MCCh 2016 (22) December 31
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 11:52 am
The best albums of 2016 (update December 31)
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:
Common: Black America Again
100 - Nels Cline: Lovers - 74,1 (7)
Highlights: It Only Has to Happen Once - The Bond - Lady Gabor
Jazz
99 - Gojira: Magma – 74,2 (16)
Highlights: Stranded - Only Pain - Pray
Progressive Metal
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
97 - Lydia Loveless: Real - 74,3 (8)
Highlights: More Than Ever - Heaven - Midwestern Guys
Alt-Country
96 - Money: Suicide Songs – 74,3 (21)
Highlights: I'll Be The Night - I Am the Lord - Suicide Song
Indie Pop
95 - Roly Porter: Third Law – 74,3 (9)
Highlights: Mass - 4101 - In Flight
Dark Ambient
94 - Andy Stott: Too Many Voices – 74,3 (13)
Highlights: Butterflies - New Romantic - Selfish
UK Bass
93 - Gold Panda: Good Luck and Do Your Best - 74,4 (18)
Highlights: In My Car - Time Eater - Autumn Falls
Microhouse
92 - Eric Bachmann: Eric Bachmann – 74,4 (8)
Highlights: Carolina - Belong to You - Mercy
Singer-Songwriter
91- C Duncan: The Midnight Sun - 74,5 (11)
Highlights: Wanted to Want It Too - The Midnight Sun - On Course
Indie Pop
90 - Wild Beasts: Boy King – 74,7 (25)
Highlights: Big Cat - Celestial Creatures - 2BU
Art Pop
89 - School of Seven Bells: SVIIB - 74,7 (21)
Highlights: Ablaze - On My Heart - Open Your Eyes
Dream Pop
88 - Metronomy: Summer 08 - 74,7 (22)
Highlights: Old Skool - Hang Me Out to Dry - Back Together
Indietronica
87 - Kevin Gates: Islah - 74,8 (8)
Highlights: 2 Phones - La Familia - Pride
Hip Hop
86 - LUH: Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing - 74,8 (15)
Highlights: $ORO - Beneath the Concrete - Future Blues
Indie Rock
85 - Agnes Obel: Citizen of Glass - 74,9 (11)
Highlights: Familiar - Golden Green - Mary
Chamber Pop
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
83 - Moderat: III - 74,9 (17)
Highlights: Reminder - Animal Trails - Running
IDM
82 - Brood Ma: Daze - 75,1 (7)
Highlights: Nrg Jynx [Daze End Version] - Well Equipped - Sex Compressor
UK Bass
81 - Lambchop: Flotus – 75,1 (23)
Highlights: The Hustle - Directions to the Can - NIV
Indietronica
80 - Ty Segall: Emotional Mugger – 75,3 (23)
Highlights: Candy Sam - Diversion - Squealer
Garage Rock
79 - Andrew Bird: Are You Serious – 75,3 (20)
Highlights: Left Handed Kisses - The New Saint Jude - Truth Lies Low
Singer-Songwriter
78 - Steve Gunn: Eyes on the Lines – 75,4 (18)
Highlights: Ancient Jules - Night Wander - Conditions Wild
Singer-Songwriter
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
76 - Warpaint: Heads Up – 75,6 (27)
Highlights: Whiteout - Dre - Don't Let Go
Dream Pop
75 - Explosions In The Sky: The Wilderness – 75,6 (20)
Highlights: Disintegration Anxiety - Logic Of A Dream - Colors in Space
Post-Rock
74 - Noname: Telefone - 75,6 (7)
Highlights: Diddy Bop - Yesterday - Forever
Hip Hop
73 - Cass McCombs: Mangy Love – 75,6 (21)
Highlights: Opposite House - It - Bum Bum Bum
Singer-Songwriter
72 - Bat For Lashes: The Bride – 75,7 (28)
Highlights: In God’s House - Close Encounters - I Do
Art Pop
71 - Jamie T: Trick - 75,7 (11)
Highlights: Tinfoil Boy - Solomon Eagle - Drone Strike
Indie Pop
70 - White Lung: Paradise – 75,8 (21)
Highlights: Below - Kiss Me When I Bleed - Narcoleptic
Noise Rock
69 - Nao: For All We Know – 75,8 (17)
Highlights: Get To Know Ya - DYWM - Girlfriend
Alternative R&B
68 - Suede: Night Thoughts – 75,8 (26)
Highlights: Outsiders - Like Kids - What I'm Trying To Tell You
Alternative Rock
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
66 - The Goon Sax: Up to Anything – 76,0 (8)
Highlights: Boyfriend - Target - Up to Anything
Indie Pop
65 - Hinds: Leave Me Alone – 76,1 (30)
