - Death Came - Dust
Americana
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 991846.jpg[/imgsize]


18 - Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression – 78,4 (25)
Highlights: Sunday - Gardenia - Break Into Your Heart
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 014188.jpg[/imgsize]


17 - Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger - 78,7 (19)
Highlights: The Werewolf - Wristband - Proof of Love
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 052915.jpg[/imgsize]


16 - YG: Still Brazy - 79,3 (7)
Highlights: FDT - Don’t Come to LA - Twist My Fingaz
Hip Hop
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 075314.jpg[/imgsize]


15 - Kanye West: The Life of Pablo – 80,0 (30)
Highlights: Ultralight Beam - No More Parties in LA - Real Friends
Hip Hop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/22851/ ... 92269b.jpg[/imgsize]


14 - Blood Orange: Freetown Sound – 80,0 (24)
Highlights: Hands Up - Augustine - Best to You
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 083047.jpg[/imgsize]


13 - Savages: Adore Life – 80,4 (29)
Highlights: Adore - The Answer - I Need Something New
Post-Punk
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 985028.jpg[/imgsize]


12 - Tim Hecker: Love Streams – 80,8 (24)
Highlights: Castrati Stack - Black Phase - Music of the Air
Ambient
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 042079.jpg[/imgsize]


11 - Parquet Courts: Human Performance – 80,8 (29)
Highlights: Human Performance - Berlin Got Blurry - Outside
Indie Rock
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 042159.jpg[/imgsize]


10 - Mitski: Puberty 2 - 81,1 (23)
Highlights: Fireworks - Your Best American Girl - Happy
Indie Pop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 027814.jpg[/imgsize]


09 - Chance The Rapper: Coloring Book - 81,4 (19)
Highlights: No Problem - Angels - All We Got
Hip Hop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/201 ... ance-3.jpg[/imgsize]


08 - Sturgill Simpson: A Sailor's Guide to Earth – 81,5 (16)
Highlights: All Around You - Welcome To Earth (Pollywog) - Call To Arms
Alt-Country
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 042785.jpg[/imgsize]


07 - James Blake: The Colour in Anything – 82,0 (28)
Highlights: Radio Silence - My Willing Heart - I Need a Forest Fire
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 057513.jpg[/imgsize]


06 - Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial – 83,2 (24)
Highlights: The Ballad of the Costa Concordia - Fill In The Blank - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
Indie Rock
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 061614.jpg[/imgsize]


05 - Kendrick Lamar: Untitled Unmastered - 83,3 (27)
Highlights: Untitled 01 08.19.2014 - Untitled 06 06.30.2014 - Untitled 03 05.28.2013
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 026111.jpg[/imgsize]


04 - Anohni: Hopelessness - 83,8 (28)
Highlights: 4 Degrees - Drone Bomb Me - Crisis
Art Pop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 045418.jpg[/imgsize]


03 - Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool – 85,0 (30)
Highlights: True Love Waits - Burn the Witch - Present Tense
Art Rock
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 058252.jpg[/imgsize]


02 - David Bowie: Blackstar – 86,3 (30)
Highlights: Lazarus - Blackstar - Dollar Days
Art Rock
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 984264.jpg[/imgsize]


01 - Beyoncé: Lemonade – 87,9 (27)
Highlights: Freedom - Formation - All Night
R&B
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 052081.jpg[/imgsize]

[Otisredding]

Ok, I'll be that guy...perhaps scores above 70 like last year?

