Year-End Lists

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2017

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1. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
2. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Ctrl
   SZA
4. Melodrama
   Lorde
5. No Shape
   Perfume Genius
6. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
7. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
8. Drunk
   Thundercat
9. Take Me Apart
   Kelela
10. Peasant
    Richard Dawson
11. Modern Kosmology
    Jane Weaver
12. Visions of a Life
    Wolf Alice
13. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
14. Common Sense
    J Hus
15. V
    The Horrors
16. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
17. More Life
    Drake
18. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
19. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
20. Process
    Sampha
21. Cigarettes After Sex
    Cigarettes After Sex
22. The OOZ
    King Krule
23. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
24. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
25. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
26. After Laughter
    Paramore
27. I’m Not Your Man
    Marika Hackman
28. Slowdive
    Slowdive
29. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
30. Earl Grey
    Girl Ray
31. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
32. New Energy
    Four Tet
33. War & Leisure
    Miguel
34. Halo
    Juana Molina
35. Green Twins
    Nick Hakim
36. Freedom Highway
    Rhiannon Giddens
37. Hippopotamus
    Sparks
38. Prince of Tears
    Baxter Dury
39. Life Without Sound
    Cloud Nothings
40. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
41. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
42. Not Even Happiness
    Julie Byrne
43. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
44. I See You
    The xx
45. The Lost Art of Getting Down
    Powerdance
46. République Amazone
    Les Amazones d’Afrique
47. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
48. Far from Over
    Vijay Iyer Sextet
49. Till April Is Dead – A Garland of May
    Lisa Knapp
50. Ladilikan
    Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet