The top fifty albums of 2016

1. Skeleton Tree – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2. Freetown Sound - Blood Orange

3. Black Terry Cat – Xenia Rubinos

4. Blank Face LP – Schoolboy Q

5. Atrocity Exhibition – Danny Brown

6. Plays The Music of Twin Peaks – Xiu Xiu

7. Blackstar – David Bowie

8. We Got It From Here, Thank You 4 Your Service – A Tribe Called Quest

9. You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen

10. Sirens – Nicolás Jaar

11. Honour Killed The Samurai – KA

12. Ultimate Care II - Matmos

13. Blonde/Endless – Frank Ocean

14. The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West

15. A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo - Elza Soares

16. Fetish Bones - Moor Mother

17. Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus

18. A Seat at the Table - Solange

19. WORRY - Jeff Rosenstock

20. Floss - Injurt Reserve

21. Still Brazy - YG

22. Let Them Eat Chaos – Kate Tempest

23. Teens of Denial - Car Seat Headrest

24. Telefone – Noname

25. Bottomless Pit – Death Grips

26. Sleep Cycle - Deakin

27. Ruminations – Conor Oberst

28. Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams

29. MY WOMAN – Angel Olsen

30. Nonagon Infinity – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

31. Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke – Vijay Iyer

32. Have You Been Good To Yourself - Johnnie Frierson

33. Black Peak - Xylouris White

34. Emily’s D+Evolution - Esperanza Spalding

35. A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead

36. Untitled Unmastered – Kendrick Lamar

37. 1992 - Princess Nokia

38. Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room

39. Remember Us To Life – Regina Spektor

40. Human Story 3 - James Ferraro

41. Preoccupations – Preoccupations

42. Post Pop Depression – Iggy Pop

43. Awaken My Love – Childish Gambino

44. Emotional Mugger – Ty Segall

45. 22, A Million - Bon Iver

46. Hopelessness - Anohni

47. Run The Jewels 3 - Run The Jewels

48. 99.9% - Kaytranada

49. Stranger to Stranger - Paul Simon

50. IV – Black Mountain