MCCh 2016 (21) November 30

[Otisredding]

The best albums of 2016 (update November 30)

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:
Isaiah Rashad: The Sun's Tirade
Modern Baseball: Holy Ghost


100 - Nels Cline: Lovers - 74,1 (7)
Highlights: It Only Has to Happen Once - The Bond - Lady Gabor
Jazz
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 102204.jpg[/imgsize]


99 - Gojira: Magma – 74,2 (16)
Highlights: Stranded - Only Pain - Pray
Progressive Metal
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 076831.jpg[/imgsize]


98 - Thee Oh Sees: A Weird Exits - 74,2 (15)
Highlights: Crawl Out From the Fall Out - Dead Man's Gun - The Axis
Psychedelic Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 087820.jpg[/imgsize]


97 - Lydia Loveless: Real - 74,3 (8)
Highlights: More Than Ever - Heaven - Midwestern Guys
Alt-Country
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 089168.jpg[/imgsize]


96 - 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]


95 - 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]


94 - Andy Stott: Too Many Voices – 74,3 (13)
Highlights: Butterflies - New Romantic - Selfish
UK Bass
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 046833.jpg[/imgsize]


93 - 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]


92 - 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]


91- C Duncan: The Midnight Sun - 74,5 (11)
Highlights: Wanted to Want It Too - The Midnight Sun - On Course
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 137045.jpg[/imgsize]


90 - Wild Beasts: Boy King – 74,7 (25)
Highlights: Big Cat - Celestial Creatures - 2BU
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 099325.jpg[/imgsize]


89 - 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]


88 - Metronomy: Summer 08 - 74,7 (22)
Highlights: Old Skool - Hang Me Out to Dry - Back Together
Indietronica
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 061166.jpg[/imgsize]


87 - 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]


86 - 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]


85 - Agnes Obel: Citizen of Glass - 74,9 (11)
Highlights: Familiar - Golden Green - Mary
Chamber Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 140489.jpg[/imgsize]


84 - 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]


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


82 - 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]


81 - Lambchop: Flotus – 75,1 (23)
Highlights: The Hustle - Directions to the Can - NIV
Indietronica
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 121245.jpg[/imgsize]


80 - 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]


79 - 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]


78 - Steve Gunn: Eyes on the Lines – 75,4 (18)
Highlights: Ancient Jules - Night Wander - Conditions Wild
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 058437.jpg[/imgsize]


77 - 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]


76 - Warpaint: Heads Up – 75,6 (27)
Highlights: Whiteout - Dre - Don't Let Go
Dream Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 111541.jpg[/imgsize]


75 - 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]


74 - Noname: Telefone - 75,6 (7)
Highlights: Diddy Bop - Yesterday - Forever
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn.pitchfork.com/albums/23610/h ... 0dfe78.jpg[/imgsize]


73 - Cass McCombs: Mangy Love – 75,6 (21)
Highlights: Opposite House - It - Bum Bum Bum
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 086048.jpg[/imgsize]


72 - Bat For Lashes: The Bride – 75,7 (28)
Highlights: In God’s House - Close Encounters - I Do
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 083680.jpg[/imgsize]


71 - Jamie T: Trick - 75,7 (11)
Highlights: Tinfoil Boy - Solomon Eagle - Drone Strike
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 120885.jpg[/imgsize]


70 - White Lung: Paradise – 75,8 (21)
Highlights: Below - Kiss Me When I Bleed - Narcoleptic
Noise Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 056073.jpg[/imgsize]


69 - Nao: For All We Know – 75,8 (17)
Highlights: Get To Know Ya - DYWM - Girlfriend
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 200x200]http://exclaim.ca/images/nao.jpg[/imgsize]


68 - 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]


67 - Karl Blau: Introducing Karl Blau - 76,0 (8)
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]


66 - The Goon Sax: Up to Anything – 76,0 (8)
Highlights: Boyfriend - Target - Up to Anything
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 045109.jpg[/imgsize]


65 - 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]


64 - Eluvium: False Readings On – 76,1 (10)
Highlights: Washer Logistics - Fugue State - Posturing Through Metaphysical Collapse
Ambient
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 097559.jpg[/imgsize]


63 - Russian Circles: Guidance - 76,2 (15)
Highlights: Vorel - Calla - Afrika
Post-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 065669.jpg[/imgsize]


