Top 25 Albums of 2016
Maybe 2016 wasn’t a disaster after all? We saw some great albums get released and we’ve made our list of the top albums of 2016 as voted on by KCPR staff. Check out the list below. Listen to our Spotify playlist here!
25. Japanese Breakfast – Psychopomp
April 1, 2016/Dead Oceans
24. Nxworries – Yes Lawd!
October, 21 2016/Stones Throw Records
23. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
September 27, 2016/Warp Records
22. Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
April 1, 2016/Bayonet Records
21. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
November 11, 2016/Epic Records
20. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
June 28,2016/Domino Recording Company
19. Isaiah Rashad – The Sun’s Tirade
September 2, 2016/Top Dawg Entertainment
18. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
September 30, 2016/Jagjaguwar
17. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.
March 4, 2016/Aftermath Entertainment
16. Angel Olsen – My Woman
September 2, 2016/Jagjaguwar
15. James Blake – The Colour in Anything
May 6, 2016/Polydor Records
14. Badbadnotgood – IV
July 8, 2016/Beat Records
13. Car seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial
May 20, 2016/Matador Records
12. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
May 12, 2016/Independent
11. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8, 2016/XL Recordings
10. The Avalanches – Wildflower
July 1, 2016/Astralwerks
9. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
June 3, 2016/Secretly Canadian
8. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
February 14, 2016/GOOD Music
7. Childish Gambino – Awaken, My Love!
December 2016/Glassnote Records
6. Mitski – Puberty 2
June 17, 2016/Dead Oceans
5. Solange – A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016/Saint Records
4. Kaytranada – 99%
May 9, 2016/ XL Recordings
3. Anderson .Paak – Malibu
January 15, 2016/Steel Wool
2. Noname – Telefone
July 31, 2016/Independent
1. Frank Ocean – Blond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6JuKJEqnzo
August 20, 2016/Boys Don’t Cry