Highlights: Chili Town - Fat Calmed Kiddos – Garden
Indie Rock
64 - Eluvium: False Readings On – 76,1 (10)
Highlights: Washer Logistics - Fugue State - Posturing Through Metaphysical Collapse
Ambient
63 - Russian Circles: Guidance - 76,2 (15)
Highlights: Vorel - Calla - Afrika
Post-Rock
62 - Skepta: Konnichiwa – 76,2 (19)
Highlights: Ladies Hit Squad - Shutdown - Man (Laigon Life)
Grime
61 - Bob Mould: Patch The Sky - 76,3 (20)
Highlights: Voices in My Head - Losing Sleep - The End of Things
Power Pop
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
59 - Schoolboy Q: Blank Face LP – 76,5 (17)
Highlights: Ride Out - Tookie Knows II - Groovy Tony/Eddie Kane
Hip Hop
58 - Mogwai: Atomic – 76,6 (23)
Highlights: Are You a Dancer? - Scram - Ether
Post-Rock
57 - The Hotelier: Goodness - 76,6 (14)
Highlights: Soft Animal - Piano Player - Opening Mail For My Grandmother
Emo
56 - 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
55 - Deftones: Gore – 76,8 (22)
Highlights: Hearts/Wires - Doomed User - Geometric Headdress
Alternative Metal
54 - Tanya Tagaq: Retribution - 76,8 (7)
Highlights: Retribution - Rape Me - Nacreous
Art Pop
53 - Laura Mvula: The Dreaming Room – 76,8 (12)
Highlights: Show Me Love - Phenomenal Woman - Bread
Art Pop
52 - Touché Amoré: Stage Four - 76,9 (10)
Highlights: Palm Dreams - Skyscraper - Rapture
Post-Hardcore
51 - Colin Stetson: Sorrow - A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony – 77,0 (13)
Highlights: Sorrow: I - Sorrow: II - Sorrow: III
Modern Classical
50 - Yak: Alas Salvation – 77,0 (11)
Highlights: Harbour The Feeling - Curtain Twitcher – Hungry Heart
Pop-Rock
49 - Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth - 77,1 (12)
Highlights: Do You Need My Love - Generation Why - Used to Be
Psychedelic Folk
48 - Shura: Nothing's Real – 77,3 (19)
Highlights: What Happened to Us? - What’s It Gonna Be? - Touch
Synthpop
47 - 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
46 - Daughter: Not To Disappear – 77,6 (30)
Highlights: Alone/With You - Doing The Right Thing - Numbers
Dream Pop
45 - Margo Price: Midwest Farmer's Daughter - 77,7 (9)
Highlights: Hands of Time - Hurtin’ (On the Bottle) - About to Find Out
Country
44 - case/lang/veirs: case/lang/veirs – 77,8 (22)
Highlights: Song for Judee - Best Kept Secret - 1000 Miles Away
Folk
43 - Swans: The Glowing Man – 77,8 (21)
Highlights: The Glowing Man - Frankie M. - Cloud of Unknowing
Post-Rock
42 - Anderson .Paak: Malibu – 78,0 (17)
Highlights: The Waters - The Season / Carry Me - Am I Wrong
Neo-Soul
41 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity – 78,0 (16)
Highlights: Gamma Knife - Road Train - Evil Death Roll
Psychedelic Rock
40 - Dinosaur Jr: Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not – 78,0 (30)
Highlights: Goin Down - Left/Right - Good to Know
Alternative Rock
39 - Tindersticks: The Waiting Room – 78,1 (22)
Highlights: We Are Dreamers! - Hey Lucinda - Help Yourself
Chamber Pop
38 - Childish Gambino: Awaken, My Love! - 78,2 (22)
Highlights: Redbone - Me and Your Mama - Baby Boy
Neo-Soul
37 - Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20 – 78,2 (18)
Highlights: Ghosts Of Highway 20 - Death Came - Dust
Americana
36 - The Avalanches: Wildflower – 78,3 (28)
Highlights: Colours - Frankie Sinatra - Subways
Electronic
35 - Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression – 78,4 (25)
Highlights: Gardenia - Break Into Your Heart - Sunday
Alternative Rock
34 - D.D Dumbo: Utopia Defeated – 78,5 (9)
Highlights: Satan - Alihukwe - Walrus
Indie Pop
33 - Whitney: Light Upon the Lake – 78,5 (23)
Highlights: No Woman - Golden Days - No Matter Where We Go
Indie Rock
32 - The Dillinger Escape Plan: Dissociation – 79,0 (13)
Highlights: Limerent Death - Dissociation - Low Feels Blvd.
