This year seemed to have so many albums that should/could have been here but I stuck with critic ratings more than mostly year-end list placing. Here goes...
1. Deafheaven LONELY PEOPLE WITH POWER (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.5/10)
2. Wednesday BLEEDS (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.8/10)
3. Billy Woods GOLLIWOG (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.9/10)
4. Swans BIRTHING (METACRITIC SCORE: 9.0/10)
5. Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band NEW THREATSFROM THE SOUL (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.9/10)
6. Earl Sweatshirt LIVELAUGH LOVE (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.4/10)
7. Anna Von Hausswolff ICONOCLASTS (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.9/10)
8. Mike SHOWBIZ! (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.1/10)
9. Cardiacs LSD (METACRITIC SCORE: 9.0/10)
10. Oneohtrix Point Never TRANQUILIZER (METACRITIC SCORE: 8.1/10)