62 - Skepta: Konnichiwa – 76,2 (19)
Highlights: Ladies Hit Squad - Shutdown - Man (Laigon Life)
Grime
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 057287.jpg[/imgsize]


61 - 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]


60 - 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]


59 - Common: Black America Again - 76,4 (8)
Highlights: Black America Again - Pyramids - Home
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 145712.jpg[/imgsize]


58 - Schoolboy Q: Blank Face LP – 76,5 (17)
Highlights: Ride Out - Tookie Knows II - Groovy Tony/Eddie Kane
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 087229.jpg[/imgsize]


57 - 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]


56 - The Hotelier: Goodness - 76,6 (14)
Highlights: Soft Animal - Piano Player - Opening Mail For My Grandmother
Emo
[imgsize 200x200]http://exclaim.ca/images/hotelier_2.jpg[/imgsize]


55 - American Football: American Football - 76,7 (18)
Highlights: Home Is Where the Haunt Is - Desire Gets in the Way - I Need a Drink (Or Two or Three)
Emo
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 121249.jpg[/imgsize]


54 - Tanya Tagaq: Retribution - 76,8 (7)
Highlights: Retribution - Rape Me - Nacreous
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/201 ... bution.jpg[/imgsize]


53 - Laura Mvula: The Dreaming Room – 76,8 (12)
Highlights: Show Me Love - Phenomenal Woman - Bread
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/23053/ ... 83b420.jpg[/imgsize]


52 - Touché Amoré: Stage Four - 76,9 (10)
Highlights: Palm Dreams - Skyscraper - Rapture
Post-Hardcore
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 086440.jpg[/imgsize]


51 - 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]


50 - 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]


49 - 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]


48 - Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth - 77,1 (12)
Highlights: Do You Need My Love - Generation Why - Used to Be
Psychedelic Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 137714.jpg[/imgsize]


47 - Shura: Nothing's Real – 77,3 (19)
Highlights: What Happened to Us? - What’s It Gonna Be? - Touch
Synthpop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 078358.jpg[/imgsize]


46 - Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam: I Had A Dream That You Were Mine – 77,3 (21)
Highlights: A 1000 Times - Sick as a Dog - When the Truth Is...
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 111466.jpg[/imgsize]


45 - Anderson .Paak: Malibu – 77,6 (16)
Highlights: The Waters - The Season / Carry Me - Am I Wrong
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 002034.jpg[/imgsize]


44 - Daughter: Not To Disappear – 77,6 (30)
Highlights: Alone/With You - Doing The Right Thing - Numbers
Dream Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 996017.jpg[/imgsize]


43 - Margo Price: Midwest Farmer's Daughter - 77,7 (9)
Highlights: Hands of Time - Hurtin’ (On the Bottle) - About to Find Out
Country
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 020720.jpg[/imgsize]


42 - case/lang/veirs: case/lang/veirs – 77,8 (22)
Highlights: Song for Judee - Best Kept Secret - 1000 Miles Away
Folk
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 077640.jpg[/imgsize]


41 - Swans: The Glowing Man – 77,8 (21)
Highlights: The Glowing Man - Frankie M. - Cloud of Unknowing
Post-Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 076108.jpg[/imgsize]


40 - Whitney: Light Upon the Lake – 78,0 (22)
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]


39 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity – 78,0 (16)
Highlights: Gamma Knife - Road Train - Evil Death Roll
Psychedelic Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 037194.jpg[/imgsize]


38 - Dinosaur Jr: Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not – 78,0 (30)
Highlights: Goin Down - Left/Right - Good to Know
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 065728.jpg[/imgsize]


37 - D.D Dumbo: Utopia Defeated - 78,0 (8)
Highlights: Satan - Alihukwe - Walrus
Indie Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 136977.jpg[/imgsize]


36 - Tindersticks: The Waiting Room – 78,1 (22)
Highlights: We Are Dreamers! - Hey Lucinda - Help Yourself
Chamber Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 004059.jpg[/imgsize]


35 - Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20 – 78,2 (18)
Highlights: Ghosts Of Highway 20 - Death Came - Dust
Americana
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 991846.jpg[/imgsize]


34 - The Avalanches: Wildflower – 78,3 (28)
Highlights: Colours - Frankie Sinatra - Subways
Electronic
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 076682.jpg[/imgsize]


33 - Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression – 78,4 (25)
Highlights: Gardenia - Break Into Your Heart - Sunday
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 014188.jpg[/imgsize]