Mathcore
31 - Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger – 79,0 (21)
Highlights: The Werewolf - Wristband - Stranger to Stranger
Singer-Songwriter
30 - Drive-By Truckers: American Band – 79,0 (13)
Highlights: Ever South - Ramon Casiano - What It Means
Alt-Country
29 - The Radio Dept: Running Out Of Love - 79,2 (16)
Highlights: We Got Game - Committed to the Cause - Occupied
Synthpop
28 - YG: Still Brazy - 79,5 (9)
Highlights: FDT - Who Shot Me? - Why You Always Hatin?
Hip Hop
27 - Nicolas Jaar: Sirens – 79,5 (18)
Highlights: The Governor - Three Sides of Nazareth - Killing Time
Ambient Pop
26 - Jenny Hval: Blood Bitch – 80,0 (22)
Highlights: Conceptual Romance - The Plague - Female Vampire
Art Pop
25 - Kanye West: The Life of Pablo – 80,0 (30)
Highlights: Ultralight Beam - No More Parties in LA - Real Friends
Hip Hop
24 - Savages: Adore Life – 80,4 (29)
Highlights: Adore - The Answer - I Need Something New
Post-Punk
23 - Parquet Courts: Human Performance – 80,8 (29)
Highlights: Human Performance - Berlin Got Blurry - Outside
Indie Rock
22 - Blood Orange: Freetown Sound – 80,8 (29)
Highlights: Hands Up - Augustine - Best to You
Alternative R&B
21 - Tim Hecker: Love Streams – 81,0 (25)
Highlights: Castrati Stack - Black Phase - Music of the Air
Ambient
20 - Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate – 81,0 (17)
Highlights: Cold Little Heart - The Finale Frame - Love & Hate
Soul
19 - Mitski: Puberty 2 – 81,2 (25)
Highlights: Your Best American Girl - Happy - Fireworks
Indie Pop
18 - Solange: A Seat at the Table - 81,4 (22)
Highlights: Cranes in the Sky - Don’t Touch My Hair - F.U.B.U.
Alternative R&B
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
16 - Kate Tempest: Let Them Eat Chaos – 81,5 (16)
Highlights: Europe Is Lost - Tunnel Vision - Pictures on a Screen
Hip Hop
15 - Chance The Rapper: Coloring Book - 81,8 (20)
Highlights: No Problem - All We Got - Angels
Hip Hop
14 - James Blake: The Colour in Anything – 82,0 (28)
Highlights: Radio Silence - My Willing Heart - I Need a Forest Fire
Alternative R&B
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
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
11 - Anohni: Hopelessness - 83,8 (28)
Highlights: 4 Degrees - Drone Bomb Me - Crisis
Art Pop
10 - Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition – 83,9 (26)
Highlights: Really Doe - Pneumonia - Ain't It Funny
Hip Hop
09 - Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool – 85,0 (30)
Highlights: True Love Waits - Burn the Witch - Present Tense
Art Rock
08 - A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - 86,0 (22)
Highlights: We the People.... - Kids... - Lost Somebody
Hip Hop
07 - David Bowie: Blackstar – 86,3 (30)
Highlights: Lazarus - Blackstar - Dollar Days
Art Rock
06 - Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker - 86,4 (24)
Highlights: You Want It Darker - Travelling Light - Leaving the Table
Singer-Songwriter
05 - Bon Iver: 22, A Million – 86,5 (29)
Highlights: 33 "GOD" - 29 #Strafford APTS - 00000 Million
Art Pop
04 - Angel Olsen: My Woman - 86,7 (29)
Highlights: Shut Up Kiss Me - Sister - Woman
Indie Rock
03 - Frank Ocean: Blond - 87,8 (28)
Highlights: Pink + White - Seigfried - Ivy
Alternative R&B
02 - Beyoncé: Lemonade – 88,7 (28)
Highlights: Freedom - Formation - Sorry
R&B
01 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree - 89,6 (25)
Highlights: I Need You - Jesus Alone - Skeleton Tree
Art Rock
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:
Common: Black America Again
100 - Nels Cline: Lovers - 74,1 (7)
Highlights: It Only Has to Happen Once - The Bond - Lady Gabor
