Best Albums of 2017
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"It's good, it's really good.. it's just not as good as most things that he's done. There are some incredible tracks (Fear, Feel, Pride, DNA, Lust, XXX, Duckworth), but the difference with this album is that there are also a few ok tracks (Yah, Loyalty) and a couple bad ones (Love, God). Overall, ..." Reply
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"Pop is usually not my genre, but Lorde achieves something magical with this album!" Reply
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"IMO at least top 3 for albums this year, flows really well and I love the direction that Tyler has taken for this record. Better than DAMN" Reply
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"Slowdive is one of my personal favorite groups, and their comeback record was absolutely magical, so I came into this record with an anti-#1 bias when it came to ranking it.... ...but keeping it out of my handful of favorites for this year would be simply delusional on my part. It's really fuckin..." Reply
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"A fantastic dream pop album - up there with Souvlaki and the best of more recently popular bands like Beach House. What a come back!" Reply
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SleepDealer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Ever since I heard the Glow Pt. 2, I've always found Phil to me relatable to me. It's safe to say I'm a pretty melancholic man, myself. I don't show it to people I know in person, but I am not afraid to express it anonymously online (who wouldn't). But since I was a wee lad in high school to now,..." Reply
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Anti | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I was worried about this album. I loved everything they've done since Alligator, but the 2015 release "Sunshine on my back" was exceptionally weak and began to sound like a band getting too comfortable with their sound. Thankfully, this album is nothing like that. It's fantasitic and fresh. Sure ..." Reply
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micah88800 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"Let's be clear, I LOVE LCD. That being said... This album is lame. I struggle to remember a single groove or song, maybe Tonight? I remember the FIRST time I heard Sound of Silver, the whole album was stuck in my head on repeat. This record feels like a B-sides collection from This Is Happening. ..." Reply
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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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"This was an unexpectedly overwhelming listen, first off this is not only a proper evolution from Helplessness Blues, this goes a step further Taking ques from genres like Musique Concrete, Psychedelia, Chamber pop yatta yatta yatta It feels like looking at a Sistine chapel being painted in the sk..." Reply
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Franz-Aussie | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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Best Albums of 2017 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 5 | 0% | |
| Mach-Hommy | 5 | 0% | |
| Brockhampton | 3 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 0% | |
| Oh Sees | 2 | 0% | |
| Kristin Hayter | 2 | 0% | |
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464 | 46% | |
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187 | 19% | |
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47 | 5% | |
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43 | 4% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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Best Albums of 2017 chart changes
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