Year-End Lists

NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017

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1. Melodrama
   Lorde
2. Visions of a Life
   Wolf Alice
3. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Pure Comedy
   Father John Misty
5. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
6. Common Sense
   J Hus
7. Ctrl
   SZA
8. Lust for Life
   Lana Del Rey
9. Godfather
   Wiley
10. As You Were
    Liam Gallagher
11. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
12. Yesterday’s Gone
    Loyle Carner
13. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
14. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
15. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
16. The OOZ
    King Krule
17. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
18. Humanz
    Gorillaz
19. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
20. After Laughter
    Paramore
21. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
22. City Music
    Kevin Morby
23. Process
    Sampha
24. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
25. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
26. Gone Now
    Bleachers
27. Concrete and Gold
    Foo Fighters
28. Everything Is Forgotten
    Methyl Ethel
29. Everything Now
    Arcade Fire
30. Colors
    Beck
31. reputation
    Taylor Swift
32. 1992
    Princess Nokia
33. For Crying Out Loud
    Kasabian
34. Mura Masa
    Mura Masa
35. Villains
    Queens of the Stone Age
36. Eternity, In Your Arms
    Creeper
37. 4:44
    JAY-Z
38. RELAXER
    alt-J
39. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
40. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
41. Plunge
    Fever Ray
42. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
43. Ti Amo
    Phoenix
44. Love In the 4th Dimension
    The Big Moon
45. Interplanetary Class Classics
    The Moonlandingz
46. I See You
    The xx
47. Derevaun Seraun
    Kiran Leonard
48. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
49. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
50. Drunk
    Thundercat