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: 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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"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

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1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Doolittle by Pixies
3. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
4. Disintegration by The Cure
5. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
6. The Joshua Tree by U2
7. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
8. Thriller by Michael Jackson
9. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
10. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth