Stereogum's 20 Best Country Albums of 2016
Like most of America, I spent the evening of 11/8 watching the returns and waiting for my country to redeem itself. Thoroughly unqualified both professionally and morally for the job, Trump nevertheless took an early lead, but surely, I thought, one of the swing states would swing blue and avert the nightmare. Long before the […]
Published: December 16, 2016 18:18
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Weight of These Wings | Miranda Lambert | Nov-18-2016, Contemporary Country |
| #2 | The Bird & the Rifle | Lori McKenna | Jul-29-2016, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | Sturgill Simpson | Apr-15-2016, Country Soul |
| #4 | Big Day in a Small Town | Brandy Clark | Jun-10-2016, Contemporary Country |
| #5 | Real | Lydia Loveless | Aug-19-2016, Alt-Country |
| #6 | Honest Life | Courtney Marie Andrews | May-19-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Midwest Farmers Daughter | Margo Price | Mar-25-2016, Country |
| #9 | Orphan Offering | Yola | Nov-01-2016, |
| #10 | Exodus of Venus | Elizabeth Cook | Jun-17-2016, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Little Seeds | Shovels & Rope | Oct-07-2016, Alt-Country |
| #12 | Hero (Deluxe Edition) | Maren Morris | Jun-03-2016, |
| #13 | My Gospel | Paul Cauthen | Oct-14-2016, Country Soul |
| #14 | Full Circle | Loretta Lynn | Mar-04-2016, Country |
| #15 | Lovers and Leavers | Hayes Carll | Apr-08-2016, Americana |
| #16 | The Ghosts of Highway 20 | Lucinda Williams | Feb-05-2016, Americana |
| #17 | Beulah | John Paul White | Aug-19-2016, Folk Rock |
| #18 | For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price | Willie Nelson | Sep-16-2016, Honky Tonk |
| #19 | Down to My Last Bad Habit | Vince Gill | Feb-12-2016, Contemporary Country |
| #20 | Eastside Bulldog | Todd Snider | Oct-07-2016, Americana |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Weight of These Wings | Miranda Lambert | Album, Nov-18-2016, Contemporary Country |
| #2 | The Bird & the Rifle | Lori McKenna | Album, Jul-29-2016, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | Sturgill Simpson | Album, Apr-15-2016, Country Soul |
| #4 | Big Day in a Small Town | Brandy Clark | Album, Jun-10-2016, Contemporary Country |
| #5 | Real | Lydia Loveless | Album, Aug-19-2016, Alt-Country |
| #6 | Honest Life | Courtney Marie Andrews | Album, May-19-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Midwest Farmers Daughter | Margo Price | Album, Mar-25-2016, Country |
| #9 | Orphan Offering | Yola | Single, Nov-01-2016, |
| #10 | Exodus of Venus | Elizabeth Cook | Album, Jun-17-2016, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Little Seeds | Shovels & Rope | Album, Oct-07-2016, Alt-Country |
| #12 | Hero (Deluxe Edition) | Maren Morris | Album, Jun-03-2016, |
| #13 | My Gospel | Paul Cauthen | Album, Oct-14-2016, Country Soul |
| #14 | Full Circle | Loretta Lynn | Album, Mar-04-2016, Country |
| #15 | Lovers and Leavers | Hayes Carll | Album, Apr-08-2016, Americana |
| #16 | The Ghosts of Highway 20 | Lucinda Williams | Album, Feb-05-2016, Americana |
| #17 | Beulah | John Paul White | Album, Aug-19-2016, Folk Rock |
| #18 | For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price | Willie Nelson | Album, Sep-16-2016, Honky Tonk |
| #19 | Down to My Last Bad Habit | Vince Gill | Album, Feb-12-2016, Contemporary Country |
| #20 | Eastside Bulldog | Todd Snider | Album, Oct-07-2016, Americana |