Best Of 2016

Here we are again, at the end of another year. Slightly off topic, but I am still astounded at the longevity of this blog. I definitely did not expect it to live this long when it started years ago, but I'm happy to keep it up and hope you're all still finding it of use. It's been a really good year for music; both with a ton of major releases and a slew of solid underground ones. There's no shortages of classics this year, so picking 50 was honestly tough.

Of course this isn't an objective "best of" list, despite the title. These are simply my personal favourite albums released this year. Please share yours with me too, I'm really curious to know what everyone's been listening to for the past 12 months. Thanks for another great year, and here's to a great 2017. Enjoy.

Honourable Mentions:

Hesitation Wounds - Awake For Everything
La Luna - Always Already
Gouge Away - , Dies
Oathbreaker - Rheia
Sun Kil Moon & Jesu - Sun Kil Moon & Jesu

50

PUP - The Dream Is Over

49

Trap Them - Crown Feral








48

The Hotelier - Goodness

47

Owen - The King Of Whys

46

Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere

45

Dinosaur Jr. - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not






44

Dangers - The Bend In The Break

43

Graf Orlock - Crimetraveler

42

The Weeknd - Starboy

41

The Body & Full Of Hell - One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache

40

Pity Sex - White Hot Moon

39

American Football - LP2

38

Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger

37

Neurosis - Fires Within Fires

36

James Blake - The Colour In Anything

35

Culture Abuse - Peach

34

Angel Olsen - My Woman

33

Pinegrove - Cardinal

32

Drake - Views

31

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

30

Jeff Rosenstock - Worry.

29

Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2

28

Old Gray - Slow Burn

27

Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"

26

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Disassociation

25

Savages - Adore Life

24

Joyce Manor - Cody

23

Frank Ocean - Blonde

22

Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid

21

Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost

20

ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

19

Swans - The Glowing Man

18

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

17

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit

16

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book





15

White Lung - Paradise







14

Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.







13

Conor Oberst - Ruminations








12

Touché Amoré - Stage Four

11

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

10

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition

9

Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial





8

Bon Iver - 22, A Million








7

The Dirty Nil - Higher Power






6

David Bowie - Blackstar






5

Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us






4

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree






3

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool





2

Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo








1

Brian Fallon - Painkillers





That wraps up my 50 favourite albums of 2016. Again, it's purely based on personal favourites (thus why #1 should come as no surprise to anyone aware of my fandom). Feel free to comment your own lists of favourites, and thanks again for a great year.