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Bob Boilen's Top 10 Albums Of 2016

By Bob Boilen
Published December 8, 2016 at 9:29 AM EST
Car Seat Headrest's <em>Teens Of Denial</em> is Bob Boilen's album of the year.
Courtesy of the artist.
Car Seat Headrest's Teens Of Denial is Bob Boilen's album of the year.

I'd never imagined my list of favorite albums in the 21st century to include musicians who made records in the 1960s. Now David Bowie and Leonard Cohen are gone. That said, much of the music I loved in 2016 came from artists early in their career. I imagine someone making a list in 2066 that includes a few of these on their year-end list.

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