Judge The Crap Outta The Music's Best Of 2016 Lists

The time has come to pull out your magnifying glasses and scrutinise the bejesus out of The Music team's end of year lists. It was a busy year for music and remember, for most of us, narrowing down and ordering these lists was a bit like deciding which child to deny a Christmas present. 

Now that we know which record was crowned Album Of The Year 2016, dig into the finer details from our editorial staff and other contributors to see just how we got there.

Andrew Mast (Group Managing Editor)
Bryget Chrisfield (Contributing Editor)
Brynn Davies (Editorial Assistant)
Daniel Cribb (Digital Editor, WA)
Mark Neilsen (National Print Editor)
Maxim Boon (Arts & Culture Editor)
Mitch Knox (Digital Editor, Qld)
Neil Griffiths (Digital Editor, NSW)
Uppy Chatterjee (Digital Editor, NSW)

Adam Wilding
Aneta Grulichova
Anthony Carew
Antony Attridge
Ben Doyle
Ben Nicol
Brendan Crabb
Brendan Telford
Carley Hall
Carly Packer
Charmaine de Souza
Chris Familton
Chris Maric
Christopher H James
Cyclone
David Morgan-Brown
Ed Matthews
Elliot Oakes
Evan Young
Fiona Cameron
Gareth Williams
Guido Farnell
Hannah Story
Jake Sun
James d'Apice
James Hunt
Joe Dolan
John Papadopoulos
Jonty Czuchwicki
Karen Lowe
Kate Kingsmill
Liz Giuffre
Lukas Murphy
Mac McNaughton
Mark Beresford
Mark Hebblewhite
Matt O'Neill
Melissa Borg
Michael Prebeg
Mick Radojkovic
Mikaelie A Evans
Nic Addenbrooke
Obliveus
Rod Whitfield
Roshan Clerke
Sally-Anne Hurley
Samantha Jonscher
Sara Tamim
Sarah Petchell
Sean Capel
Steve Bell
Tim Finney
Tim Kroenert
Tobias Handke
Tom Hersey
Will Oakeshott
Xavier Noonan