Year-End Lists

Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017

[see also 2018]

1. A Crow Looked at Me
   Mount Eerie
2. Pure Comedy
   Father John Misty
3. Three Futures
   TORRES
4. Big Fish Theory
   Vince Staples
5. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
6. No Shape
   Perfume Genius
7. Melodrama
   Lorde
8. Turn Out the Lights
   Julien Baker
9. Crack-Up
   Fleet Foxes
10. Capacity
    Big Thief
11. Imitation of a Woman To Love
    Casey Dienel
12. Cry Cry Cry
    Wolf Parade
13. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
14. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
15. Hiss Spun
    Chelsea Wolfe
16. 4:44
    JAY-Z
17. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
18. I’m Not Your Man
    Marika Hackman
19. Run the Jewels 3
    Run the Jewels
20. V
    The Horrors
21. Chill, dummy
    P.O.S.
22. I See You
    The xx
23. Forced Witness
    Alex Cameron
24. Drunk
    Thundercat
25. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
26. Mountain Moves
    Deerhoof
27. The OOZ
    King Krule
28. Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood
    Sun Kil Moon
29. In Spades
    The Afghan Whigs
30. Utopia
    Björk
31. Rainbow
    Ke$ha
32. Fin
    Syd
33. The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
34. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
35. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
36. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
37. Communicating
    Hundred Waters
38. This Old Dog
    Mac DeMarco
39. Call It Love
    Briana Marela
40. Apocalipstick
    Cherry Glazerr
41. Door Girl
    Shilpa Ray
42. I Love You Like a Brother
    Alex Lahey
43. 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
    Big K.R.I.T.
44. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
45. Abysmal Thoughts
    The Drums
46. Plunge
    Fever Ray
47. Shitty Hits
    Katie Von Schleicher
48. Impermanence
    Peter Silberman
49. Villains
    Queens of the Stone Age
50. Out in the Storm
    Waxahatchee
51. Every Country’s Sun
    Mogwai
52. You’re Not As _____ As You Think
    Sorority Noise
53. Something To Tell You
    HAIM
54. The Far Field
    Future Islands
55. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
56. Wake in Fright
    Uniform
57. Moh Lhean
    WHY?
58. Bedouine
    Bedouine
59. I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
    Chastity Belt
60. Dada
    B Boys
61. Middle Kids
    Middle Kids
62. Ruinism
    Lapalux
63. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
64. Panic in Hampton Bays
    Citris
65. Crawl Space
    Tei Shi
66. Sodium
    Dasher
67. Hit the Light
    Ten Fé
68. Our Pleasure
    Single Mothers
69. Slowdive
    Slowdive
70. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
71. A Black Mile To The Surface
    Manchester Orchestra
72. Death Peak
    Clark
73. The Weather Station
    The Weather Station
74. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
75. Naughtland
    Nurses
76. Concordia
    Happy Hollows
77. ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
    Joey Bada$$
78. Painted Ruins
    Grizzly Bear
79. Mental Illness
    Aimee Mann
80. The Centre Cannot Hold
    Ben Frost
81. New Born
    Lovely Dark
82. Heartless
    Pallbearer
83. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
84. Arca
    Arca
85. Care
    David Bazan
86. Colliding By Design
    Acceptance
87. No Pop
    Odonis Odonis
88. Life Without Sound
    Cloud Nothings
89. Odd Hours
    Caddywhompus
90. Swear I’m Good At This
    Diet Cig
91. True Care
    James Vincent McMorrow
92. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
93. Everything Now
    Arcade Fire
94. BE HERE NOW
    The Mynabirds
95. Moonshine Freeze
    This Is the Kit
96. Concrete Desert
    The Bug & Earth
97. Untouchable
    The Cairo Gang
98. Untitled
    Wall
99. Graveyard of Good Times
    Brandon Can’t Dance
100. Bravado
     Kirin J Callinan