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[Kaladin]

Top 10:

Spoiler

#. Album - Title
1. Solange - A Seat At The Table
2. Beyoncé - Lemonade
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
4. Frank Ocean - Blonde
5. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
6. Barbara Hannigan/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons - let me tell you (Abrahamsen)
7. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
8. Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
9. Miranda Lambert - The Weight Of These Wings
10. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

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Now that's a list I can get down with.

 

[bennywhatever]

I didn't know NPR did these kinds of lists but this one is awesome. Much less genre bias and celebrity bias.

 

[dave is ok]

Solange best Knowles confirmed

 

[Eidan]

The Knowles sisters are doing great on these lists.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Oh damn Sturgill Simpson got a nod.

Y'all need his cover of 'In Bloom' in your lives.

 

[Kaladin]

Oh damn Sturgill Simpson got a nod.

Y'all need his cover of 'In Bloom' in your lives.

Not surprising, NPR went nuts over his album when it came out. I am surprised it's so low on the list though.

 

[Servbot24]

Miranda Lambert is the best album on that list.

 

[Ristifer]

Anderson .Paak, Angel Olsen, Margo Price, Kaytranada...

I'm good with this list.

 

[Polari]

No Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds? Best reviewed album of last year according to Metacritic.

 

[Necrovex]

Any must listen to pop albums? I've been out of the loop of music for this whole year due to my work. Appreciate to see this thread!

 

[kazinova]

I'm confused, their webpage must be messing up, Metallica doesn't show up for some reason. Anyone else getting the same error?

 

[Diprosalic]

no pablo = bad list.

I'm confused, their webpage must be messing up, Metallica doesn't show up for some reason. Anyone else getting the same error?

 

[Kaladin]

no pablo = bad list.

Ultralight Beam is #3 on their Top 100 songs list.

 

[LucidMomentum]

Ultralight Beam is #3 on their Top 100 songs list.

And it's about the only song I care to listen to off that album anymore.

 

[Inferno313]

Solid list, needs more Kanye and Childish Gambino though.

 

[marrec]

Basking in the lack of Radiohead and Kanye in the top 10, NPR done good.

 

[Vampire On Titus]

Needs more Rosenstock.

 

[beato_angelico]

I didn't know NPR did these kinds of lists but this one is awesome. Much less genre bias and celebrity bias.

what?

 

[FZZ]

NPR is whack af

 

[marrec]

NPR is whack af

NPR gets is right most times.

 

[Poor GRIMES]

The Knowles Sisters are icons. So is Miranda Lambert. Poor GRIMES.

Any must listen to pop albums? I've been out of the loop of music for this whole year due to my work. Appreciate to see this thread!

Lemonade, Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande, and Ex'ACT by EXO!

AND SIDE B BY CRJ

 

[NandoGip]

Had me at Solange being number 1. First top 10 list of the year I can get behind.

 

[Byakuya769]

Look at NPR giving Chance the big push.

I like him.. but no. Just no.

 

[Nappuccino]

Solid list, needs more Kanye and Childish Gambino though.

But . . . Neither is all that good. And I like Childish Gambino and this album's influences.

 

[FZZ]

NPR gets is right most times.

They aren't real ones

 

[Inferno313]

Look at NPR giving Chance the big push.

I like him.. but no. Just no.

Coloring Book being a top album is far from an outlier-opinion. GAF's weird hate-boner for that mixtape befuddles me.

 

[tim.mbp]

Somehow missed that there was a new Laura Mvula album.

 

[Inferno313]

But . . . Neither is all that good. And I like Childish Gambino and this album's influences.

*shrugs* they're both in my top 10, and I'm actually someone who disliked most of Childish Gambino's earlier stuff, despite thinking Donald Glover is a real great dude.

 

[NameGenerated]

I'm confused, their webpage must be messing up, Metallica doesn't show up for some reason. Anyone else getting the same error?

Doesn't look like there's a single metal album on the whole list. Kind of strange since NPR occasionally spotlights some great metal bands.

 

[Kaladin]

My favorite album of the year is almost certainly the new Miranda Lambert, good to see it at #9.

 

[kris.]

Pinegrove is showing up in a surprising number of lists. That's rad as hell.

 

[NandoGip]

But . . . Neither is all that good. And I like Childish Gambino and this album's influences.

