Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
[see also 2018]
- Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
- Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy
- Slowdive — Slowdive
- Fatima Al Qadiri — Shaneera
- (Sandy) Alex G — Rocket
- Lorde — Melodrama
- SZA — Ctrl
- Paramore — After Laughter
- Broken Social Scene — Hug of Thunder
- Arca — Arca
- Bibio — Phantom Brickworks
- Julien Baker — Turn Out the Lights
- Jlin — Black Origami
- Spoon — Hot Thoughts
- Gas — Narkopop
- Kamasi Washington — Harmony of Difference
- Ty Segall — Ty Segall
- The National — Sleep Well Beast
- Wiki — No Mountains in Manhattan
- Ryuichi Sakamoto — async
- Alex Cameron — Forced Witness
- Andrew Bird — Echolocations: River
- Wand — Plum
- Kehlani — SweetSexySavage
- Rose Elinor Dougall — Stellular
- Bedouine — Bedouine
- Oh Sees — Orc
- Gallops — Bronze Mystic
- Shugo Tokumaru — Toss