Mid-year Top 40 albums of 2016

This is a very loose ranking of my favorite albums of what has already been a terrific year for new music. After the first 10 or 11, the rankings aren't really that thought out. There are video or audio clips where available. I was surprised how much harder it was to get things -- apparently Google doesn't allow for 100% Blogger/YouTube synergy.

1. Beyonce – Lemonade

2. Suede – Night Thoughts

3. Emma Pollock – In Search of Harperfield

4. David Bowie – Blackstar

5. The Monkees – Good Times!

6. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down – A Man Alive

7. Robbie Fulks – Upland Stories

8. Esperanza Spalding – Emily’s D+Evolution

9. Anderson .Paak – Malibu

10. Teleman – Brilliant Sanity

11. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth

12. Joey Purp – illDrops
13. Kate Jackson – British Road Movies

14. Besnard Lakes – A Coliseum Complex Museum

15. Loretta Lynn – Full Circle

16. Emitt Rhodes – Rainbow Ends

17. Field Music – Commontime 

18. case/lang/veirs – case/lang/veirs

19. Paul Simon – Stranger to Stranger

20. Brandy Clark – Big Day in a Small Town

21. Eric Bachmann – Eric Bachmann

22. Bombino – Azel

23. Michael Carpenter – The Big Radio

24. Homeboy Sandman – Kindness For Weakness
25. Bat For Lashes – The Bride

26. Mavis Staples – Livin’ on a High Note

27. Savages – Adore Life

28. The Well Wishers – Comes and Goes
29. Jean Michel Jarre – Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise

30. PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project

31. Doleful Lions – Serious Moonlight Demonstration
32. Bob Mould – Patch the Sky

33. John Cale – M-Fans

34. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake

35. ABC – Lexicon of Love II

36. Gogo Penguin – Manmade Object

37. King – We Are King

38. I Don’t Cares – Wild Stab

39. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression

40. Pet Shop Boys – Super