Here are ninety releases this year that I really enjoyed but either they weren't good enough to make my top fifty or I didn't have anything interesting to say about them. Special shoutout to 'After Party', 'Blonde', 'Blackstar', 'Colouring Book' and 'Nightride' which I took out of the top 50 last minute because I didn't have room to include them
Here's the list!
18+ - Collect
2814 - Rain Temple
Adore Delano - After Party
AMTHST - Euphoria
AURORA - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
AlunaGeorge - I Remember
Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
Arca - Entranas
BLACKPINK - Square One / Square Two
Baauer - Aa
baby.daddi - baby.daddi
Babyfather - Platinum Tears
Billie Marten - Writings of Blues and Yellows
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Bridgit Mendler - Nemesis
Bugzy Malone - Facing Time
Burial - Young Death / Nightmarket
Cashmere Cat - Wild Love (Leaked Ver.)
Cate Le Bon - Crab Day
Chairlift - Moth
Chance the Rapper - Colouring Book
Cliff Martinez - The Neon Demon
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks In Whispers
DJWWWW - Arigato
David Bowie - Blackstar
Dawn Richard - Infrared
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
Die Antwoord - Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid
Eleanor Friedberger - New View
Elysia Crampton pts. - Demon City
Fatima Al Qaridi - Brute
Florence + the Machine - Songs From Final Fantasy XV
Flume - Skin / Skin Companion
Frank Ocean - Blonde / Endless
Grace - FMA
HANA - HANA
Henrik the Artist - Friendship
Hinds - Leave Me Alone
Hooded Fang - Venus on Edge
Iglooghost - Little Grids
James Ferraro - Human Story 3
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
JoJo - Mad Love.
Julianna Barwick - Will
KING - We Are KING
Kacey Musgraves - A Very Kacey Christmas
Katy B - Honey
Kaytranda - 99.9%
Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
Kill J - Quasi
LIZ - Cross Your Heart
Lady Leshurr - Queens Speech
Lapsley - Long Way Home
Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
Laurel - Park
Let’s Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
Lil Data - Lil Tape
Lissie - My Wild West
Little Mix - Glory Days
Lone - Levitate
M.E.S.H. - Damaged Merc
M.I.A. - AIM
Nao - For All We Know
Nathan Sykes - Unfinished Business
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Niki & the Dove - Everybody’s Heart is Broken Now
Oh My Girl - Windy Day
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
RY X - DAWN
Red Velvet - The Velvet / Russian Roulette
SBTRKT - Save Yourself
Savages - Adore Life
Seth Bogart - Seth Bogart
Shawn Mendes - Illuminate
Sleigh Bells - Jessica Rabbit
Solange - A Seat at the Table
St Lucia - Matter
Tegan and Sara - Love You To Death
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
The Weeknd - Starboy
Throwing Shade - House Of Silk
Tim Hecker - Love Streams
Tinashe - Nightride
Tove Lo - Lady Wood
Trisha Paytas - Daddy Issues / Showtime
Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest 2016
White Lung - Paradise
Whitney - Light Upon The Lake