Bandcamp Daily's Best Albums of 2016

All week long, we’ll be counting down our favorite albums of the past year, 20 at a time.

Published: December 05, 2016 06:44 Source

# 1

We Are KING by We Are KING

Album • Feb 05 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Psychedelic Soul

# 2

Fetish Bones by Moor Mother

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Industrial Hip Hop Political Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 3

Yes Lawd! by NxWorries

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 4

Homemade Lemonade by Ette

Album • Jul 22 / 2016 Indie Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 5

Wisdom of Elders by Shabaka and the Ancestors

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Spiritual Jazz

# 6

Tender Madness by Jenny Besetzt

Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Post-Punk

# 7

Telefone by Noname

Album • Jul 31 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 8

Blood Bitch by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 9

Body Wash by Mndsgn

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Synth Funk Psychedelic Pop

# 10

Puberty 2 by Mitski

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 11

The Light Bearer by Jimetta Rose

Album • Aug 19 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 12

Velvet Portraits by Terrace Martin

Album • Apr 01 / 2016 Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk

# 13

EARS by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Album • Apr 01 / 2016 Progressive Electronic

# 14

A Mulher do Fim do Mundo by Elza Soares

Album • Oct 03 / 2015 Vanguarda paulista Art Rock

# 15

Mykki by Mykki Blanco

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Experimental Hip Hop

# 16

Värähtelijä by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Feb 26 / 2016 Psychedelic Rock Black Metal

# 17

Uncommon Knowledge by K.A.A.N. + K-Def

EP • Jun 03 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop

# 18

The Visitor by Kadhja Bonet

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul

# 20

MY WOMAN by Angel Olsen

Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 21

Exploded View by Exploded View

Album • Aug 19 / 2016 Post-Punk Neo-Psychedelia Darkwave

# 22

Black Focus by Yussef Kamaal

Album • Nov 04 / 2016

# 23

Fish-n-Grits by J-Zone

Album • Apr 01 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 24

No One Deserves Happiness by The Body

Album • Mar 18 / 2016 Drone Metal Post-Industrial

# 25

Outer Heaven by Greys

Album • Apr 22 / 2016 Post-Hardcore Indie Rock

# 27

Eden by Ivy Sole

Album • Apr 25 / 2016 Hip Hop

# 28

For This We Fought the Battle of Ages by SubRosa

Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Doom Metal Post-Metal

# 30

22, A Million by Bon Iver

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Folktronica

# 31

It's Immaterial by Black Marble

Album • Oct 14 / 2016 Synthpop Coldwave

# 32

Strangers by Marissa Nadler

Album • May 20 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 33

Habit by Snail Mail

EP • Jul 12 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 34

Fixion by trentemøller

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Minimal Wave

# 35

IV by BADBADNOTGOOD

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 37

Sélébéyone by Steve Lehman + Sélébéyone

Album • May 10 / 2016 Jazz Rap Avant-Garde Jazz Experimental Hip Hop Nu Jazz

# 38

Lullabies for the Broken Brain by Quelle Chris

Album • Feb 26 / 2016 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 39

The New Breed by Jeff Parker

Album • Jun 24 / 2016 Jazz Fusion

# 40

Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos

Album • Jun 03 / 2016 Neo-Soul Art Pop

# 41

Flames & Figures by The Seshen

Album • Oct 14 / 2016 Art Pop Electropop

# 42

Promise EP by Alexandria

Single • Jan 06 / 2016

# 43

¡Vamos a Guarachar! by Orkesta Mendoza

Album • Oct 07 / 2016

# 44

Luminiferous Aether by Mare Cognitum

Album • May 26 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 45

Mega by Blank Banshee

Album • Oct 10 / 2016 Vaportrap

# 46

Front Row Seat to Earth by Weyes Blood

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Baroque Pop Psychedelic Folk

# 47

Tooth by Raime

Album • Jun 01 / 2016 Ambient Dub Dark Ambient Post-Industrial

# 48

Cistern by Jherek Bischoff

Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Post-Minimalism

# 49

Failed Flowers by Failed Flowers

EP • Jun 17 / 2016 Indie Rock Noise Pop Indie Pop

# 50

The Odd Tape by Oddisee

Album • May 13 / 2016 Instrumental Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 51

Rheia by Oathbreaker

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Blackgaze Post-Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 52

Instrumentalepathy by The Gaslamp Killer

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Experimental Hip Hop Jazz Fusion

# 54

Imarhan by Imarhan

Album • Apr 29 / 2016 Tishoumaren

# 55

Deluxe by Omni

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Post-Punk Indie Rock