So, 2016 was a burning shit and hair-filled diaper on a runaway trainwreck exploding on an Indian burial ground. So let’s look back at what didn’t suck, the music. Here’s the 50 best albums of the year. Let’s hope 2017 will have way less dead rockstars and Nazis.

1. Car Seat Headrest- Teens of Denial
2. A Tribe Called Quest- We got it from here, Thank you 4 your service
3. Beyonce- Lemonade
4. Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool
5. Chance the Rapper- Coloring Book
6. Bon Iver- 22, a Million
7. Whitney- Light Upon the Lake
8. Rihanna- ANTI
9. Frank Ocean- Blond
10. Blood Orange- Freetown Sound
11. Kanye West- The Life of Pablo
12. The 1975- I like it when you sleep….
13. Young Thug- JEFFERY
14. Mitski- Puberty 2
15. PUP- The Dream is Dead
16. Anderson .Paak- Malibu
17. David Bowie- Blackstar
18. Saba- Bucket List Project
19. Pinegrove- Cardinal
20. Schoolboy Q- Blank Face LP
21. Angel Olsen- My Woman
22. Mac Miller- The Divine Feminine 
23. D.R.A.M. – Big Baby D.R.A.M.
24. Solange- A Seat at the Table
25. Danny Brown- Atrocity Exhibition
26. Kaytranada- 99.9%
27. James Blake- The Colour In Anything
28. Frankie Cosmos- Next Thing
29. Explosions in the Sky- The Wilderness
30. Ty Dolla $ign- Campaign
31. Public Access TV- Never Enough
32. Noname- Telefone
33. AHOHNI- Hopelessness
34. Death Grips- Bottomless Pit
35. Sunflower Bean- Human Ceremony
36. Sturgill Simpson- A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
37. Metallica- Hardwired…To destruct
38. Skepta- Konnichiwa
39. Leonard Cohen- You Want it Darker
40. Glass Animals- How to Be a Human Being
41. Swet Shop Boys- Cashmere
42. Wilco- Schmilco
43. LVL UP- Return to Love
44. Dawes- We’re All Gonna Die
45. Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression
46. Show Me the Body- Body War
47. The Lemon Twigs- Do Hollywood
48. Green Day- Revolutionary Radio
49. Wild Beasts- Boy King
50. Tove Lo- Lady Wood