Year-End Lists

The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Ctrl
   SZA
3. Melodrama
   Lorde
4. No Shape
   Perfume Genius
5. Process
   Sampha
6. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
7. Run the Jewels 3
   Run the Jewels
8. Big Fish Theory
   Vince Staples
9. Drunk
   Thundercat
10. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
11. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
12. Capacity
    Big Thief
13. MassEducation
    St. Vincent
14. After Laughter
    Paramore
15. Mura Masa
    Mura Masa
16. Plunge
    Fever Ray
17. Stranger in the Alps
    Phoebe Bridgers
18. Party
    Aldous Harding
19. Migration
    Bonobo
20. Bicep
    Bicep
21. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
22. Multi-Task
    Omni
23. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
24. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
25. The OOZ
    King Krule
26. What Now
    Sylvan Esso
27. Pleasure
    Feist
28. Everything Is Forgotten
    Methyl Ethel
29. The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
30. Life Will See You Now
    Jens Lekman
31. Compassion
    Forest Swords
32. Modern Kosmology
    Jane Weaver
33. Black Origami
    Jlin
34. RELAXER
    alt-J
35. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
36. I See You
    The xx
37. Life Without Sound
    Cloud Nothings
38. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
39. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
40. SATURATION II
    BROCKHAMPTON
41. World Eater
    Blanck Mass
42. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
43. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
44. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
45. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
46. Season High
    Little Dragon
47. Preservation
    Nadia Reid
48. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
49. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
50. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty