Best Albums of 2017
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"This album got way overhyped/rated. Kendrick had a lot to tackle in order to even com even with his last album "To Pimp A Butterfly", and this did not cut it. In my opinion this was much less creative both musically and lyrically. Its not bad, but it doesn't deserve to be rated the #1 album of 2017." [+] Reply
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"Don't get me wrong, it's a fine album, but I can't help thinking this unanimous wave of glowing reviews is a bit of "Be Here Now" syndrome. Pure Heroine got kind of middling reviews upon release, and it ended up being this kind of zeitgeist record in the pop world. Now critics don't want to under..." [+] Reply
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"Definitely the best record he's ever done. Shaping up to be my hip-hop record of the year along with Joey Badass." Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I just don't get it. Keep on playing, but this is good boring stuff, really. old fashioned shite. listening to "thinking of a place" whilst writin' this. Bob Dylan on vocals with a quite decent band - but not much happening - swell production, but . so what am i missing out on here? Is it the lyr..." [+] Reply
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"A pleasant surprise. "Star Roving" is one of my favourite songs of the 21st century. Here's hoping that Slowdive will soon have another album in the BEA top 1000. Oh, and by the way, I respectfully disagree with those of you who claim that the last 2 tracks bring this album down. I especially lov..." [+] Reply
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"This album is extremely personal and painful. Phil Elverum describes in detail his wife succumbing to cancer, and the effect her death has on his mental state. An important theme that is expressed throughout the album is that death should not be romanticized as it often is in music and art. He in..." [+] Reply
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"Okay, gave it a couple more listens. This is as sleek and deceptive a record as one could want from The National. It's like the band listened to FKA twigs's LP1 over and over, and thought, "What if we did our version of this?" It's hard to tell if anything will stand with the rest of The National..." [+] Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"James Murphy: Well, I did it. I had a run of great dance-punk albums. Pretty much nailed it--WAIIIIIIT!!! I FORGOT TO DRENCH EVERYTHING IN REVERB!!! I mean... it's fine." Reply
- HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (6 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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"Have listened to the album end to end 4 times & can report (1) It's waaaaaaay too long clocking in at a whooping 74 minutes (2) Tracks 1,2 , 3 and ( if you make it that far) 13 are great, everything in between is a slog (3) Tracks 4-12 sound very similar & pretty much mash into what feels like on..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (7 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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"I had high expectations for this record, but boy did they blow them out of the water. It is familiar Fleet Foxes but different; a slow burner with incredible payoff" Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2017 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 5 | 1% | |
| Mach-Hommy | 5 | 1% | |
| Brockhampton | 3 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 0% | |
| Oh Sees | 2 | 0% | |
| Big Big Train | 2 | 0% | |
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464 | 46% | |
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187 | 19% | |
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46 | 5% | |
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43 | 4% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 2017 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 13 from 106th to 93rd |
Up 3 from 92nd to 89th |
Up 2 from 79th to 77th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 76th to 79th |
Down 2 from 18th to 20th |
Down 2 from 63rd to 65th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 13 from 106th to 93rd |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
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