Friday, December 29, 2017

Best Albums of 2017

I can't say it was the most the exciting year for music, but there were plenty of great albums released nonetheless. So, here goes:


Narkopop artwork











25. Gas

Narkopop


Hug of Thunder artwork












24. Broken Social Scene

Hug of Thunder


Capacity artwork 











23. Big Thief

Capacity



Rocket artwork 











22. (Sandy) Alex G

Rocket


Flower Boy artwork

21. Tyler, The Creator

Flower Boy


Kelly Lee Owens artwork

20. Kelly Lee Owens

Kelly Lee Owens


Aromanticism artwork

19. Moses Sumney

Aromanticism


Turn Out the Lights artwork

18. Julien Baker

Turn Out the Lights


Love What Survives artwork

17. Mount Kimbie

Love What Survives


Rest artwork

16. Charlotte Gainsbourg

Rest


I See You artwork

15. The xx

I See You


Process artwork

14. Sampha

Process


A Deeper Understanding artwork

13. The War on Drugs

A Deeper Understanding


No Shape artwork

12. Perfume Genius

No Shape


Pure Comedy artwork

11. Father John Misty

Pure Comedy


Sleep Well Beast artwork

10. The National

Sleep Well Beast

Key Track:  "The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness"

Big Fish Theory artwork

9. Vince Staples

Big Fish Theory

Key Track:  "Love Can Be"

Slowdive artwork

8. Slowdive

Slowdive

Key Track:  "Star Roving"

Plunge artwork

7. Fever Ray

Plunge

Key Track:  "Red Trails"

A Crow Looked At Me artwork

6. Mount Eerie

A Crow Looked At Me

Key Track:  "Real Death"

The OOZ artwork

5. King Krule

The OOZ

Key Track:  "The OOZ"

Crack-Up artwork

4. Fleet Foxes

Crack-Up

Key Track:  "Third Of May / Odaigahara"

Masseduction artwork

3. St. Vincent

Masseduction

Key Track:  "Los Ageless"

DAMN. artwork

2. Kendrick Lamar

DAMN.

Key Track:  "PRIDE."

American Dream artwork

1. LCD Soundsystem

American Dream

Key Track:  "Call the Police"