2016 was quite the year. For conspiracies, for dying celebrities, for incompetent president-elects, etc. Plus, I had a few transitions in my own life as well. But one thing that can always be consistent is great music.
There was lots of amazing stuff released in 2016, but I would be lying if I didn't think of this year as more of a "singles" type of year: there were lots of individually good songs, but not nearly as many awesome start-to-finish albums. Maybe it's just because I didn't get as much time as normal this year to really sit down and dive into full albums as much as normal, or maybe there really wasn't as much good content. I don't know. But as a result, my list of awesome albums is a little shorter. But that's okay.
So without further ado, here are my favorite all-around albums of the year, along with a link to Apple Music for further enjoyment:
Jon Bellion – The Human Condition
Chairlift – Moth
Craig David – Following My Intuition
Dusky – Outer
Mat Zo – Self Assemble
Blake Shelton – If I'm Honest
The 1975 – I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
And of course, there was the eighth edition of my favorite electronic compilation series, Andjunadeep 08.
Here is a list of my favorite singles of the year:
Ultimately, there was some great music released in 2016. As always, I am excited to see what 2017 brings. I'm sure it'll be a good one.