Year-End Lists

Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017

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1. Melodrama
   Lorde
2. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Nothing Feels Natural
   Priests
4. No Shape
   Perfume Genius
5. Ctrl
   SZA
6. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
7. Guppy
   Charly Bliss
8. Out in the Storm
   Waxahatchee
9. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
10. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
11. SATURATION II
    BROCKHAMPTON
12. Plunge
    Fever Ray
13. Turn Out the Lights
    Julien Baker
14. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
15. Slowdive
    Slowdive
16. You’re Not As _____ As You Think
    Sorority Noise
17. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
18. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
19. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
20. Not Even Happiness
    Julie Byrne
21. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
22. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
23. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
24. Reflections of a Floating World
    Elder
25. Heartless
    Pallbearer
26. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
27. Tourist in This Town
    Allison Crutchfield
28. Utopia
    Björk
29. You’re Not You Anymore
    Counterparts
30. The Dusk In Us
    Converge
31. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
32. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
33. Culture
    Migos
34. Thousand Mile Stare
    Incendiary
35. Thx
    Lomelda
36. Powerplant
    girlpool
37. After Laughter
    Paramore
38. The Weather Station
    The Weather Station
39. White Halo
    Heaven In Her Arms
40. Pleasure
    Feist
41. The Iceberg
    Oddisee
42. RARE
    Hundredth
43. Okovi
    Zola Jesus
44. Black Origami
    Jlin
45. GT Ultra
    Guerilla Toss
46. The Hanged Man
    Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
47. Drunk
    Thundercat
48. Rosebudd’s Revenge
    Roc Marciano
49. The Nashville Sound
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
50. 4:44
    JAY-Z