Recommended Dose's Favorite Electronic Albums Of 2016
We're not anointing the best. We're telling you what amazed us in a difficult year — music by visionary women and men.
Music Lists
Ann Powers' Favorite 2016 Albums (Beyond The Obvious)
This year, pop critic Ann Powers offers something a little different — 10 deserving albums that might have topped lists in any other year.
Stephen Thompson's Top 10 Albums Of 2016
If one defining thread ran through 2016's best albums, it was an air of mystery: a sense of myth, otherworldliness, storytelling ambition or multimedia wizardry.
Bob Boilen's Top 10 Albums Of 2016
The All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk host shares his favorite recordings of the year.
Robin Hilton's Top 10 Albums Of 2016
The All Songs Considered host's list includes many records that felt particularly appropriate for such a turbulent year.
The Best Music Of 2016
NPR Music ranked the 50 best albums and top 100 songs of the year. You'll find Beyoncé and Bowie, but there's so much to explore as we recount the ones we kept close in 2016.
Heavy Rotation: The Songs Public Radio Couldn't Stop Playing In 2016
Every month, we ask public radio's music curators to share the songs they're loving right now. Here's everything they loved in 2016.
The Best 50 Albums Of 2016
These are the records NPR Music couldn't stop playing this year — ones that speak to a moment and a lifetime, ones that party, ones that exist in their own worlds.
The Top 100 Songs Of 2016
These are the pop anthems, rallying cries, party jams, riff rockers, perfumed piano pieces and emotional exorcisms that we loved to share this year.
Weekend LISTening: The Rolling Stones' Blues Covers, Before And After
Compare the songs on the Stones' new covers album, Blue & Lonesome, to the original recordings.