Beyoncé's Lemonade is not only the highest rated album of the year so far but also one of our all-time highest rated albums
ADM 2016: The half year report
We're six months into 2016 so it's time for our look back at the most critically-acclaimed music so far this year
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8.71
Beyoncé
Lemonade
"It's a rare album that sounds this warm, this easy, this
melodic, this fierce, this startling, this unforgettable"
Pretty Much Amazing
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8.37
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
"After years doing their own thing, it's as if the members of
Radiohead have locked limbs once more for a bigger cause"
DIY
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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
"She's been perfecting her particular brand of moody, bucolic
baroque pop for over two decades now, and with the marvelous In
Search of Harperfield, that work has finally paid off"
All Music
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8.26
Sturgill Simpson
A Sailor's Guide To Earth
"While the best of the best learn to master country music, he's
turning it into a whole new monster, one that's his and his
only"
Exclaim
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8.21
Mitski
Puberty 2
"Mitski is an exceptionally keen observer of the human
condition, and Puberty 2 marks a triumphant new step in her
evolution"
AV Club
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8.20
Chance The Rapper
Colouring Book
"Personal and panoramic, full of conversations with God, defying
hip-hop norms while respecting them, proving that the genre can
still dig deeper into its roots"
Pitchfork
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8.16
Kendrick Lamar
untitled unmastered
"untitled's 34 minutes are so crammed with ideas that they
almost need to be read like poetry, with annotations, to be fully
appreciated"
Faster Louder
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8.12
Christine and the Queens
Chaleur Humaine
"You never find yourself in the presence of music that
sounds self-consciously clever. Everything flows easily, nothing
jars"
The Guardian
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8.05
Kevin Morby
Singing Saw
"This is a landmark album in Morby's career and a defining
record of 2016. A quite outstanding album"
God Is In The TV
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And the next 20
11. Anohni Hopelessness
12. Colin Stetson Presents
Sorrow
13. Car Seat Headrest Teens Of Denial
14. Lucinda Williams The Ghosts Of Highway
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15. Anderson .Paak Malibu
16. Paul Simon Stranger To Stranger
17. Tim Hecker Love Streams
18. The Jezabels Synthia
19. Gojira Magma
20. Esperanza Spalding Emily's D+Evolution
21. Laura Mvula The Dreaming Room
22. Death Grips Bottomless Pit
23. Gnod Mirror
24. Andy Shauf The Party
25. PUP The Dream Is Over
26. William Tyler Modern Country
27. School Of Seven Bells SVIIB
28. Parquet Courts Human Perfomance
29. Skepta Konnichiwa
30. Modern Baseball Holy Ghost