1. Beyoncé – Lemonade *****
2. Avishai Cohen – Into The Silence *****
3. Alicia Keys – Here ****1/2
4. Laura Gibson – Empire Builder ****1/2
5. Courtney Marie Andrews – Honest Life ****
6. Wilco – Schmilco ****
7. Watsky – xInfinity ****
8. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound ****
9. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered ****
10. Bent Knee – Say So ****
11. David Bowie – Blackstar ****
12. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool ****
13. John Southworth – Small Town Water Tower ****
14. K T Tunstall – Kin ****
15. P.J.Harvey – Hope Six Demolition Project ****
16. Nick Waterhouse – Never Twice ****
17. Shura – Nothing’s Real ****
18. Warpaint – Heads Up ***1/2
19. Wayne Graham – Mexico ***1/2
20. The Junipers – Red Bouquet Fair ***1/2
21. Mavis Staples – Livin‘ on a High Note ***1/2
22. The Grand Magoozi – The Grand Magoozi ***1/2
23. Savages – Adore Life ***1/2
24. Steve Gunn – Eyes on the lines ***1/2
25. Tedeschi Trucks Band – Let Me Get By ***
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