My top 55 albums of 2016 based entirely on the total number of documented plays in iTunes, Google Music, Spotify, the Amazon Cloud Player, and physical media. Every album on the list was purchased in some manner.

1. gojira - magma

2. david bowie - blackstar

3. rihanna - anti

4. metallica - hardwired... to self destruct

5. cult of luna and julie christmas - mariner

6. gone is gone - gone is gone

7. anthrax - for all kings

8. de la soul - and the anonymous nobody

9. truckfighters - v1

0. brain tentacles - brain tentacles

11. iggy pop - post pop depression

12. giraffe tongue orchestra - broken lines

13. mother feather - mother feather

14. port noir - any way the wind carries

15. the black queen - fever dream

16. radiohead - a moon shaped pool

17. ryley walker - golden sings that have been sung

18. the dillinger escape plan - dissacociation

19. kings of leon - walls

20. dinosaur jr - give a glimpse of what yer not

21. dunsmuir- dunsmuir

22. a tribe called quest - we got it from here... thank you 4 your ...

23. megadeth - dystopia

24. kvelertak nattesferd

25. russian circles -guidance

26. death angel - the evil divide

27. meshuggah - the violent sleep of reason

28. nothing - tired of tomorrow

29. nevermen - nevermen

30. death grips - bottomless pit

31. ghost - popestar

32. sixx a.m. - prayer for the damned

33. jimmy eat world - integrity blues

34. the cult - hidden city

35. devin townsend project - transcendence

36. the claypool lenon delirium - monolith of phobos

37. dwight yoakam - swimmin' pools movie stars

38. gygax - critical hits

39. volbeat - seal the deal and let's boogie

40. red hot chili peppers - the getaway

41. khemmis - hunted

42. graves at sea - the curse that is

43. sumac - what one becomes

44. steven wilson - 4.5

45. inter arma - the paradise gallows

46. suicidal tendencies - world gone mad

47. superjoint - caught up in the gears of application

48. red fang - only ghosts

49. testament - brotherhood of the snake

50. opeth - sorceress

51. Shooter Jennings - Countach (For Giorgio)

52. black tusk - pilars of ash

53. periphery - select difficulty

54. vektor - terminal redux

55. sting - 57th & 9th