Welcome to the 2016 Talkies, Talkhouse Music’s year-end writers poll. We reached out to our amazing stable of contributors — all of them are, of course, musicians — and asked them to share their ten favorite records of 2016. Ten points go to first-place records, nine points to second place, etc. The top records are below. As you can see, quite a few tied. Congratulations to everyone who made the list — and keep an eye out for all the voters’ individual ballots, set to run January 6.
— Brenna Ehrlich, Talkhouse Music Editor-in-Chief
- David Bowie, Blackstar (105)
- A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (62)
- Angel Olsen, My Woman (47)
- Beyoncé, Lemonade (47)
- Rihanna, ANTI (40)
- Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool (37)
- Solange, A Seat at the Table (37)
- Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker (30)
- Okkervil River, Away (29)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree (27)
- Tegan and Sara, Love You to Death (20)
- Anderson .Paak, Malibu (19)
- Big Thief, Masterpiece (18)
- Mitski, Puberty 2 (18)
- Karl Blau, Introducing Karl Blau (18)
- Cass McCombs, Mangy Love (18)
- Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered. (17)
- Anohni, HOPELESSNESS (17)
- Hiss Golden Messenger, Heart Like a Levee (16)
- Frank Ocean, Blonde (16)
- Shirley Collins, Lodestar (16)
- Deerhoof, The Magic (15)
- Andy Shauf, The Party (15)
- Pinegrove, Cardinal (12)
- Whitney, Light upon the Lake (12)
