Here they are! Our favourite records of 2016. There has been something for everyone. Veteran artists such as Sleater-Kinney; D’Angelo; Jim O’Rourke or Dr. Dre putting an end to their long career breaks. Younger ones (Grimes; Tame Impala; Julia Holter) hitting their all-time best. Some others -Sufjan Stevens and Björk, among them-went to exorcise intimate ghosts and the results are among their most accomplished works.
There were band members going solo (Father John Misty; Jamie XX) and mind-blowing collaborations (FFS; Jonny Greenwood’s Junun). Rober awards favourites returning in top shape (Joanna Newsom; Destroyer; Panda Bear) and a healthy crop of first albums from all genres (Courtney Barnett; Natalie Prass; Vince Staples; Beach Slang) keeping things fresh. Finely crafted escapism (Carly Rae Jepsen), next to soundtracks to our conflicting society (Kendrick Lamar; Sleaford Mods). Altogether they have helped shaping this as the best year in music for, at least, a decade. Check them out and enjoy!
And the Top 50 albums of the 2016 are:
 | 1-SUFJAN STEVENS Carrie And Lowell (Ashmatic Kitty) |
 | 2-KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Dawg) |
 | 3-JOANNA NEWSOM Divers (Drag City) |
 | 4-JULIA HOLTER Have You In My Wilderness (Domino) |
 | 5-GRIMES Art Angels (4AD) |
 | 6-TAME IMPALA Currents (Modular) |
 | 7-D'ANGELO & THE VANGUARD Black Messiah (RCA) |
 | 8-BJÖRK Vulnicura (One Little Indian) |
 | 9-FATHER JOHN MISTY I Love You, Honeybear (Bella Union) |
 | 10-SLEATER-KINNEY No Cities To Love (Sub Pop) |
 | 11-JAMIE XX In Colour (Young Turks) |
 | 12-COURTNEY BARNETT Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Marathon Artists) |
 | 13-DESTROYER Poison Season (Destroyer) |
 | 14-NATALIE PRASS Natalie Prass (Domino) |
 | 15-15-VINCE STAPLES Summertime '06 (Def Jam) |
 | 16-PANDA BEAR Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper (Domino) |
 | 17-ALABAMA SHAKES Sound And Color (Atlantic) |
 | 18-NEON INDIAN Vega INTL. Night School (Mom & Pop) |
 | 19-SLEAFORD MODS Key Markets (Harbinger Sound) |
 | 20-CARLY RAE JEPSEN E•MO•TION (Schoolboy/Interscope) |
 | 21-DEAFHEAVEN New Bermuda (Anti) |
 | 22-U.S. GIRLS Half Free (4AD) |
 | 23-MIGUEL Wildheart (RCA) |
 | 24-FFS FFS (Domino) |
 | 25-BEACH HOUSE Thank Your Lucky Stars (Bella Union) |
 | 26-WAXAHATCHEE Ivy Tripp (Wichita) |
 | 27-ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER Garden Of Delete (Warp) |
 | 28-BEACH SLANG The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us (Polyvinyl) |
 | 29-LOW Ones And Sixes (Sub Pop) |
 | 30-DOMINIQUE A Éléor (Wagram) |
 | 31-DEERHUNTER Fading Frontier (4AD) |
 | 32-SOLEÁ MORENTE Tendrá Que Haber Un Camino (Sony) |
 | 33-JIM O'ROURKE Simple Songs (Drag City) |
 | 34-HOLLY HERNDON Platform (4AD) |
 | 35-DR. DRE Compton (Aftermath) |
 | 36-EMPRESS OF Me (Terrible) |
 | 37-LONELADY Hinterland (Warp) |
 | 38-OUGHT Sun Coming Down (Constellation) |
 | 39-KAMASI WASHINGTON The Epic (Brainfeeder) |
 | 40-SHYE BEN TZUR, JONNY GREENWOOD & THE RAJASTHAN EXPRESS Junun (Nonesuch) |
 | 41-CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS Chaleur Humaine (Because) |
 | 42-VIET CONG Viet Cong (Jagjaguwar) |
 | 43-EARTHEATER RIP Chrysalys (Hausu Mountain) |
 | 44-DJANGO DJANGO Born Under Saturn (Ribbon) |
 | 45-DAWN RICHARD Blackheart (Our Dawn) |
 | 46-THEE OH SEES Mutilator Defeated At Last (Castle Face) |
 | 47-WILCO Star Wars (dBPM) |
 | 48-ROYAL HEADACHE High (What's Your Rupture) |
 | 49-LANA DEL REY Honeymoon (Interscope) |
 | 50-LEVON VINCENT Levon Vincent (Novel Sounds) |