Looking for a song to party to? How about study along with? Need a song to take your sex life to the next level? Here are thirty albums I enjoyed this year on one level or another, in alphabetical order. I spared you all the commentary and just included a song from each album.

22 A Million – Bon Iver

 

American Band – Drive-By Truckers

 

American Football – American Football

 

Atrocity Exhibition – Danny Brown

 

Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino

 

Big Mess – Grouplove

 

Blackstar – David Bowie

 

Blonde – Frank Ocean

Cardinal – Pinegrove

 

Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper

 

Emily’s D+Evolution – Esperanza Spalding

 

Freetown Sound – Blood Orange

 

The Gentle Hits – The Gentle Hits

 

Good Greif – Lucius

 

Holy Ghost – Modern Baseball

 

Human Performance – Parquet Courts

 

Leave Me Alone – Hinds

 

Lemonade – Beyonce

 

The Life of Pablo – Kanye West

 

Love You To Death – Tegan and Sara

 

Malibu – Anderson .Paak

 

A Man Alive – Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

 

Midwest Farmer’s Daughter – Margo Price

 

A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead

 

Next Thing – Frankie Cosmos

 

Out of the Garden – Tancred

 

Puberty 2 – Mitski

 

saintmotelevision – Saint Motel

 

Teens of Denial – Car Seat Headrest

 

We’re All Gonna Die – Dawes