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We lost an unprecedented number of musical greats in 2016. Nonetheless, there was still plenty of amazing music to celebrate this year.
Here are The Music’s Over’s Top 50 Albums of 2016.
1. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Gojira – Magma
3. Against Me! – Shape Shift With Me
4. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
5. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
6. Red Fang – Only Ghosts
7. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
8. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
9 (A). S U R V I V E – Rr7349
9 (B). Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (of S U R V I V E) – Stranger Things: A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack
10. Brian Fallon – Painkillers
11. Crippled Black Phoenix – Bronze
12. Anthrax – For All Kings
13. Charles Bradley – Changes
14. El Caco – 7
15. Megadeth – Dystopia
16. Metal Church – XI
17. James Hunter Six – Hold On!
18. Tower – Tower
19. Anciients – Voice Of The Void
20. Jeremy & The Harlequins – Into The Night
21. Testament – Brotherhood Of The Snake
22. The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come To Expect
23. The Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome
24. Crowbar – The Serpent Only Lies
25. The Monkees – Good Times!
26. Heliotropes – Over There That Way
27. John Doe – The Westerner
28. Loretta Lynn – Full Circle
29. Alice Bag – Alice Bag
30. Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat
31. White Lung – Paradise
32. Kyng – Breathe In The Water
33. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Silver Tears
34. Fates Warning – Theories Of Flight
35. Savages – Adore Life
36. Mudcrutch – 2
37. Luke Bell – Luke Bell
38. Summer Cannibals – Full Of It
39. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
40. The Shrine – Rare Breed
41. Alejandro Escovedo – Burn Something Beautiful
42. Fea – Fea
43. Spiritual Beggars – Sunrise To Sundown
44. Fleshtones – The Band Drinks For Free
45. William Bell – This Is Where I Live
46. Paul Cauthen – My Gospel
47. I Don’t Cares – Wild Stab
48. Shovels & Rope – Little Seeds
49. Night Beats – Who Sold My Generation
49. Night Beats – Who Sold My Generation
50. Parquet Courts – Human Performance