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Friday, January 13, 2017

holaOLA's 66 Favorite Albums of 2016

The start of a new year always means there's a year's worth of music behind us—music that stays behind and music that sticks with us. In the case of 2016, we were fed a lot of disappointing and depressing news stories, often times leaving us with a bad taste in our mouth, but thanks to all the epic albums that kept pouring in, we were able to turn to music to "cleanse our palates", so to say. Do yourself a favor and take a minute (or a few hours) to recall all the good things our ears heard in 2016. Here's holaOLA's 66 Favorite Albums of 2016!

(If you don't want to scroll through this huge list with album art and song streams, click here to skip to the short-and-sweet list and to listen to holaOLA's Spotify playlist featuring a song from all 66 albums)


66. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity



65. Vesuvio Solo - Don’t Leave Me in the Dark



64. Yuck - Stranger Things



63. Barbagallo - Grand Chien


62. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.

61. Bombino - Azel



60. Dr. Dog - Abandoned Mansion


59. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens


58. David Bazan - Blanco



57. ARMS - Patterns



56. Conor Oberst - Ruminations

55. Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines

54. Lambchop - FLOTUS



53. Jim James - Eternally Even



52. Flock of Dimes - If You See Me, Say Yes



51. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee


50. White Denim - Stiff



49. ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

48. Parquet Courts - Human Performance


47. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
 

46Anderson .Paak - Malibu


45. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth



44. D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated


43. Woods - City Sun Eater in the River of Light


42. James Blake - The Colour in Anything



41. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years



40. Roosevelt - Roosevelt



39. Matt Kivel - Fires on the Plain


38. Caveman - Otero War



37. Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing



36. Foreign Fields - Take Cover



35. STRFKR - Being No One, Going Nowhere
  
34. Mutual Benefit - Skip a Sinking Stone


33. C Duncan - The Midnight Sun



32. Sioux Falls - Rot Forever



31. Animal Collective - Painting With



30. Conveyor - Ready Not Ready




29. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

28. Bibio - A Mineral Love 

27. Helado Negro - Private Energy



26. Local Natives - Sunlit Youth


25. Brass Bed - In the Yellow Leaf



24. Andrew Bird - Are You Serious

23. The Hotelier - Goodness
 

22. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service

21. Chris Cohen - As If Apart



20. PUP - The Dream Is Over


19. Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp



18. LVL UP - Return to Love



17. Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine



16. Maria Usbeck - Amparo



15. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw



14. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love



13. Andy Shauf - The Party



12. RY X - Dawn



11. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake



10. David Bowie - Blackstar

9. Mothers - When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired



8. Porches. - Pool



7. Pinegrove - Cardinal



6. Mitski - Puberty 2



5. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool


4. Jay Som - Turn Into


3. Bon Iver - 22, A Million



2. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial



1. Angel Olsen - My Woman