Spectrum Culture's Top 20 Albums of 2016

Spectrum Culture's Top 20 albums of 2016.

Published: December 23, 2016 06:03 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Blackstar David Bowie Jan-08-2016, Art Rock
#2 Lemonade Beyoncé Apr-23-2016, Contemporary R&B
#3 Blonde Frank Ocean Aug-20-2016, Alternative R&B
#4 We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest Nov-11-2016, Conscious Hip Hop
#5 Coloring Book Chance the Rapper May-27-2016, Pop Rap
#6 Skeleton Tree Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Sep-09-2016, Singer-Songwriter
#7 A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead May-08-2016, Art Pop
#8 A Seat at the Table Solange Sep-30-2016, Neo-Soul
#9 Teens Of Denial Car Seat Headrest May-20-2016, Indie Rock
#10 untitled unmastered. Kendrick Lamar Mar-04-2016, Jazz Rap
#11 You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen Oct-21-2016, Singer-Songwriter
#12 Blank Face LP ScHoolboy Q Jul-08-2016, Gangsta Rap
#13 Atrocity Exhibition Danny Brown Sep-27-2016, Experimental Hip Hop
#14 Freetown Sound Blood Orange Jun-28-2016, Alternative R&B
#15 I Had a Dream That You Were Mine Hamilton Leithauser, Rostam Sep-23-2016, Chamber Pop
#16 Puberty 2 Mitski Jun-17-2016, Indie Rock
#17 American Band Drive-By Truckers Sep-30-2016, Alt-Country
#18 case/lang/veirs case/lang/veirs Jun-17-2016,
#19 Centres Ian William Craig Jul-08-2016, Ambient
#20 The Sun's Tirade Isaiah Rashad Sep-02-2016, Southern Hip Hop
#21 The Life Of Pablo Kanye West Jun-10-2016, Pop Rap
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blackstar | David Bowie | Album, Jan-08-2016, Art Rock |
| #2 | Lemonade | Beyoncé | Album, Apr-23-2016, Contemporary R&B |
| #3 | Blonde | Frank Ocean | Album, Aug-20-2016, Alternative R&B |
| #4 | We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service | A Tribe Called Quest | Album, Nov-11-2016, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #5 | Coloring Book | Chance the Rapper | Album, May-27-2016, Pop Rap |
| #6 | Skeleton Tree | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Album, Sep-09-2016, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | A Moon Shaped Pool | Radiohead | Album, May-08-2016, Art Pop |
| #8 | A Seat at the Table | Solange | Album, Sep-30-2016, Neo-Soul |
| #9 | Teens Of Denial | Car Seat Headrest | Album, May-20-2016, Indie Rock |
| #10 | untitled unmastered. | Kendrick Lamar | Album, Mar-04-2016, Jazz Rap |
| #11 | You Want It Darker | Leonard Cohen | Album, Oct-21-2016, Singer-Songwriter |
| #12 | Blank Face LP | ScHoolboy Q | Album, Jul-08-2016, Gangsta Rap |
| #13 | Atrocity Exhibition | Danny Brown | Album, Sep-27-2016, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #14 | Freetown Sound | Blood Orange | Album, Jun-28-2016, Alternative R&B |
| #15 | I Had a Dream That You Were Mine | Hamilton LeithauserRostam | Album, Sep-23-2016, Chamber Pop |
| #16 | Puberty 2 | Mitski | Album, Jun-17-2016, Indie Rock |
| #17 | American Band | Drive-By Truckers | Album, Sep-30-2016, Alt-Country |
| #18 | case/lang/veirs | case/lang/veirs | Album, Jun-17-2016,  |
| #19 | Centres | Ian William Craig | Album, Jul-08-2016, Ambient |
| #20 | The Sun's Tirade | Isaiah Rashad | Album, Sep-02-2016, Southern Hip Hop |
| #21 | The Life Of Pablo | Kanye West | Album, Jun-10-2016, Pop Rap |