Year-End Lists

Clash Magazine: Albums of the Year 2017

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1. Common Sense
   J Hus
2. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Process
   Sampha
4. Ctrl
   SZA
5. Aromanticism
   Moses Sumney
6. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
7. Flower Boy
   Tyler, The Creator
8. The OOZ
   King Krule
9. V
   The Horrors
10. Arca
    Arca
11. SATURATION
    BROCKHAMPTON
12. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
13. 4:44
    JAY-Z
14. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
15. Culture
    Migos
16. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
17. Harmony of Difference
    Kamasi Washington
18. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
19. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
20. Ash
    Ibeyi
21. New Energy
    Four Tet
22. Screen Memories
    John Maus
23. FUTURE
    Future
24. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
25. Distractions
    Ikonika
26. Visions of a Life
    Wolf Alice
27. SweetSexySavage
    Kehlani
28. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
29. Bicep
    Bicep
30. Stranger in the Alps
    Phoebe Bridgers
31. More Life
    Drake
32. Cigarettes After Sex
    Cigarettes After Sex
33. Death Peak
    Clark
34. Laila’s Wisdom
    Rapsody
35. 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
    Big K.R.I.T.
36. Capacity
    Big Thief
37. Reflections of a Floating World
    Elder
38. Fin
    Syd
39. Not Even Happiness
    Julie Byrne
40. Morning After
    dvsn
41. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
42. Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
    2 Chainz
43. I Decided
    Big Sean
44. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
45. City of No Reply
    Amber Coffman
46. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
47. The Assassination of Julius Caesar
    Ulver
48. Plunge
    Fever Ray
49. Embers
    Throwing Snow
50. After the Party
    The Menzingers
51. City Music
    Kevin Morby
52. Godfather
    Wiley
53. Turn Out the Lights
    Julien Baker
54. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
55. Sorry Is Gone
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
56. Field of Love
    Mozart's Sister
57. Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2
    Lil Peep
58. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
59. Modern Kosmology
    Jane Weaver
60. What If
    Hauschka
61. Fresh Air
    HOMESHAKE
62. Jardín
    Gabriel Garzón-Montano
63. World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane
    Alice Coltrane
64. Hiss Spun
    Chelsea Wolfe
65. Drunk
    Thundercat
66. Changer
    Fred Thomas
67. Outrage! Is Now
    Death from Above
68. The Black Album
    Altered Natives
69. Yesterday’s Gone
    Loyle Carner
70. Green Twins
    Nick Hakim
71. Murder Of The Universe
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
72. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
73. AZD
    Actress
74. Slowdive
    Slowdive
75. Seafoam
    Kamikaze Girls
76. New Shapes Of Life
    Martin Carr
77. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
78. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
79. The Dusk In Us
    Converge
80. Party
    Aldous Harding
81. Swear I’m Good At This
    Diet Cig
82. Heba
    Lowly
83. Luv Is Rage 2
    Lil Uzi Vert
84. I See You
    The xx
85. Without Warning
    21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin
86. Boo Boo
    Toro y Moi
87. Black Origami
    Jlin
88. Rap Album Two
    Jonwayne
89. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
90. MOVES: The Sound Of UK Afrobeats
    various artists
91. Exile In the Outer Ring
    EMA
92. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
93. Belief System
    Special Request
94. This Old Dog
    Mac DeMarco
95. Villains
    Queens of the Stone Age
96. Impermanence
    Peter Silberman
97. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
98. Sonder Son
    Brent Faiyaz
99. Who Built the Moon?
    Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
100. Nubya's 5ive
     Nubya Garcia