Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017

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1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Ctrl
   SZA
3. The OOZ
   King Krule
4. Take Me Apart
   Kelela
5. Melodrama
   Lorde
6. Aromanticism
   Moses Sumney
7. Big Fish Theory
   Vince Staples
8. Flower Boy
   Tyler, The Creator
9. Plunge
   Fever Ray
10. Black Origami
    Jlin
11. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
12. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
13. 4:44
    JAY-Z
14. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
15. Process
    Sampha
16. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
17. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
18. Turn Out the Lights
    Julien Baker
19. Culture
    Migos
20. Utopia
    Björk
21. Arca
    Arca
22. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
23. Capacity
    Big Thief
24. Drunk
    Thundercat
25. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
26. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
27. HNDRXX
    Future
28. Ash
    Ibeyi
29. Run the Jewels 3
    Run the Jewels
30. Slowdive
    Slowdive
31. Harmony of Difference
    Kamasi Washington
32. Lust for Life
    Lana Del Rey
33. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
34. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
35. Playboi Carti
    Playboi Carti
36. Fin
    Syd
37. Not Even Happiness
    Julie Byrne
38. More Life
    Drake
39. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
40. I See You
    The xx
41. Okovi
    Zola Jesus
42. Infinite Worlds
    Vagabon
43. Black Ken
    Lil B
44. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
45. Powerplant
    girlpool
46. Dust
    Laurel Halo
47. SweetSexySavage
    Kehlani
48. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
49. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
50. Yaeji
    yaeji
50. EP2
    yaeji