David Bowie's Blackstar: the album was already top of the ADM chart before his death
ADM 2016: The 1st quarter report
We're three months into 2016 so it's time for our first look back at the most critically-acclaimed music so far this year
8.35
David Bowie
Blackstar
"Blackstar is Bowie's most unconventional album since his dual
'70s masterpieces Low and "Heroes", and is a breathtaking and
relentlessly fascinating piece of work"
PopMatters
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8.27
Emma Pollock
In Search Of Harperfield
"A truly beautiful record that proves Pollock's artistic
relevance now more than ever"
The Quietus
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8.17
Kendrick Lamar
untitled unmastered
"Instead of shying away from the long shadow of To Pimp a
Butterfly, untitled unmastered happily embraces that shared DNA,
reveling in the subtleties that set it apart"
Paste Magazine
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8.04
Christine and the Queens
Chaleur Humaine
"A shimmering collection of great pop songs from a magnetic
performer who nonetheless seems unconcerned with being the center
of attention"
AV Club
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8.00
Lucinda Williams
The Ghosts of Highway 20
"Williams's location-specific concept album serves as a reminder
that her best songs need not inhabit one specific place,
geographically or emotionally"
Slant Magazine
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7.98
Anderson .Paak
Malibu
"It might be a challenge for him to make something as relatable
and soulful as Malibu again, but fortunately, the album has the
kind of substance that suggests he's built to last"
Consequence Of Sound
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7.92
The Jezabels
Synthia
"There's a new internal symmetry and inventiveness to
their universe, the band more playful and wise, focused from having
lived more life"
The Guardian
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7.88
Into It. Over It.
Standards
"Weiss spent the early 2015 in a snow-surrounded cabin in
Vermont where, away from the hyper-distracting modern world, the
pair would conceive Into It. Over It's most focussed and diverse
album so far"
Gig Soup
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7.85
School of Seven Bells
SVIIB
'An utterly beautiful piece of work that is all about finding
joy and hope in even the darkest of times"
The 405
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7.80
Savages
Adore Life
"Adore Life is a defiant, audacious statement"
The Line Of best Fit
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And the next 20
11. Esperanza Spalding Emily's
D+Evolution
12. Eric Bachmann Eric
Backmann
13. Steve Mason Meet The Humans
14. Bob Mould Patch The Sky
15. The Coral Distance Inbetween
16. Roly Porter Third Law
17. Mothers When You Walk A Long Distance You Are
Tired
18. King We Are King
19. Bonnie Raitt Dig In Deep
20. Open Mike Eagle & Paul White Hella
Personal Film Festival
21. Anna Meredith Varmints
22. Cross Record Wabi-Sabi
23. Andrew Bird Are You Serious
24. Ty Segall Emotional Mugger
25. Shearwater Jet Plane and Oxbow
26. Tindersticks The Waiting Room
27. Loretta Lynn Full Circle
28. Underworld Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining
Future
29. Suede Night Thoughts
30. Charles Bradley Changes