Jazz
99 - Gojira: Magma – 74,2 (16)
Highlights: Stranded - Only Pain - Pray
Progressive Metal
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
97 - Lydia Loveless: Real - 74,3 (8)
Highlights: More Than Ever - Heaven - Midwestern Guys
Alt-Country
96 - Money: Suicide Songs – 74,3 (21)
Highlights: I'll Be The Night - I Am the Lord - Suicide Song
Indie Pop
95 - Roly Porter: Third Law – 74,3 (9)
Highlights: Mass - 4101 - In Flight
Dark Ambient
94 - Andy Stott: Too Many Voices – 74,3 (13)
Highlights: Butterflies - New Romantic - Selfish
UK Bass
93 - Gold Panda: Good Luck and Do Your Best - 74,4 (18)
Highlights: In My Car - Time Eater - Autumn Falls
Microhouse
92 - Eric Bachmann: Eric Bachmann – 74,4 (8)
Highlights: Carolina - Belong to You - Mercy
Singer-Songwriter
91- C Duncan: The Midnight Sun - 74,5 (11)
Highlights: Wanted to Want It Too - The Midnight Sun - On Course
Indie Pop
90 - Wild Beasts: Boy King – 74,7 (25)
Highlights: Big Cat - Celestial Creatures - 2BU
Art Pop
89 - School of Seven Bells: SVIIB - 74,7 (21)
Highlights: Ablaze - On My Heart - Open Your Eyes
Dream Pop
88 - Metronomy: Summer 08 - 74,7 (22)
Highlights: Old Skool - Hang Me Out to Dry - Back Together
Indietronica
87 - Kevin Gates: Islah - 74,8 (8)
Highlights: 2 Phones - La Familia - Pride
Hip Hop
86 - LUH: Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing - 74,8 (15)
Highlights: $ORO - Beneath the Concrete - Future Blues
Indie Rock
85 - Agnes Obel: Citizen of Glass - 74,9 (11)
Highlights: Familiar - Golden Green - Mary
Chamber Pop
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
83 - Moderat: III - 74,9 (17)
Highlights: Reminder - Animal Trails - Running
IDM
82 - Brood Ma: Daze - 75,1 (7)
Highlights: Nrg Jynx [Daze End Version] - Well Equipped - Sex Compressor
UK Bass
81 - Lambchop: Flotus – 75,1 (23)
Highlights: The Hustle - Directions to the Can - NIV
Indietronica
80 - Ty Segall: Emotional Mugger – 75,3 (23)
Highlights: Candy Sam - Diversion - Squealer
Garage Rock
79 - Andrew Bird: Are You Serious – 75,3 (20)
Highlights: Left Handed Kisses - The New Saint Jude - Truth Lies Low
Singer-Songwriter
78 - Steve Gunn: Eyes on the Lines – 75,4 (18)
Highlights: Ancient Jules - Night Wander - Conditions Wild
Singer-Songwriter
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
76 - Warpaint: Heads Up – 75,6 (27)
Highlights: Whiteout - Dre - Don't Let Go
Dream Pop
75 - Explosions In The Sky: The Wilderness – 75,6 (20)
Highlights: Disintegration Anxiety - Logic Of A Dream - Colors in Space
Post-Rock
74 - Noname: Telefone - 75,6 (7)
Highlights: Diddy Bop - Yesterday - Forever
Hip Hop
73 - Cass McCombs: Mangy Love – 75,6 (21)
Highlights: Opposite House - It - Bum Bum Bum
Singer-Songwriter
72 - Bat For Lashes: The Bride – 75,7 (28)
Highlights: In God’s House - Close Encounters - I Do
Art Pop
71 - Jamie T: Trick - 75,7 (11)
Highlights: Tinfoil Boy - Solomon Eagle - Drone Strike
Indie Pop
70 - White Lung: Paradise – 75,8 (21)
Highlights: Below - Kiss Me When I Bleed - Narcoleptic
Noise Rock
69 - Nao: For All We Know – 75,8 (17)
Highlights: Get To Know Ya - DYWM - Girlfriend
Alternative R&B
68 - Suede: Night Thoughts – 75,8 (26)
Highlights: Outsiders - Like Kids - What I'm Trying To Tell You
Alternative Rock
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
66 - The Goon Sax: Up to Anything – 76,0 (8)
Highlights: Boyfriend - Target - Up to Anything
Indie Pop
65 - Hinds: Leave Me Alone – 76,1 (30)
Highlights: Chili Town - Fat Calmed Kiddos – Garden
Indie Rock
64 - Eluvium: False Readings On – 76,1 (10)
Highlights: Washer Logistics - Fugue State - Posturing Through Metaphysical Collapse
