Issue twelve of our Deluxe magazine covers our favourite 100 albums released in 2016. Alongside the big list, some compilations, some reissues and a few other things we snuck in, there are also two interviews we're very proud of. We spoke to Tim Smith - formerly of Midlake - and Alasdair Roberts interviewed Shirley Collins about her splendid new album, two music makers we have been wild about for years.

** Spoiler; If you do not want to read the issue in full, the top 100 albums are listed below...




You can browse and shop the top 100 albums here; www.driftrecords.com/ROTY2016




okay then...

1. Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits
2. BADBADNOTGOOD - IV
3. David Bowie - ★ (Blackstar)
4. Avalanches - Wildflower
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
6. Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
7. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
8. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
9. Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion
10. Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
11. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered
12. Kaytranada - 99.90%
13. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
14. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
15. Cavern Of Anti-Matter - void beats/invocation trex
16. Preoccupations - Preoccupations
17. Wilco - Schmilco
18. Factory Floor - 25 25
19. Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
20. Ultimate Painting - Dusk
21. Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best
22. LNZNDRF - LNZNDRF
23. Yorkston / Thorne / Khan - Everything Sacred
24. Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams
25. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
26. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
27. Woods - City Sun Eater in the River of Light
28. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve - The Soft Bounce
29. Kneebody & Daedelus - Kneedelus
30. Skepta - Konnichiwa
31. Death in Vegas - Transmission
32. Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
33. Szun Waves - At Sacred Walls
34. Mitski - Puberty 2
35. DIIV - Is The Is Are
36. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
37. Black Mountain - IV
38. M Craft - Bloodmoon
39. White Denim - Stiff
40. Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun
41. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
42. Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
43. Anohni - Hopelessness
44. D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated
45. Swans - The Glowing Man
46. William Tyler - Modern Country
47. Quilt - Plaza
48. The Parrots - Los Niños Sin Miedo
49. nonkeen - The Gamble
50. Holy Fuck - Congrats
51. Goat - Requiem
52. C Duncan - The Midnight Sun
53. Warpaint - Heads Up
54. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
55. GØGGS - GØGGS
56. Steve Gunn - Eyes on the lines
57. Jherek Bischoff - Cistern
58. Hieroglyphic Being - The Disco's Of Imhotep
59. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
60. Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
61. Be - One
62. Brian Eno - The Ship
63. Boys Forever - Boys Forever
64. Anna Meredith - Varmints
65. Pill - Convenience
66. Hinds - Leave Me Alone
67. Chris Cohen - As If Apart
68. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
69. School of Seven Bells - SVIIB
70. Ash Koosha - I AKA I
71. Meilyr Jones - 2013
72. Howes - 3.5 Degrees
73. The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits
74. Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
75. Allah-Las - Calico Review
76. Julia Jacklin - Don’t Let The Kids Win
77. King Creosote - Astronaut Meets Appleman
78. Karl Blau - Introducing Karl Blau
79. The Lucid Dream - Compulsion Songs
80. The Early Years - II
81. Savages - Adore Life
82. Not Waving - Animals
83. Merchandise - A Corpse Wired For Sound
84. The Mystery Lights - The Mystery Lights
85. DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall
86. Grumbling Fur - Furfour
87. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - The Rarity of Experience Pts. I & II
88. Luke Roberts - Sunlit Cross
89. Ben Lukas Boysen - Spells
90. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
91. Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
92. Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow
93. Throws - Throws
94. exmagician - Scan The Blue
95. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
96. The Range - Potential
97. Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
98. Douglas Dare - Aforger
99. King Gizzard And the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
100. LUH - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing