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Spin's Top 50 LPs of 2016

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Still more year-end lists: Spin offered up their Top 50 LPs of 2016. At this point, if you’ve read a bunch of these lists (we have), the top slots offer few surprises apart from The 1975 placing all the up at #5. (NME might say “not high enough.“) Otherwise the Top 10 is Usual Suspects. Check out the full LP list from Spin, below, and you can read their commentary here.

Spin’s Top 50 LPs of 2016
50. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
49. Moodymann – DJ-Kicks
48. Pinegrove – Cardinal
47. Maren Morris – Hero
46. Bat for Lashes – The Bride
45. Oranssi Pazuzu – Värähtelijä
44. Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith – A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
43. Marissa Nadler – Strangers
42. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic –
41. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
40. Miranda Lambert – The Weight of These Wings
39. YG – Still Brazy
38. Maxwell – black SUMMERS’ night
37. White Lung – Paradise
36. The Avalanches – Wildflower – 35. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
34. dvsn – Sept. 5th
33. Kamaiyah – A Good Night in the Ghetto
32. Parquet Courts – Human Performance
31. The Hotelier – Goodness
30. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
29. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Pretty Years
28. Kaytranada – 99.9%
27. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
26. ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
25. Nicolas Jaar – Sirens
24. Anderson .Paak – Malibu
23. Joyce Manor – Cody
22. Kevin Gates – Islah
21. KING – We Are KING
20. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered.
19. ANOHNI – Hopelessness
18. Esperanza Spalding – Emily’s D+Evolution
17. Young Thug – JEFFERY
16. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
15. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
14. Mitski – Puberty 2
13. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
12. Rihanna – ANTI
11. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
10. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
9. Angel Olsen – My Woman
8. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
6. Beyoncé – Lemonade
5. The 1975 – I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
4. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
3. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Frank Ocean – Blonde
1. Solange – A Seat at the Table