Ambient
63 - Russian Circles: Guidance - 76,2 (15)
Highlights: Vorel - Calla - Afrika
Post-Rock
62 - Skepta: Konnichiwa – 76,2 (19)
Highlights: Ladies Hit Squad - Shutdown - Man (Laigon Life)
Grime
61 - Bob Mould: Patch The Sky - 76,3 (20)
Highlights: Voices in My Head - Losing Sleep - The End of Things
Power Pop
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
59 - Schoolboy Q: Blank Face LP – 76,5 (17)
Highlights: Ride Out - Tookie Knows II - Groovy Tony/Eddie Kane
Hip Hop
58 - Mogwai: Atomic – 76,6 (23)
Highlights: Are You a Dancer? - Scram - Ether
Post-Rock
57 - The Hotelier: Goodness - 76,6 (14)
Highlights: Soft Animal - Piano Player - Opening Mail For My Grandmother
Emo
56 - 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
55 - Deftones: Gore – 76,8 (22)
Highlights: Hearts/Wires - Doomed User - Geometric Headdress
Alternative Metal
54 - Tanya Tagaq: Retribution - 76,8 (7)
Highlights: Retribution - Rape Me - Nacreous
Art Pop
53 - Laura Mvula: The Dreaming Room – 76,8 (12)
Highlights: Show Me Love - Phenomenal Woman - Bread
Art Pop
52 - Touché Amoré: Stage Four - 76,9 (10)
Highlights: Palm Dreams - Skyscraper - Rapture
Post-Hardcore
51 - Colin Stetson: Sorrow - A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony – 77,0 (13)
Highlights: Sorrow: I - Sorrow: II - Sorrow: III
Modern Classical
50 - Yak: Alas Salvation – 77,0 (11)
Highlights: Harbour The Feeling - Curtain Twitcher – Hungry Heart
Pop-Rock
49 - Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth - 77,1 (12)
Highlights: Do You Need My Love - Generation Why - Used to Be
Psychedelic Folk
48 - Shura: Nothing's Real – 77,3 (19)
Highlights: What Happened to Us? - What’s It Gonna Be? - Touch
Synthpop
47 - 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
46 - Daughter: Not To Disappear – 77,6 (30)
Highlights: Alone/With You - Doing The Right Thing - Numbers
Dream Pop
45 - Margo Price: Midwest Farmer's Daughter - 77,7 (9)
Highlights: Hands of Time - Hurtin’ (On the Bottle) - About to Find Out
Country
44 - case/lang/veirs: case/lang/veirs – 77,8 (22)
Highlights: Song for Judee - Best Kept Secret - 1000 Miles Away
Folk
43 - Swans: The Glowing Man – 77,8 (21)
Highlights: The Glowing Man - Frankie M. - Cloud of Unknowing
Post-Rock
42 - Anderson .Paak: Malibu – 78,0 (17)
Highlights: The Waters - The Season / Carry Me - Am I Wrong
Neo-Soul
41 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity – 78,0 (16)
Highlights: Gamma Knife - Road Train - Evil Death Roll
Psychedelic Rock
40 - Dinosaur Jr: Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not – 78,0 (30)
Highlights: Goin Down - Left/Right - Good to Know
Alternative Rock
39 - Tindersticks: The Waiting Room – 78,1 (22)
Highlights: We Are Dreamers! - Hey Lucinda - Help Yourself
Chamber Pop
38 - Childish Gambino: Awaken, My Love! - 78,2 (22)
Highlights: Redbone - Me and Your Mama - Baby Boy
Neo-Soul
37 - Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20 – 78,2 (18)
Highlights: Ghosts Of Highway 20 - Death Came - Dust
Americana
36 - The Avalanches: Wildflower – 78,3 (28)
Highlights: Colours - Frankie Sinatra - Subways
Electronic
35 - Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression – 78,4 (25)
Highlights: Gardenia - Break Into Your Heart - Sunday
Alternative Rock
34 - D.D Dumbo: Utopia Defeated – 78,5 (9)
Highlights: Satan - Alihukwe - Walrus
Indie Pop
33 - Whitney: Light Upon the Lake – 78,5 (23)
Highlights: No Woman - Golden Days - No Matter Where We Go
Indie Rock
32 - The Dillinger Escape Plan: Dissociation – 79,0 (13)
Highlights: Limerent Death - Dissociation - Low Feels Blvd.