I liked Kanye's album but some of his choices on lyrics really were jarring and knocked the album down a few pegs. Looking back, I can see why there the release was so odd. He released an unfinished and unrefined album. It was still one of my favorites, but the flaws keep it the top albums of the year discussions.

Childish Gambino's album was great but I haven't fully listened to it enough times to have a strong opinion. I'd say that I like his new direction, but I wouldn't put it in the top 10 of the year either.

 

[KingKong]

It blows my mind how many top lists don't have Danny Browns Atrocity Exhibition on them.

Sure I'm biased as it's one of my favorites of the year, but you're telling me it's not one of the 50 best albums?

 

[Skatterd]

All these motherfuckers sleeping on Danny Brown

 

[Servbot24]

No Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds? Best reviewed album of last year according to Metacritic.

Metacritic may literally be the worst source of music recommendations on the internet.

 

[WaffleTaco]

Beyoncé's album is better than Solange's, but not by much. Beyoncé's voice is much more powerful and pushes her album over the edge.

 

[Catvoca]

All these motherfuckers sleeping on Danny Brown

Really doe is 19 on their best songs list. I actually might like the albums represented on that list better than the ones here

Both fine lists overall even if they didn't include some of my favs. The blurbs are well written too.

 

[kingocfs]

Car Seat Headrest's album is some overrated nonsense.

 

[awilliams213]

Solange, Chance and .Paak not the worst 2016 list I have seen.

 

[LionPride]

why the hell is Lemonade up there? It's a good album, but not as good as Malibu or Blonde. Seat At The Table being one is something I won't argue against. My god that Solange album is god like

 

[jackal27]

2016 marks 10 years since I started following NPR's music lists every year! They've definitely helped me discover all kinds of awesome new music.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

2016 marks 10 years since I started following NPR's music lists every year! They've definitely helped me discover all kinds of awesome new music.

Yeah no shit, I'm listening to Black Terry Cat right now and my mind is fucking blown.

 

[Servbot24]

Car Seat Headrest's album is some overrated nonsense.

Pretty much every single album on their list is.

 

[Extollere]

2016 was a pretty good year for music.

 

[Dr. Benton Quest]

Pretty much every single album on their list is.

This is just ignorance.

You have anything to back your opinion up?

 

[lightskintwin]

2016 marks 10 years since I started following NPR's music lists every year! They've definitely helped me discover all kinds of awesome new music.

Yeah, the NPR list has helped me broaden my tastes and listen to albums and different genres I otherwise wouldn't have listened too.

 

[Stairouais]

Here we go with the "overrated" BS.

Can't wait for the Pitchfork list comments.

 

[yagal]

...
5. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
...


Hahaha lol
Bon Iver gets a free pass. 22, A Million is bad

 

[RunTheBrules]

I like Chance, and saw him in concert this year, but I still don't understand why people are gushing over him like they do. IMHO, he is not a top 10 album from this year, especially when there are better albums in his genre.

For all the love that Chance gets for being creative and experimental with his sounds, Danny Brown is there pushing the boundaries of hip-hop even further with the distinct post-punk influence. I also thought the Tribe album was in a league of it's own with its production rooted in history, but also modernized; poignant and insightful lyrics; and tons of energy from each member, spitting bars like it's the early 90's.

If I had to give a top 10 . . . and I haven't listened to enough bandcamp releases, so I'm a shill for the popular stuff. . .
1.) Blackstar - Bowie
2.) We Got It From Here . . . Thank U 4 Your Service - Tribe
3.) Malibu - Anderson Paak (dude did the best features this year imo)
4.) A Moon Shaped Poo - Radiohead
5.) Wildflower - The Avalanches
6.) Attrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown
7.) Blonde - Frank Ocean
8.) Teen of Denial - Car Seat Headrest
9.) Preoccupations - Self/Titled
10.) Bon Iver - 22, A Million

Last three could be interchanged with honorable mentions . . .
Bottomless Pit - Death Grips, Untitled, Unmastered - Kendrick Lemar, Worry - Jeff Rosenstock, TLOP - Kanye (I love everything he does, so I'm biased), Amnesty - Crystal Casltes

 

[RunTheBrules]

But . . . Neither is all that good. And I like Childish Gambino and this album's influences.

Ugh, do people actually love this? I would like this album so much better if he didn't do the vocals. Guy flat out can't sing.