Year-End Lists

PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017

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1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Melodrama
   Lorde
3. Plunge
   Fever Ray
4. Okovi
   Zola Jesus
5. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
6. Process
   Sampha
7. I See You
   The xx
8. Take Me Apart
   Kelela
9. New Energy
   Four Tet
10. Black Origami
    Jlin
11. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
12. Slowdive
    Slowdive
13. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
14. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
15. Neō Wax Bloom
    Iglooghost
16. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
17. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
18. The Nashville Sound
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
19. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
20. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
21. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
22. Arca
    Arca
23. All American Made
    Margo Price
24. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
25. Brutalism
    Idles
26. World Eater
    Blanck Mass
27. The OOZ
    King Krule
28. The Order of Time
    Valerie June
29. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
30. The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
31. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
32. Face Your Fear
    Curtis Harding
33. Run the Jewels 3
    Run the Jewels
34. Freedom Highway
    Rhiannon Giddens
35. Ctrl
    SZA
36. Gargoyle
    Mark Lanegan Band
37. Drunk
    Thundercat
38. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
39. Life Will See You Now
    Jens Lekman
40. Freedom Is Free
    Chicano Batman
41. Fin
    Syd
42. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
43. Capacity
    Big Thief
44. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
45. Hang
    Foxygen
46. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
47. Villains
    Queens of the Stone Age
48. Uyai
    Ibibio Sound Machine
49. Sidelong
    Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
50. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
51. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
52. After Laughter
    Paramore
53. Lust for Life
    Lana Del Rey
54. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
55. Guppy
    Charly Bliss
56. The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
    Lee Ann Womack
57. How Did I Find Myself Here?
    The Dream Syndicate
58. Stubborn Persistent Illusions
    Do Make Say Think
59. A Fever Dream
    Everything Everything
60. Stop Mute Defeat
    White Hills