| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | BON IVER | 22, A Million | Jagjaguwar | |
| 2 | LVL UP | Return To Love | SUB POP | |
| 3 | CONOR OBERST | Ruminations | Nonesuch | |
| 4 | PIXIES | Head Carrier | Pias | |
| 5 | WILCO | Schmilco | Anti | |
| 6 | ANGEL OLSEN | MY WOMAN | Jagjaguwar | |
| 7 | DEAP VALLY | Femijism | Nevado | |
| 8 | PREOCCUPATIONS | Preoccupations | Jagjaguwar | |
| 9 | SURVIVE | RR7349 | Relapse | |
| 10 | MNDSGN | Body Wash | Stones Throw | |
| 11 | SLOTHRUST | Everyone Else | Dangerbird | |
| 12 | CRYING | Beyond The Fleeting Gales | Run For Cover | |
| 13 | PORT JUVEE | Crimewave | Self-Released | |
| 14 | KADHJA BONET | The Visitor | Fat Possum | |
| 15 | NATURAL CHILD | Okey Dokey | Natural Child Records & Tapes | |
| 16 | PHANTOGRAM | Three | Republic | |
| 17 | LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS | Special Night | Big Crown | |
| 18 | OKKERVIL RIVER | Away | ATO | |
| 19 | HAMISH ANDERSON | Trouble | Self-Released | |
| 20 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Get Down OST | RCA | |
| 21 | FLOCK OF DIMES | If You See Me, Say Yes | Partisan | |
| 22 | BLIND SHAKE | Celebrate Your Worth | Goner | |
| 23 | WEYES BLOOD | Front Row Seat To Earth | Mexican Summer | |
| 24 | JENNY HVAL | Blood Bitch | Sacred Bones | |
| 25 | DANNY BROWN | Atrocity Exhibition | Warp | |
| 26 | WAREHOUSE | Super Low | Bayonet | |
| 27 | WYTCHES | All Your Happy Life | Heavenly-Pias | |
| 28 | EX-CULT | Negative Growth | In The Red | |
| 29 | DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS | American Band | ATO | |
| 30 | NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS | Skeleton Tree | Kobalt |
CMJ Charts Nov. 1, 2016
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