Best Albums of 2017

Listed below are the best albums of 2017 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour 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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"I have so much respect for this album and this band. I'll keep it short. First Things First brings sheds light on depression and suicide. Frontman Matt Smith seems to both express his pain, and address the issue. It's not a feel good album, it's not a sad album. The songs are somehow hopeful, tho..."  [+]  Reply
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"This is their best since their debut. It's nothing overly new from them, or great either. However, it took me by surprise. Here my outlook was almost completely sour toward everything that came after that first album. I'm very glad that they managed to create something good again, it gives me hope."  Reply
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"The true problem with this album is that while listening to it, i'm thinking about how much better rhythms and melodies would fit in better, but no making it a rehash of something else already released makes more money."  Reply
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"The best pure trap record I heard till now, because while I like trap style instrumentals when used by artists like Denzel Curry, Weeknd or Kendrick, their vocal styles arent really trap. This is the best record with both trap beats and trap style rapping, and mostly because while Offset has a tr..."  [+]  Reply
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Best Albums of 2017 composition

Recognised  Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
3. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
4. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
5. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
6. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
7. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
8. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
9. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
10. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)