BEST OF 2016: Fact’s Top 10 Album Covers of the Year

Yes, it’s that time of year once again – best of the year list-time, that is. We’re gathering together Best of 2016 from various media outlets, our own contributors and our readers, too. (Sure, just email ’em to us…)

Here’s Fact’s list of the Top 10 Album Covers of the Year, as compiled by April Clare Welsh:

10. Parquet Courts’ Human Performance (Designer: Andrew Savage)
9. Nisennenmondai’s #N/A (Designer: Shintaro Sakamoto)
8. Powell’s Sport (Designer: Guy Featherstone)
7. Mukqs’ Walkthrough (Designer: Max Allison)
6. Equiknoxx’s Bird Sound Power (Designer: Jon Kraus)
5. Steve Hauschildt’s Strands (Designer: Leigh Silverblatt)
4. Solange’s A Seat at the Table (Photographer: Carlota Guerrero)
3. PUP’s The Dream Is Over (Designer: Chris McKenney)
2. Lil Uzi Vert’s Lil Uzi Vert vs the World (Designer: Farris)
1. Young Thug’s JEFFERY (Photographer: Garfield Larmond)

MORE BEST OF 2016 LISTS
Entertainment Weekly’s Top 15 Entertainers
Richard Brody’s Top 13 Concerts
Fred Rudofsky’s Top 27 Albums
BEST OF 2016: Ed Conway’s Top However Many Shows
American Songwriter’s Top 10 Songs
J Hunter’s Top Jazz Albums (Part Deux)
Newsweek’s Top 11 Documentary Films
Don Wilcock’s Top 10 Blues Albums
The Chicago Tribune’s Top Four Poetry Books
Pitchfork’s Top 25 Music Videos
Stanley A. Johnson’s Top 10 Favorite Musical Places
Time Magazine’s Top 10 Nonfiction Books
TV Guide’s Top Television Shows
J Hunter’s Top Jazz Albums (Part 1)
Esquire’s Top 25 Movies (So Far)