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Top Albums of 2016
Only albums rated 4.50 and above, roll over cover to see rating, click to enlarge.
Album Of The Year 2016
January
January
January
January
Nandha Blues - Black Strawberry Mamma (2013) Rated 4.50.
King Of Denmark - We Will Want It All (2015) Rated 4.65.
Luna Sol - Blood Moon (2015) Rated 4.70.
Wild Pack - Malos Huesos (2015) Rated 4.50.
Jack Berry - Heathen Heart (2012) Rated 4.50.
The Stone Foxes - Twelve Spells (2015) Rated 4.50.
The Stone Foxes - Small Fires (2012) Rated 4.60.
The Stone Foxes - Bears And Bulls (2012) Rated 4.60.
Elle King - Love Stuff (2015) Rated 4.50.
February
February
February
February
Muse - Drones (2015) Rated 4.50.
Danny Bryant - Blood Money (2016) Rated 4.75.
Suede - Night Thoughts (2016) Rated 4.50.
The Cult - Hidden City (2016) Rated 4.65.
Tindersticks - The Waiting Room (2016) Rated 4.50.
March
March
March
March
Thunder - All You Can Eat (2016) Rated 4.50.
Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep (2016) Rated 4.80.
Swan Valley Heights - Swan Valley Heights (2016) Rated 4.90.
Skinsitive - Somebodies (2016) Rated 4.65.
Sivert Hoyem - Lioness (2016) Rated 4.80.
Joe Bonamassa - Blues Of Desperation (2016) Rated 4.75.
April
April
April
April
Black Mountain - IV (2016) Rated 4.80.
Robin Trower - Where You Are Going To (2016) Rated 4.60.
Deftones - Gore (2016) Rated 4.65.
The Heavy - Hurt & The Merciless (2016) Rated 4.50.
Stevie Nimmo - Sky Won't Fall (2016) Rated 4.80.
Stevie Nimmo - The Wynds Of Life (2010) Rated 4.75.
The Bad Light - Temples (2015) Rated 4.50.
The Bad Light - Marrow Of Sound (2011) Rated 4.50.
May
May
May
May
Ash Grunwald - Now (2015) Rated 4.50.
Disturbed - Immortalized (2015) Rated 4.50.
No Sinner - Old Habits Die Hard (2016) Rated 4.75.
June
June
June
June
Santana - IV (2016) Rated 4.50.
Poverty's No Crime - Spiral Of Fear (2016) Rated 4.50.
Tarja Turunen - The Brightest Void (2016) Rated 4.60.
Tony Joe White - Rain Crow (2016) Rated 4.98.
Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Things That We Are Made Of (2016) Rated 4.50.
Ana Popovic - Trilogy (2016) Rated 4.50.
Cold Truth - Grindstone (2016) Rated 4.80.
Gregory Porter - Take Me To The Alley (2016) Rated 4.60.
July
July
July
July
Dorothy - Rockisdead (2016) Rated 4.50.
Small Blues Trap - Time Tricks (2015) Rated 4.50.
Rival Sons - Hollow Bones (2016) Rated 4.80.
Black Pistol Fire - Don't Wake The Riot (2016) Rated 4.75.
Bill Labounty - Into Something Blue (2014) Rated 4.50.
Joanne Shaw Taylor - Songs From The Road (2013) Rated 4.50.
Robert Plant - Greatest Hits (2011) Rated 4.50.
August
August
August
August
Hurt - The Crux (2012) Rated 4.65.
Gerry Lane - 10 Years In The Hole (2013) Rated 4.50.
Ronnie Lane - Anymore For Anymore (1974) Rated 4.50.
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate (2016) Rated 4.50.
Chris Rea - Blues Guitars - Album 1 - Beginnings (2005) Rated 4.50.
Chris Rea - Blue Guitars - Album 2 - Country Blues (2005) Rated 4.60.
Chris Rea - Blue Guitars - Album 6 - Chicago Blues (2005) Rated 4.50.
September
September
September
September
The Dead Daisies - Make Some Noise (2016) Rated 4.50.
The Dead Daisies - Revolucion (2015) Rated 4.50.
Bonnie Bishop - Ain't Who I Was (2016) Rated 4.50.
Steven Tyler - We're All Somebody From Somewhere (2016) Rated 4.50.
Inglorious (UK) - Inglorious (2016) Rated 4.85.
Primal Fear - Rule Breaker (2016) Rated 4.70.
Layla Zoe - Breaking Free (2016) Rated 4.50.
Layla Zoe - The Lily (2013) Rated 4.50.
Black River Delta - Devil On The Loose (2016) Rated 4.85.
My Jerusalem - A Little Death (2016) Rated 4.60.
October
October
October
October
Black Swamp Water - Chapter One (2016) Rated 4.90.
Brant Bjork - Tao Of The Devil (2016) Rated 4.50.
Zed - Desperation Blues (2013) Rated 4.50.
Alter Bridge - The Last Hero (2016) Rated 4.60.
Gov't Mule - The Tel-Star Sessions (2016) Rated 4.50.
Scorpion Child - Scorpion Child (2013) Rated 4.50.
Scorpion Child - Acid Roulette (2016) Rated 4.50.
November
November
November
November
Sari Schorr - A Force Of Nature (2016) Rated 4.80.
Stoney Curtis Band - Halo Of Dark Matter (2013) Rated 4.80.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor (2016) Rated 4.70.
Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage (2016) Rated 4.65.
Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule (1995) Rated 4.85.
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016) Rated 4.50.
Gov't Mule - Live At Roseland Ballroom (1996) Rated 4.50.
Gov't Mule - Dose (1998) Rated 4.60.
Gov't Mule - Life Before Insanity (2000) Rated 4.85.
Davy Knowles - Three Miles From Avalon (2016) Rated 4.50.
King King - Live (2016) Rated 4.50.
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967) Rated 4.50.
December
December
December
December
Red Butler - Freedom Bound (2014) Rated 4.80.
Dan Patlansky - Wooden Thoughts (2014) Rated 4.55.
Alabama 3 - Blues (2016) Rated 4.75.
Dudley Taft - Screaming In The Wild (2014) Rated 4.50.
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016) Rated 4.50.
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016) Rated 4.75.