The very best of 2016! Albums-wise!

Yes, this blog is pretty much non-existent these days, but I figure I might as well post this! Without further ado, the top 20 albums for 2016! It was a pretty ripper year, to be honest!

20. Joyce Manor - Cody (USA)
19. A.B. Original - Reclaim Australia (AUS)
18. Underworld - Barbara, Barbara, we face a shining future (UK)
17. Camp Cope - Camp Cope (AUS)
16. Deftones - Gore (USA)
15. Violent Femmes - We Can Do Anything (USA)
14. James Blake - The Colour in Anything (UK)
13. Violent Soho - WACO (AUS)
12. Balance and Composure - Light We Made (USA)
11. The Peep Tempel - Joy (AUS)
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10. Stockades - Open (AUS)
9. Ceres - Drag it Down on You (AUS)
8. Horror My Friend - Stay In, Do Nothing (AUS)
7. The Drones - Feelin Kinda Free (AUS)
6. David Bowie - Blackstar (UK)
5. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (AUS)
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (AUS)
3. The Avalanches - Wildflower (AUS)
2. PUP - The Dream is Over (CAN)
1. Luca Brasi - If This is All We're Going to Be (AUS)

Yeah, in general I felt the quality of music, at least out of the stuff I listened to, really improved quite a bit over previous years! And as always, it's good to see how many bands made the cut not only from Australia (12), but even from my hometown of Melbourne (6)!

And of course, there were a few albums that were certainly good in their own right, but just not top 20 good! They must be mentioned, and here they are being mentioned honourably:
Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me
Anohni - Hopelessness
Bastille - Wild World
Conrad Keely - Original Machines
DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall
Future of the Left - The Peace and Truce of Future of the Left
I Am Duckeye - Songs from the Gunt
Ihsahn - Arktis.
Jeff Rosenstock - Worry.
Kingfisha - Offered it Up
Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
Opeth - Sorceress
Orb - Birth
Pixies - Head Carrier
Pity Sex - White Hot Moon
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Slowly Slowly - Chamomile
The Bennies - Wisdom Machine
The Cat Empire - Rising With the Sun
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
The Nation Blue - Black
The Nation Blue - Blue
The Sinking Teeth - Songs from the Bottom of the Lake
Totally Unicorn - Dream Life
Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier

And now for the EPs!
5. Private Function - Six Smokin' Songs
4. Max Quinn - Carpool Tunnel Syndrome
3. No Haven - Colours of Nothing
2. Nine Inch Nails - Not the Actual Events
1. Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit