Treble's Top 50 Albums of 2016

Published: December 07, 2016 06:54 Source

# 1

Blackstar by David Bowie

Album • Jan 08 / 2016 Art Rock

# 2

Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper

Album • May 27 / 2016 Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 3

Teens Of Denial by Car Seat Headrest

Album • May 20 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 4

A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead

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

# 5

Blonde by Frank Ocean

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

# 6

Lemonade by Beyoncé

Album • Apr 23 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 7

Skeleton Tree by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Sep 09 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 8

The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West

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

# 9

Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

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

# 10

Adore Life by Savages

Album • Jan 22 / 2016 Post-Punk

# 11

Freetown Sound by Blood Orange

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

# 12

MY WOMAN by Angel Olsen

Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 13

22, A Million by Bon Iver

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Folktronica

# 14

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 15

untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 16

Human Performance by Parquet Courts

Album • Apr 08 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 17

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 18

Paradise by White Lung

Album • May 06 / 2016 Punk Rock

# 19

Puberty 2 by Mitski

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 20

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

# 21

Marked for Death by Emma Ruth Rundle

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop

# 22

Fires Within Fires by Neurosis

Album • Sep 23 / 2016 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal

# 23

Next Thing by Frankie Cosmos

Album • Apr 01 / 2016 Twee Pop Bedroom Pop Indie Pop

# 24

Purple by Baroness

Album • Dec 18 / 2015 Stoner Metal Stoner Rock

# 25

Malibu by Anderson .Paak

Album • Jan 15 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 26

Paradise Gallows by Inter Arma

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Sludge Metal Death Doom Metal

# 27

Värähtelijä by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Feb 26 / 2016 Psychedelic Rock Black Metal

# 28

Before a Million Universes by Big Ups

Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 29

Love Streams by Tim Hecker

Album • Apr 08 / 2016 Ambient Glitch

# 30

Varmints by Anna Meredith

Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Art Pop Progressive Electronic

# 31

A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson

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

# 32

The Glowing Man by Swans

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Post-Rock Experimental Rock

# 33

Preoccupations by Preoccupations

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Post-Punk

# 34

Turn to Gold by Diarrhea Planet

Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Power Pop Alternative Rock

# 35

Sirens by Nicolas Jaar

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Ambient Pop Art Pop Electronic

# 36

HOPELESSNESS by ANOHNI

Album • May 06 / 2016 Art Pop Electropop Deconstructed Club

# 37

Hunted by Khemmis

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Doom Metal Epic Doom Metal

# 38

For This We Fought the Battle of Ages by SubRosa

Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Doom Metal Post-Metal

# 39

Emily’s D+Evolution by Esperanza Spalding

Album • Jan 01 / 2016 Jazz Fusion Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 40

Cardinal by Pinegrove

Album • Feb 12 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 41

No One Deserves Happiness by The Body

Album • Mar 18 / 2016 Drone Metal Post-Industrial

# 42

EVOL by Future

Album • Apr 13 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 43

blackSUMMERS'night (2016) by Maxwell

Album • Jul 01 / 2016

# 44

Convenience by Pill

Album • Aug 19 / 2016 Post-Punk

# 45

Stage Four (Deluxe Edition) by Touché Amoré

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Post-Hardcore Emo

# 46

King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude by Pusha T

Album • Dec 18 / 2015 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 47

The Bride by Bat for Lashes

Album • Jul 01 / 2016 Art Pop

# 48

A Corpse Wired for Sound by Merchandise

Album • Sep 23 / 2016 Post-Punk

# 49

Dead Revolution by Hammers of Misfortune

Album • Jul 22 / 2016 Progressive Metal

# 50

Rheia by Oathbreaker

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