Best Albums of 2017

Listed below are the best albums of 2017 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
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2017 year summaryThe best artists of 2017 were Kendrick Lamar, Lorde, Brockhampton, Tyler, The Creator, The War On Drugs, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Slowdive, Mount Eerie, Phil Elverum and The National.
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"A messy call-back to her earlier days, mixing in her swampy vocal tracks with her spacious ambient soundscapes that are more subtly foreboding than they seem on the surface. Often fascinating, it ultimately falls a bit short of making a real statement, but at least plays as a far more exciting li..."  [+]  Reply
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"Absolutely adore this album. It's basically a rock album that somehow kind of sounds like an electronic album. Some amazing guitar and bass on this. My highlights are Honey (one of my favourite songs ever - love the last 2 minutes of the song), Red and Priestess. Wish more people would listen to ..."  [+]  Reply
- wizardalien | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Aimee Manns latest album, "Mental Illness" is her hitherto most subdued; almost unplugged acoustic. There is a marked change compared to its predecessor "Charmer" from 2012 and in particular in relation to the album released as "The Both" with Ted Leo, which could be labelled as power-pop ala Foo..."  [+]  Reply
- Rovers | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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