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| Top 10 Albums of 2016 (A Non-Objective List)
Here's some albums that caught my ear this year (whoo! rhymes and sh*t!). Some may not agree with my selections, but hey, whatever.
Honorary Mentions: Bon Iver-'22, A Million', Field Music-'Commontime', Mystery Jets-'Curve of the Earth', The Jayhawks-'Paging Mr. Proust, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-'Skeleton Tree'
If I missed your favorite album of the year, tough. | | 10 |  | Teleman
Brilliant Sanity
Sunny sounds for a stormy season.
Outstanding Tracks: Fall in Time, Glory Hallelujah, Tangerine | | 9 |  | Paul Simon
Stranger to Stranger
Not his best (Rhythm of the Saints. Thought I'd say Graceland, didn't you?), but anything from Mr. Simon is a treat.
Outstanding Tracks: The Werewolf, The Riverbank, Wristband | | 8 |  | Yeasayer
Amen & Goodbye
Outstanding Tracks: I Am Chemistry, Dead Sea Scrolls, Silly Me | | 7 |  | Parquet Courts
Human Performance
Outstanding Tracks: Human Performance, Dust, Berlin Got Blurry | | 6 |  | Regina Spektor
Remember Us To Life
Oh, after a tense year, I needed this. More bubbly, quirky pop songs, this time with orchestra.
Outstanding Tracks: Bleeding Heart, Small Bill$, Older and Taller | | 5 |  | Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
Damn, first Bowie leaves, then Leonard? End of an era, I suppose.
Outstanding Tracks: You Want It Darker, Traveling Light, Leaving the Table | | 4 |  | David Bowie
Blackstar
See you later, Starman.
Outstanding Tracks: Lazarus, Sue, Blackstar | | 3 |  | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
Outstanding Tracks: Burn the Witch, Desert Island Disk, True Love Waits | | 2 |  | Shearwater
Jet Plane and Oxbow
Full of Eno/Bowie-inspired keyboards and sonic flourishes.
Outstanding Tracks: Stray Light at Cloud Hill, Backchannels, Pale Kings | | 1 |  | Bell X1
Arms
Just great, a cohesive album that sees a return to the sound of 'Blue Lights on the Runway'.
Outstanding Tracks: Fake Memory, I Go Where You Go, Take Your Sweet Time | |
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