BrooklynVegan’s Top Albums of 2016

From indie rock to hip hop, R&B to metal, pop and punk, here are the albums we loved most this year.

Published: December 20, 2016 21:35 Source

# 1

MY WOMAN by Angel Olsen

Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Slow Forever by Cobalt

Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Sludge Metal Black Metal

# 3

Lemonade by Beyoncé

Album • Apr 23 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 4

We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest

Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 5

Puberty 2 by Mitski

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 6

Cody by Joyce Manor

Album • Oct 07 / 2016 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 7

Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

Album • Sep 27 / 2016 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 8

Blackstar by David Bowie

Album • Jan 08 / 2016 Art Rock

# 9

Nattesferd by Kvelertak

Album • May 13 / 2016 Hard Rock Black 'n' Roll

# 10

Cardinal by Pinegrove

Album • Feb 12 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 11

Yes Lawd! by NxWorries

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 12

Teens Of Denial by Car Seat Headrest

Album • May 20 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 13

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 14

Skeleton Tree by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Sep 09 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 15

Blonde by Frank Ocean

Album • Aug 20 / 2016 Alternative R&B Art Pop Neo-Soul

# 16

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 17

HOPELESSNESS by ANOHNI

Album • May 06 / 2016 Art Pop Electropop Deconstructed Club

# 18

Paradise Gallows by Inter Arma

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Sludge Metal Death Doom Metal

# 19

22, A Million by Bon Iver

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Folktronica

# 20

Blood Bitch by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 21

A Good Night in the Ghetto by Kamaiyah

Album • Mar 23 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music

# 22

Goodness by The Hotelier

Album • May 27 / 2016 Indie Rock Emo

# 23

Midwest Farmers Daughter by Margo Price

Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Country

# 24

A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead

Album • May 08 / 2016 Art Pop Art Rock Chamber Pop

# 25

Freetown Sound by Blood Orange

Album • Jun 28 / 2016 Alternative R&B Synth Funk

# 26

Running out of Love by The Radio Dept.

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Synthpop Indie Pop

# 27

A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson

Album • Apr 15 / 2016 Country Soul Alt-Country Progressive Country

# 28

Rheia by Oathbreaker

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

# 29

Commontime by Field Music

Album • Feb 05 / 2016 Progressive Pop Art Pop New Wave

# 30

Love & Hate by Michael Kiwanuka

Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Soul Singer-Songwriter

# 31

Light Upon the Lake by Whitney

Album • Jun 03 / 2016 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 32

Singing Saw by Kevin Morby

Album • Apr 15 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock

# 33

Still Brazy (Deluxe) by YG

Album • Jun 14 / 2016

# 34

Hypercaffium Spazzinate (Deluxe Edition) by Descendents

Album • Jul 29 / 2016

# 35

Blank Face LP by ScHoolboy Q

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 36

Potential by The Range

Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Future Garage UK Bass

# 37

FLOTUS by Lambchop

Album • Nov 04 / 2016 Indietronica

# 38

void beats/invocation trex by Cavern of Anti-Matter

Album • Feb 19 / 2016 Krautrock Electronic

# 39

A Coliseum Complex Museum by The Besnard Lakes

Album • Jan 22 / 2016 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock Psychedelic Pop

# 40

American Football by American Football

Album • Jan 01 / 1999 Midwest Emo

# 41

Let Them Eat Chaos by Kae Tempest

Album • Oct 07 / 2016 UK Hip Hop Political Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 42

Eyes On The Lines by Steve Gunn

Album • Jun 03 / 2016 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 43

Sirens by Nicolas Jaar

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Ambient Pop Art Pop Electronic

# 44

Human Performance by Parquet Courts

Album • Apr 08 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 45

City Sun Eater in the River of Light by Woods

Album • Apr 08 / 2016 Neo-Psychedelia

# 46

The King of Whys by Owen

Album • Jul 29 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Acoustic Rock

# 47

Malibu by Anderson .Paak

Album • Jan 15 / 2016 Neo-Soul