And so we’ve come to the final list: my top ten favorite recordings of 2016.

(If you want to read the list that leads up to the Top Ten, well… here’s Part One and here’s Part Two.)

I’ve recorded short videos that feature my personal reflections on each of these albums. They’re available to the Looking Closer Specialists on our private Facebook group. If you’re interested in joining that group, read about the Specialists and how to join them.

10.

Drive By Truckers American Band

 

9.

Kate Tempest Let Them Eat Chaos

8.

Lucinda Williams Ghosts of Highway 20

7.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree

 

6.

David Bowie Blackstar

 

5.

God Don't Never Change

4.

Shearwater Jet Plane and Oxbow

3.

paul simon stranger to stranger

2.

Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool

 

1.

Beyonce Lemonade