50. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Kid [Western Vinyl]
49. John Maus – Screen Memories [Ribbon Music]
48. Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up [Nonesuch Records]
47. GAS – Narkopop [Kompakt Records]
46. Vagabon – Infinite Worlds [Father/Daughter Records]
45. The xx – I See You [Young Turks]
44. Girlpool – Powerplant [Anti-]
43. Various Artists – Mono No Aware [PAN]
42. Visible Cloaks – Reassemblage [RVNG Intl.]
41. Big Thief – Capacity [Saddle Creek]
40. Priests – Nothing Feels Natural [Sister Polygon Records]
39. 2 Chainz – Pretty Girls Like Trap Music [Def Jam]
38. Syd – Fin [Columbia]
37. Sampha – Process [Young Turks]
36. Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator [ATO Records]
35. Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds from Another Planet [Dead Oceans]
34. Ibeyi – Ash [XL]
33. (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket [Domino]
32. Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder [Arts & Crafts]
31. Björk – Utopia [One Little Indian]
30. Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness [Ba Da Bing!]
29. Migos – Culture [Quality Control Music]
28. Jay Som – Everybody Works [Polyvinyl]
27. Julien Baker – Turn Out the Lights [Matador]
26. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens [Smalltown Supersound]
25. Juana Molina – Halo [Crammed Discs]
24. Jay-Z – 4:44 [Roc Nation]
23. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism [Jagjaguwar]
22. Chuck Johnson – Balsams [Vdsq]
21. Arca – Arca [XL]
20. Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives [Warp]
19. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 3 [self-released]
18. Lil B – Black Ken [self-released]
17. Perfume Genius – No Shape [Matador]
16. Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy [Columbia]
15. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest [Because]
14. Slowdive – Slowdive [Dead Oceans]
13. Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference [Young Turks]
12. Kelela – Take Me Apart [Warp]
11. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me [P.W. Elverum & Sun]
10. SZA – CTRL [TDE]
9. Thundercat – Drunk [Brainfeeder]
8. Jlin – Black Origami [Planet Mu]
7. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory [ARTium, Blacksmith, Def Jam]
6. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream [DFA/Columbia]
5. The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding [Atlantic]
4. Lorde – Melodrama [Republic]
3. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. [TDE]
2. King Krule – The OOZ [True Panther Sounds]
1. Fever Ray – Plunge [Rabid Records]
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