66 - Julianna Barwick: Will - 73,7 (22)
67 - Kaytranada: 99.9% - 73,7 (16)
68 - PUP: The Dream Is Over - 73,6 (11)
69 - Aesop Rock: The Impossible Kid - 73,6 (9)
70 - Charles Bradley: Changes - 73,5 (20)
71 - Shearwater: Jet Plane and Oxbow - 73,5 (19)
72 - Kevin Morby: Singing Saw - 73,5 (16)
73 - Moodymann: DJ-Kicks - 73,5 (9)
74 - Maxwell: BlackSUMMERS'night - 73,4 (10)
75 - The Invisible: Patience - 73,4 (8)
76 - Holy Fuck: Congrats - 73,4 (16)
77 - The Body: No One Deserves Happiness - 73,3 (10)
78 - The Range: Potential - 73,3 (14)
79 - Teen Suicide: It's The Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir The Honeypot - 73,3 (8)
80 - Jessy Lanza: Oh No - 73,3 (18)
81 - Loretta Lynn: Full Circle - 73,2 (9)
82 - Marissa Nadler: Strangers - 73,1 (22)
83 - Låpsley: Long Way Home - 73,1 (22)
84 - Thao & the Get Down Stay Down: A Man Alive - 73,1 (13)
85 - Pinegrove: Cardinal - 73,0 (9)
86 - King: We Are King - 72,9 (8)
87 - Emma Pollock: In Search Of Harperfield - 72,8 (10)
88 - William Tyler: Modern Country - 72,8 (8)
89 - DIIV: Is The Is Are - 72,8 (26)
90 - Pet Shop Boys: Super - 72,8 (23)
91 - Martha: Blisters In the Pit of My Heart - 72,7 (8)
92 - Metronomy: Summer 08 - 72,7 (17)
93 - Baauer: Aa - 72,6 (13)
94 - Basia Bulat: Good Advice - 72,3 (15)
95 - Kiran Leonard: Grapefruit - 72,3 (13)
96 - Big Thief: Masterpiece - 72,2 (9)
97 - Marlon Williams: Marlon Williams - 72,2 (9)
98 - Mick Harvey: Delirium Tremens - 72,2 (7)
99 - Matmos: Ultimate Care II - 72,2 (16)
100 - Gregory Porter: Take Me to the Alley - 71,9 (8)
101 - Bonnie Raitt: Dig In Deep - 71,9 (8)
102 - Deerhoof: The Magic - 71,9 (19)
103 - Mark Pritchard: Under the Sun - 71,9 (7)
104 - Frightened Rabbit: Painting Of A Panic Attack - 71,9 (15)
105 - Frankie Cosmos: Next Thing - 71,8 (14)
106 - Wire: Nocturnal Koreans - 71,7 (13)
107 - Chairlift: Moth - 71,7 (23)
108 - Nothing: Tired Of Tomorrow - 71,6 (12)
109 - Teleman: Brilliant Sanity - 71,5 (9)
110 - Esperanza Spalding: Emily's D+Evolution - 71,4 (11)
111 - Kvelertak: Nattesferd - 71,4 (11)
112 - Meilyr Jones: 2013 - 71,3 (9)
113 - Mothers: When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired - 71,1 (11)
114 - Suuns: Hold/Still - 71,1 (14)
115 - Various Artists: Day of the Dead - 71,1 (14)
116 - The Julie Ruin: Hit Reset - 71,0 (14)
117 - Twin Peaks: Down in Heaven - 71,0 (17)
118 - Kyle Craft: Dolls of Highland - 71,0 (12)
119 - Lush: Blind Spot - 70,9 (7)
120 - Teen: Love Yes - 70,8 (14)
121 - Death Grips: Bottomless Pit - 70,7 (10)
122 - Junior Boys: Big Black Coat - 70,7 (17)
123 - Underworld: Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future - 70,7 (20)
124 - Cate Le Bon: Crab Day - 70,7 (18)
125 - Young Thug: Slime Season 3 - 70,6 (9)
126 - Pinkshinyultrablast: Grandfeathered - 70,5 (9)
127 - Corinne Bailey Rae: The Heart Speaks in Whispers - 70,5 (9)
128 - Big Ups: Before A Million Universes - 70,4 (10)
129 - Lake Street Dive: Side Pony - 70,1 (7)

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MCCh 2016 (13) July 31