32 - The Dillinger Escape Plan: Dissociation – 79,0 (13)
Highlights: Limerent Death - Dissociation - Low Feels Blvd.
Mathcore
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 137014.jpg[/imgsize]


31 - Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger – 79,0 (21)
Highlights: The Werewolf - Wristband - Stranger to Stranger
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 052915.jpg[/imgsize]


30 - Drive-By Truckers: American Band – 79,0 (13)
Highlights: Ever South - Ramon Casiano - What It Means
Alt-Country
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 124721.jpg[/imgsize]


29 - The Radio Dept: Running Out Of Love - 79,2 (16)
Highlights: We Got Game - Committed to the Cause - Occupied
Synthpop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 131013.jpg[/imgsize]


28 - YG: Still Brazy - 79,5 (9)
Highlights: FDT - Who Shot Me? - Why You Always Hatin?
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 075314.jpg[/imgsize]


27 - Nicolas Jaar: Sirens – 79,5 (18)
Highlights: The Governor - Three Sides of Nazareth - Killing Time
Ambient Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 134025.jpg[/imgsize]


26 - Jenny Hval: Blood Bitch – 80,0 (22)
Highlights: Conceptual Romance - The Plague - Female Vampire
Art Pop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 130232.jpg[/imgsize]


25 - Kanye West: The Life of Pablo – 80,0 (30)
Highlights: Ultralight Beam - No More Parties in LA - Real Friends
Hip Hop
[imgsize 220x220]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/22851/ ... 92269b.jpg[/imgsize]


24 - Savages: Adore Life – 80,4 (29)
Highlights: Adore - The Answer - I Need Something New
Post-Punk
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 985028.jpg[/imgsize]


23 - Parquet Courts: Human Performance – 80,8 (29)
Highlights: Human Performance - Berlin Got Blurry - Outside
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 042159.jpg[/imgsize]


22 - Mitski: Puberty 2 – 80,8 (24)
Highlights: Fireworks - Your Best American Girl - Happy
Indie Pop
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 027814.jpg[/imgsize]


21 - Blood Orange: Freetown Sound – 80,8 (29)
Highlights: Hands Up - Augustine - Best to You
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 083047.jpg[/imgsize]


20 - Tim Hecker: Love Streams – 81,0 (25)
Highlights: Castrati Stack - Black Phase - Music of the Air
Ambient
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 042079.jpg[/imgsize]


19 - Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate – 81,0 (17)
Highlights: Cold Little Heart - The Finale Frame - Love & Hate
Soul
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 049858.jpg[/imgsize]


18 - Chance The Rapper: Coloring Book - 81,4 (19)
Highlights: No Problem - Angels - All We Got
Hip Hop
[imgsize 240x240]http://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/201 ... ance-3.jpg[/imgsize]


17 - 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 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 042785.jpg[/imgsize]


16 - Kate Tempest: Let Them Eat Chaos – 81,5 (16)
Highlights: Europe Is Lost - Tunnel Vision - Pictures on a Screen
Hip Hop
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 109826.jpg[/imgsize]


15 - Solange: A Seat at the Table - 81,8 (21)
Highlights: Cranes in the Sky - Don’t Touch My Hair - F.U.B.U.
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 260x260]http://exclaim.ca/images/solange2016.jpg[/imgsize]


14 - James Blake: The Colour in Anything – 82,0 (28)
Highlights: Radio Silence - My Willing Heart - I Need a Forest Fire
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 057513.jpg[/imgsize]


13 - Kendrick Lamar: Untitled Unmastered - 83,3 (27)
Highlights: Untitled 06 06.30.2014 - Untitled 01 08.19.2014 - Untitled 03 05.28.2013
Hip Hop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 026111.jpg[/imgsize]


12 - Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial – 83,4 (25)
Highlights: The Ballad of the Costa Concordia - Fill In The Blank - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
Indie Rock
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 061614.jpg[/imgsize]


11 - Anohni: Hopelessness - 83,8 (28)
Highlights: 4 Degrees - Drone Bomb Me - Crisis
Art Pop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 045418.jpg[/imgsize]


10 - Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition – 83,9 (26)
Highlights: Really Doe - Pneumonia - Ain't It Funny
Hip Hop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 107994.jpg[/imgsize]


