McQ's Favorite Albums Of 2016

Highest Recommends

1. Teens Of Denial - Car Seat Headrest: Though ramshackle, long-winded, and at times roughly mixed, on virtually every other measurable level this rocking, hilarious, teen-angst tragicomedy is the best, most entertaining album of 2016. Read full review.

2. A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

Strong Recommends

3. Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4. Love & Hate - Michael Kiwanuka
5. Lemonade - Beyonce
6. My Woman - Angel Olsen

Solid Recommends

7. The Glowing Man - Swans
8. Blackstar - David Bowie
9. A Sailor's Guide To Earth  - Sturgil Simpson
10. Hopelessness - ANOHNI
11. Blonde - Frank Ocean
12. Malibu - Anderson Paak
13. Nonagaon Infinity - King Gizard & The Lizard Wizard
14. Livin' On A High Note - Mavis Staples
15. Light Upon The Lake - Whitney
16. 22, A Million - Bon Iver
17. Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown
18. Barbara, Barbara, We Face A Shining Future - Underworld
19. case/lang/veirs
20. A Weird Exits - Thee Oh Sees
21. Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper
22. You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
23. Preoccupations
24. Puberty 2 - Mitski
25. Post Pop Depression - Iggy Pop
26. The Ghosts Of Highway 20 - Lucinda Williams
27. A Seat At The Table - Solange
28. American Band - The Drive-By Truckers
29. The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West
30. Good Times - The Monkees
31. Untitled, Unanswered - Kendrick Lamar
32. SVIIB - School Of Seven Bells
33. Freetown Sound - Blood Orange
34. Weezer (The White Album) - Weezer

Mild Recommends

35. Goodness - The Hotelier
36. We Got It From Here.... Thank You For Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest
37. Cardinal - Pinegrove
38. Adore Life - Savages
39. Pretty Years - Cymbals Eat Guitars
40. Paradise - White Lung
41. Sirens - Nicolas Jaar
42. Human Performance - Parquet Courts
43. Wildflower - The Avalanches
44. Sunlit Youth - Local Natives
45. The Hope Six Demolition Project - PJ Harvey
46.  Junk - M83
47.  99% - Kaytranada
48. You Will Never Be One Of Us - Nails

Last Updated 09/12/2017