Best of 2016: Songs & Albums
I’ve been away from posting daily on Faded Arrow for a while now, but I feel like I can’t leave the site hanging without a proper (if not cliché) conclusion. I wanted to give you one last post in the throes of list season, wrapping things up with my favorite albums and songs from this year. While you never know what could happen in the future, this is at least goodbye for now.
If you were among the readers who stuck with me for the last 3 years or so, thank you for keeping up with what I thought was exciting and noteworthy. I put a lot of time and effort into giving Faded Arrow a voice in the midst of so many other music blogs, and I’m so proud of what I accomplished here. I made great connections with labels like Cascine and Winspear, put out some fantastic artist mixes, hosted my own radio show, attended SXSW, and more. Most importantly, though, it was fun to share new songs with you for a while.
Check out my top 20 albums after the break – the top three records are absolute classics that I know I’ll be playing years from now. Following those picks are my 40 favorite songs from 2016, which you can also find in the Spotify playlist here at the top. ✌
20. Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat To Earth 19. Rae Sremmurd – SremmLife 2 18. Angel Olsen – My Woman 17. Negative Gemini – Body Work 16. Carseat Headrest – Teens Of Denial 15. Frank Ocean – Endless 14. Skepta – Konnichiwa 13. The Weeknd – Starboy 12. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool 11. Young Thug – JEFFERY
10. BEYONCÉ – Lemonade
09. BLOOD ORANGE – Freetown Sound
08. WHITNEY – Light Upon The Lake
07. YUMI ZOUMA – Yoncalla
06. NICOLAS JAAR – Sirens
05. HOOPS – Tapes 1-3
04. DANNY BROWN – Atrocity Exhibition
03. FRANK OCEAN – Blonde
02. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST – We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
01. KANYE WEST – The Life Of Pablo
SONGS OF THE YEAR
40. Hannah Diamond – Fade Away 39. Kristin Kontrol – X-Communicate 38. The xx – On Hold 37. Kanye West – Champions 36. Chromatics – Dear Tommy
35. Vince Staples – War Ready 34. Mr. Fingers – Qwazars 33. Car Seat Headrest – Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales 32. Carly Rae Jepsen – Higher 31. Hoops – Gemini 30. Pender Street Steppers – On Spec 29. Negative Gemini – Hold U (Break Your Face Edit) 28. Mood Hut – Better 27. Kero Kero Bonito – Lipslap 26. Skepta – Lyrics ft. Novelist 25. Blood Orange – Augustine
24. DJ Seinfeld – U 23. Danny Brown – Really Doe ft. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, + Earl Sweatshirt 22. Kanye West – 30 Hours (G.O.O.D. Fridays Edit) 21. Beyoncé – All Night 20. Frank Ocean – White Ferrari 19. MssingNo – Scope 18. Mall Grab – Can’t Take It No More 17. A Tribe Called Quest – Dis Generation 16. Hoops – Grass 15. Charli XCX – After The Afterparty ft. Lil Yachty
14. Kanye West – Fade 13. Future – Inside the Mattress 12. Nicolas Jaar – No 11. Rae Sremmurd – Black Beatles ft. Gucci Mane 10. Mall Grab – Can’t 09. Danny Brown – When It Rain
08. Young Thug + Travis Scott – Pick Up The Phone ft. Quavo 07. Danny L Harle – Super Natural ft. Carly Rae Jepsen 06. The Weeknd – I Feel It Coming ft. Daft Punk 05. A Tribe Called Quest– The Space Program 04. Kanye West – Real Friends
03. JESSY LANZA – It Means I Love You
02. FRANK OCEAN – Nikes
01. KANYE WEST – Ultralight Beam