09 - Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool – 85,0 (30)
Highlights: True Love Waits - Burn the Witch - Present Tense
Art Rock
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 058252.jpg[/imgsize]


08 - A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - 85,7 (21)
Highlights: We the People... - Kids... - Lost Somebody
Hip Hop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove ... 633501.jpg[/imgsize]


07 - David Bowie: Blackstar – 86,3 (30)
Highlights: Lazarus - Blackstar - Dollar Days
Art Rock
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 984264.jpg[/imgsize]


06 - Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker - 86,4 (24)
Highlights: You Want It Darker - Travelling Light - Leaving the Table
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 280x280]http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove ... 619802.jpg[/imgsize]


05 - Bon Iver: 22, A Million – 86,5 (29)
Highlights: 33 "GOD" - 29 #Strafford APTS - 00000 Million
Art Pop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 108722.jpg[/imgsize]


04 - Angel Olsen: My Woman - 86,7 (29)
Highlights: Shut Up Kiss Me - Sister - Woman
Indie Rock
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 087147.jpg[/imgsize]


03 - Frank Ocean: Blond - 87,8 (28)
Highlights: Pink + White - Seigfried - Ivy
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 110777.jpg[/imgsize]


02 - Beyoncé: Lemonade – 88,7 (28)
Highlights: Freedom - Formation - Sorry
R&B
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01 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree - 89,6 (25)
Highlights: I Need You - Jesus Alone - Skeleton Tree
Art Rock
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[Otisredding]

