Year-End Lists

Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017

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1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Melodrama
   Lorde
3. Songs of Experience
   U2
4. Rainbow
   Ke$ha
5. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
6. American Teen
   Khalid
7. reputation
   Taylor Swift
8. Villains
   Queens of the Stone Age
9. Culture
   Migos
10. The Thrill of It All
    Sam Smith
11. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
12. 4:44
    JAY-Z
13. Dark Matter
    Randy Newman
14. Out in the Storm
    Waxahatchee
15. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
16. All American Made
    Margo Price
17. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
18. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
19. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
20. Ctrl
    SZA
21. The Nashville Sound
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
22. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
23. Black Origami
    Jlin
24. The Order of Time
    Valerie June
25. After Laughter
    Paramore
26. Lust for Life
    Lana Del Rey
27. More Life
    Drake
28. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
29. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
30. From A Room: Volume 1
    Chris Stapleton
31. Résistance
    Songhoy Blues
32. Carry Fire
    Robert Plant
33. Far from Over
    Vijay Iyer Sextet
34. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
35. Triplicate
    Bob Dylan
36. Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie
    Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
37. Who Built the Moon?
    Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
37. As You Were
    Liam Gallagher
38. Residente
    Residente
39. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
40. Painted Ruins
    Grizzly Bear
41. Southern Blood
    Gregg Allman
42. Colors
    Beck
43. Celebrate Ornette
    Ornette Coleman
44. Whiteout Conditions
    The New Pornographers
45. Modern Burdens
    Tracy Bonham
46. Soul of a Woman
    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
47. Dirty Pictures, Pt. 1
    Low Cut Connie
48. Chronology
    Chronixx
49. Concrete and Gold
    Foo Fighters
50. Forever
    Code Orange