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The Guardian Top 40 Albums for 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/ ... ms-of-2016

This list will be continually updated over the next two weeks as each top ten entry is released.

40. Shura – Nothing’s Real
39. Nao – For All We Know
38. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
37. Case/lang/veirs – Case/lang/veirs
36. Kaytranada – 99.9%
35. Tegan and Sara – Love You to Death
34. Lambchop – Flotus
33. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
32. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
31. Kano – Made in the Manor
30. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
29. Sunflower Bean – Human Ceremony
28. James Blake – The Colour in Anything
27. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
26. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
25. Young Thug – Jeffery
24. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
23. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
22. Anderson .Paak – Malibu
21. Angel Olsen – My Woman
20. Drake – Views
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It from Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
18. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
17. Mitski – Puberty 2
16. King – We Are King
15. Avalanches – Wildflower
14. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
13. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
12. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
11. Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree

10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
09. Skepta - Konnichiwa
08. Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
07. Rihanna - Anti
06. Anohni – Hopelessness
05. Solange - A Seat at the Table
04. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
03. David Bowie - Blackstar
02. Frank Ocean - Blonde
01. Beyoncé - Lemonade

If they're doing this the same way as in previous years, starting Monday they roll out the top 10 one album at a time, each weekday for two weeks.

Predictions? Bowie, Knowles sister #1, Knowles sister #2, Frank O., and Radiohead are givens, one would assume. Anohni, Car Seat Headrest, Kanye, maybe Sturgill S. very likely. PJ Harvey has been underperforming so far but seems a good fit for this top 10. Teenage Fanclub? Parquet Courts? That 2014 Christine and The Queens album that wasn't released in the U.K. until this year and has been doing quite well?

Seems like the Guardian's editors can never stick to a particular format when presenting their lists. This year they're both updating the top 40 list and giving each top ten entry their own page when revealed.

Matski wrote:Seems like the Guardian's editors can never stick to a particular format when presenting their lists. This year they're both updating the top 40 list and giving each top ten entry their own page when revealed.

Wait, what does "updating the top 40 list" mean? Are they changing what's there already?

I think it means updating the full list (40-10 so far) with the daily reveal of the Top 10.

Not only are they creating a new page for each top ten entry but they also added each entry to the 40-11 page too. So the 40-11 page is now a the 40-10 page. Their intention is to probably add the rest of the top ten to it as they are revealed.

From what I remember, they haven't done that previously.

Bump, as a reminder that they're updating this with an album a day.

I think Matski has this one covered

Bump. Top 5 this week.

Well, I guess we know what the top 3 albums are going to be. Only question is what order.

Now we have a #3, I guess that leaves Car Seat Headrest and Sturgill Simpson for #2 and #1, right?..

Matski wrote:Now we have a #3, I guess that leaves Car Seat Headrest and Sturgill Simpson for #2 and #1, right?..

HA! You would lose your pants, sir.

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