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

101 - Isaiah Rashad: The Sun's Tirade - 74,0 (9)
102 - Modern Baseball: Holy Ghost - 73,9 (13)
103 - Preoccupations: Preoccupations - 73,9 (21)
104 - The Julie Ruin: Hit Reset - 73,8 (18)
105 - Animal Collective: Painting With - 73,8 (30)
106 - Tegan and Sara: Love You to Death - 73,8 (22)
107 - Teenage Fanclub: Here - 73,8 (18)
108 - Julianna Barwick: Will - 73,7 (22)
109 - Descendents: Hypercaffium Spazzinate - 73,7 (17)
110 - Maxwell: BlackSUMMERS'night - 73,7 (13)
111 - Cymbals Eat Guitars: Pretty Years - 73,7 (15)
112 - S U R V I V E: RR7349 - 73,7 (8)
113 - Kaytranada: 99.9% - 73,7 (16)
114 - Factory Floor: 25 25 - 73,6 (20)
115 - PUP: The Dream Is Over - 73,6 (11)
116 - Aesop Rock: The Impossible Kid - 73,6 (9)
117 - Charles Bradley: Changes - 73,5 (20)
118 - Shearwater: Jet Plane and Oxbow - 73,5 (19)
119 - Kevin Morby: Singing Saw - 73,5 (16)
120 - Moodymann: DJ-Kicks - 73,5 (9)
121 - The Invisible: Patience - 73,4 (8)
122 - Jessy Lanza: Oh No - 73,4 (19)
123 - Ryley Walker: Golden Sings That Have Been Sung - 73,4 (17)
124 - King Creosote: Astronaut Meets Appleman - 73,3 (13)
125 - The Body: No One Deserves Happiness - 73,3 (10)
126 - The Range: Potential - 73,3 (14)
127 - Teen Suicide: It's The Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir The Honeypot - 73,3 (8)
128 - Loretta Lynn: Full Circle - 73,2 (9)
129 - Romare: Loove Songs: Part Two - 73,1 (10)
130 - Marissa Nadler: Strangers - 73,1 (22)
131 - Låpsley: Long Way Home - 73,1 (22)
132 - Thao & the Get Down Stay Down: A Man Alive - 73,1 (13)
133 - Pinegrove: Cardinal - 73,0 (9)
134 - King: We Are King - 72,9 (8)
135 - Jherek Bischoff: Cistern - 72,9 (7)
136 - Emma Pollock: In Search Of Harperfield - 72,8 (10)
137 - William Tyler: Modern Country - 72,8 (8)
138 - DIIV: Is The Is Are - 72,8 (26)
139 - Beach Slang: A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings - 72,8 (16)
140 - Pet Shop Boys: Super - 72,8 (23)
141 - NxWorries: Yes Lawd! - 72,6 (18)
142 - Conor Oberst: Ruminations - 72,6 (21)
143 - Baauer: Aa - 72,6 (13)
144 - Esperanza Spalding: Emily's D+Evolution - 72,4 (12)
145 - Okkervil River: Away - 72,4 (16)
146 - Basia Bulat: Good Advice - 72,3 (15)
147 - Kiran Leonard: Grapefruit - 72,3 (13)
148 - Big Thief: Masterpiece - 72,2 (9)
149 - Holy Fuck: Congrats - 72,2 (18)
150 - Martha: Blisters In the Pit of My Heart - 72,2 (11)
151 - Mick Harvey: Delirium Tremens - 72,2 (7)
152 - Young Thug: Jeffery - 72,2 (8)
153 - Matmos: Ultimate Care II - 72,2 (16)
154 - Julia Jacklin: Don't Let The Kids Win - 72,1 (11)
155 - Marlon Williams: Marlon Williams - 71,9 (10)
156 - Gregory Porter: Take Me to the Alley - 71,9 (8)
157 - Bonnie Raitt: Dig In Deep - 71,9 (8)
158 - Deerhoof: The Magic - 71,9 (19)
159 - Loscil: Mounument Builders - 71,9 (7)
160 - Mark Pritchard: Under the Sun - 71,9 (7)
161 - Frightened Rabbit: Painting Of A Panic Attack - 71,9 (15)
162 - Teleman: Brilliant Sanity - 71,8 (10)
163 - Frankie Cosmos: Next Thing - 71,8 (14)
164 - Scott Walker: The Chilhood of a Leader - 71,8 (11)
165 - Wire: Nocturnal Koreans - 71,7 (13)
166 - Chairlift: Moth - 71,7 (23)
167 - Honeyblood: Babes Never Die - 71,7 (12)
168 - Wrekmeister Harmonies: Light Falls - 71,6 (7)
169 - Nothing: Tired Of Tomorrow - 71,6 (12)
170 - Twin Peaks: Down in Heaven - 71,6 (18)
171 - Wilco: Schmilco - 71,5 (24)
172 - Kvelertak: Nattesferd - 71,4 (11)
173 - De La Soul: And The Anonymous Nobody - 71,3 (25)
174 - Meilyr Jones: 2013 - 71,3 (9)
175 - Against Me!: Shape Shift with Me - 71,3 (17)
176 - Grumbling Fur: Furfour - 71,3 (11)
177 - Glass Animals: How To Be A Human Being - 71,2 (21)
178 - Mothers: When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired - 71,1 (11)
179 - Owen: The King of Whys - 71,1 (14)
180 - Suuns: Hold/Still - 71,1 (14)
181 - Various Artists: Day of the Dead - 71,1 (14)
182 - Kyle Craft: Dolls of Highland - 71,0 (12)
183 - Lush: Blind Spot - 70,9 (7)
184 - Teen: Love Yes - 70,8 (14)
185 - Nonkeen: Oddments Of The Gamble - 70,8 (9)
186 - Death Grips: Bottomless Pit - 70,7 (10)
187 - Junior Boys: Big Black Coat - 70,7 (17)
188 - Merchandise: A Corpse Wired For Sound - 70,7 (18)
189 - Underworld: Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future - 70,7 (20)
190 - Cate Le Bon: Crab Day - 70,7 (18)
191 - Rival Consoles: Night Melody - 70,7 (8)
192 - Young Thug: Slime Season 3 - 70,6 (9)
193 - Pinkshinyultrablast: Grandfeathered - 70,5 (9)
194 - Corinne Bailey Rae: The Heart Speaks in Whispers - 70,5 (9)
195 - Big Ups: Before A Million Universes - 70,4 (10)
196 - Róisín Murphy: Take Her Up To Monto - 70,4 (22)
197 - The Divine Comedy: Foreverland - 70,2 (14)
198 - Jagwar Ma: Every Now & Then - 70,1 (14)
199 - Lake Street Dive: Side Pony - 70,1 (7)

[Harold]

We're in that spot now where Mega-Critic coexists with the beginnings of the EOY list taking shape. Glad to see ATCQ in the top ten - based on the first U.S. EOY lists this week, I fully expect the album to be right up there. Interesting side note: Robert Christgau (in Consumer Guide's new incarnation - since last year - as Noisey's "Expert Witness") has given the Tribe album his first A+ rating in quite some time - especially interesting since he was not the biggest Tribe fan back in the day.

[Otisredding]

MCCh 2016 (22) December 31