FACT's 50 Best Albums of 2016

No Radiohead. No Frank Ocean. So what did make the cut in our rundown of the best releases of the year?

Published: December 13, 2016 15:30 Source

# 1

Blood Bitch by Jenny Hval

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 2

Bird Sound Power by Equiknoxx

Album • Aug 12 / 2016

# 3

Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

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

# 4

Persona by Lorenzo Senni

EP • Nov 11 / 2016 Trance Progressive Electronic

# 5

Puberty 2 by Mitski

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 6

A Good Night in the Ghetto by Kamaiyah

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

# 7

Strands by Steve Hauschildt

Album • Oct 28 / 2016 Progressive Electronic Ambient

# 8

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

# 9

In Drum Play by Pangaea

Album • Oct 14 / 2016 Techno UK Bass

# 10

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 11

Oh No by Jessy Lanza

Album • May 13 / 2016 UK Bass Alternative R&B Synthpop

# 12

No One Deserves Happiness by The Body

Album • Mar 18 / 2016 Drone Metal Post-Industrial

# 13

ANTI by Rihanna

Album • Jan 28 / 2016 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B

# 14

Still Brazy (Deluxe) by YG

Album • Jun 14 / 2016

# 15

Lemonade by Beyoncé

Album • Apr 23 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 17

Caramel by Konx-Om-Pax

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Progressive Electronic

# 18

"б" by Bjarki

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Techno

# 19

JEFFERY by Young Thug

Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 20

Controlling Body by Peder Mannerfelt

Album • Apr 18 / 2016 Post-Industrial Industrial Techno

# 21

Skeleton Tree by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Sep 09 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 22

Wonderland by Demdike Stare

Album • Dec 02 / 2016 UK Bass Deconstructed Club

# 23

Blackstar by David Bowie

Album • Jan 08 / 2016 Art Rock

# 24

Body Work by Neggy Gemmy

Album • Sep 23 / 2016 House Electropop

# 25

The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West

Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Pop Rap Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 26

Singulacra by Sophia Loizou

Album • Feb 26 / 2016 Ambient Drone

# 27

Notu_Uronlineu by DVA

Album • Oct 07 / 2016

# 28

From Patterns to Details by FIS

Album • Sep 23 / 2016 Noise Dark Ambient

# 29

If I Can't Handle Me at My Best, Then You Don't Deserve You at Your Worst by Helena Celle

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Electronic Glitch Hop

# 30

Sport by Powell

Album • Oct 14 / 2016 Industrial Techno Electro-Industrial

# 31

MY WOMAN by Angel Olsen

Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 33

Acid Park by Ohal

Album • May 27 / 2016 Art Pop IDM Glitch Pop

# 34

Malibu by Anderson .Paak

Album • Jan 15 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 35

Stranger Things, Vol. 2 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack) by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

Album • Aug 19 / 2016

# 36

Stranger Things, Vol. 1 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack) by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

Album • Aug 12 / 2016

# 37

PRINCESS by ABRA

EP • Jul 15 / 2016 Alternative R&B Synthpop

# 38

Second Woman by Second Woman

Album • May 27 / 2016 Glitch IDM

# 39

Hyper Light Drifter by Disasterpeace

Album • Apr 12 / 2016 Ambient Video Game Music Electronic Digital Fusion

# 40

Deepak Verbera by Botany

Album • Oct 14 / 2016 Ambient

# 41

FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith + Suzanne Ciani

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Progressive Electronic Ambient

# 43

Mandatory Check by Mozzy

Album • Jun 10 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop

# 44

The Human Pet by Elon Katz

EP • May 12 / 2016 Deconstructed Club IDM Art Pop

# 45

Too by Klara Lewis

Album • May 27 / 2016 Dark Ambient Ambient

# 46

Monda by Cousin Stizz

Album • Aug 05 / 2016 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 47

Airport Music for Black Folk by Chino Amobi

EP • Aug 10 / 2016 Epic Collage Deconstructed Club

# 48

Things Our Bodies Used to Have by Good Willsmith

Album • Feb 19 / 2016 Drone

# 49

blisters by serpentwithfeet

EP • Sep 02 / 2016 Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 50

Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World by Lil Uzi Vert

Album • May 27 / 2016 Trap Pop Rap