The Best Albums of 2016

"Yes, one of my favorite new albums of 2016 is by a 68-year-old soul singer. Bradley spent most of his life living in the projects in Brooklyn, moonlighting as a James Brown impersonator, until finally releasing his first album in 2011. (This is his third.) He still has incredible pipes and the sort of passion that comes from decades of pent-up desire. I saw him at Bonnaroo and was basically rendered speechless. The highlight is the album's title track, a singing-his-heart-out cover of a Black Sabbath song." — Nancy Einhart, executive editor