Mathcore
31 - Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger – 79,0 (21)
Highlights: The Werewolf - Wristband - Stranger to Stranger
Singer-Songwriter
30 - Drive-By Truckers: American Band – 79,0 (13)
Highlights: Ever South - Ramon Casiano - What It Means
Alt-Country
29 - The Radio Dept: Running Out Of Love - 79,2 (16)
Highlights: We Got Game - Committed to the Cause - Occupied
Synthpop
28 - YG: Still Brazy - 79,5 (9)
Highlights: FDT - Who Shot Me? - Why You Always Hatin?
Hip Hop
27 - Nicolas Jaar: Sirens – 79,5 (18)
Highlights: The Governor - Three Sides of Nazareth - Killing Time
Ambient Pop
26 - Jenny Hval: Blood Bitch – 80,0 (22)
Highlights: Conceptual Romance - The Plague - Female Vampire
Art Pop
25 - Kanye West: The Life of Pablo – 80,0 (30)
Highlights: Ultralight Beam - No More Parties in LA - Real Friends
Hip Hop
24 - Savages: Adore Life – 80,4 (29)
Highlights: Adore - The Answer - I Need Something New
Post-Punk
23 - Parquet Courts: Human Performance – 80,8 (29)
Highlights: Human Performance - Berlin Got Blurry - Outside
Indie Rock
22 - Blood Orange: Freetown Sound – 80,8 (29)
Highlights: Hands Up - Augustine - Best to You
Alternative R&B
21 - Tim Hecker: Love Streams – 81,0 (25)
Highlights: Castrati Stack - Black Phase - Music of the Air
Ambient
20 - Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate – 81,0 (17)
Highlights: Cold Little Heart - The Finale Frame - Love & Hate
Soul
19 - Mitski: Puberty 2 – 81,2 (25)
Highlights: Your Best American Girl - Happy - Fireworks
Indie Pop
18 - Solange: A Seat at the Table - 81,4 (22)
Highlights: Cranes in the Sky - Don’t Touch My Hair - F.U.B.U.
Alternative R&B
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
16 - Kate Tempest: Let Them Eat Chaos – 81,5 (16)
Highlights: Europe Is Lost - Tunnel Vision - Pictures on a Screen
Hip Hop
15 - Chance The Rapper: Coloring Book - 81,8 (20)
Highlights: No Problem - All We Got - Angels
Hip Hop
14 - James Blake: The Colour in Anything – 82,0 (28)
Highlights: Radio Silence - My Willing Heart - I Need a Forest Fire
Alternative R&B
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
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
11 - Anohni: Hopelessness - 83,8 (28)
Highlights: 4 Degrees - Drone Bomb Me - Crisis
Art Pop
10 - Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition – 83,9 (26)
Highlights: Really Doe - Pneumonia - Ain't It Funny
Hip Hop
09 - Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool – 85,0 (30)
Highlights: True Love Waits - Burn the Witch - Present Tense
Art Rock
08 - A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - 86,0 (22)
Highlights: We the People.... - Kids... - Lost Somebody
Hip Hop
07 - David Bowie: Blackstar – 86,3 (30)
Highlights: Lazarus - Blackstar - Dollar Days
Art Rock
06 - Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker - 86,4 (24)
Highlights: You Want It Darker - Travelling Light - Leaving the Table
Singer-Songwriter
05 - Bon Iver: 22, A Million – 86,5 (29)
Highlights: 33 "GOD" - 29 #Strafford APTS - 00000 Million
Art Pop
04 - Angel Olsen: My Woman - 86,7 (29)
Highlights: Shut Up Kiss Me - Sister - Woman
Indie Rock
03 - Frank Ocean: Blond - 87,8 (28)
Highlights: Pink + White - Seigfried - Ivy
Alternative R&B
02 - Beyoncé: Lemonade – 88,7 (28)
Highlights: Freedom - Formation - Sorry
R&B
01 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree - 89,6 (25)
Highlights: I Need You - Jesus Alone - Skeleton Tree
Art Rock