We resurrect the UTR podcast out of hibernation for one of our most anticipated episodes each year.  It's time to present the Top 11 Gourmet Albums of 2016 - as voted on by the 10-member UTR panel of critics.

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Producer Notes:

We are in a transition time at UTR, planning, prepping, and gearing up for an entire creative relaunch in Spring of 2017 -- including a new website, new branding, new content channels, and more compilation albums. But we had to break our hibernation for 2 bonus podcasts that are a couple of our most-anticipated (and most listened to) each year.  Later in January we'll be sharing some of the critics' picks for top individual songs of the last year.  But now it's time to reveal the countdown of the Top 11 Gourmet Albums of 2016 (in audio format).  This is a fun way to celebrate the last year in music, because you get to sample all of the music along the way.  We even include bite-size audio samples of our honorable mentions (something we weren't able to do when we had a more rigid radio format... the free-form podcast format is already paying off!).  Don't forget to click here to share your comments on our Top 11 list in January, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a $25 iTunes or GooglePlay gift card. Special thanks to Slugs & Bugs who is our official sponsor of this podcast episode!