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Coffee Break: songs from your favorite albums since 2016 -

Coffee Break: songs from your favorite albums since 2016

by Jill Riley and Luke Taylor

April 06, 2022

A record on a turntable
A record on a turntableAline Ponce/Pixabay

Back in 2016, we asked you to send us your picks for music’s most essential albums. What resulted was a truly formidable list of 893 Essential Albums, as chosen by you.

As we all well know, a lot more music has been released since then. So this April, we're going to update and refresh the list … with your help, of course! We're now asking you to submit your picks as we build the 893 Essential Albums list, 2022 edition.

To help us get in a good frame of mind for thinking about the best albums, we're going to celebrate great albums of the past six years on the Morning Show. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from your favorite albums released since 2016?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive.

Songs played:
Brandi Carlile - Fulton County Jane Doe
Childish Gambino - Redbone
IDLES - Danny Nedelko
St. Vincent - Masseduction
Run The Jewels - JU$T feat. Pharrell Williams and Zach de la Rocha
Bille Eilish - Bad Guy
Fiona Apple - Shameika
Beyoncé - Formation (bonus track!)