1. Urthboy – The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat
2. Beyoncé – Lemonade
3. The Avalanches – Wildflower
4. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
5. Camp Cope – Camp Cope
6. H A N N A H B A N D – Quitting Will Improve Your Health
7. Marcus Whale – Inland Sea
8. Solange – A Seat at the Table
9. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
10. Pinegrove – Cardinal
11. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
12. Ceres – Drag it Down on You
13. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity
14. PUP – The Dream is Over
15. Anohni – Hopelessness
16. The Hotelier – Goodness
17. The Drones – Feelin Kinda Free
18. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
20. Touché Amoré – Stage Four
21. David Bowie – Blackstar
22. Leonard Cohen – You Want it Darker
23. case/lang/veirs – case/lang/veirs
24. The Finks – Middling
25. The Monkees – Good Times!
26. Balance and Composure – Light We Made
27. Burlap – Burnout King
28. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
29. Oathbreaker – Rheia
30. Kari Faux – Lost En Los Angeles
31. Pity Sex – White Hot Moon
32. Shirley Collins – Lodestar
33. Basement – Promise Everything
34. Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost
35. American Football – American Football
36. The Nation Blue – Black/Blue
37. Fear Like Us – Succour
38. Nails – You Will Never Be One of Us
39. Stockades – Open
40. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
41. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
42. White Lung – Paradise
43. Safe Hands – Tie Your Soul to Mine
44. Two Steps on the Water – God Forbid Anyone Look Me in the Eye
45. L-Fresh the Lion – Become
46. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
47. DJ Snake – Encore
48. Drake – Views
49. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Dissociation
50. Every Time I Die – Low Teens
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: A.B. Original, Against Me!, Ball Park Music, Bruno Mars, Dangers, Danny Brown, Dinosaur Jr., Kendrick Lamar, Kishi Bashi, Ladyhawke, Michael Kiwanuka, Miranda Lambert, Mitski, Ngaiire, REMI, Rihanna, Sarah Jarosz, Skepta, Somos, Weak Boys, Weezer, Xenia Rubinos.
David James Young 