Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Lorde — Melodrama
- Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
- Priests — Nothing Feels Natural
- Perfume Genius — No Shape
- SZA — Ctrl
- The War on Drugs — A Deeper Understanding
- Charly Bliss — Guppy
- Waxahatchee — Out in the Storm
- LCD Soundsystem — american dream
- Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
- BROCKHAMPTON — SATURATION II
- Fever Ray — Plunge
- Julien Baker — Turn Out the Lights
- St. Vincent — MASSEDUCTION
- Slowdive — Slowdive
- Sorority Noise — You’re Not As _____ As You Think
- Japanese Breakfast — Soft Sounds from Another Planet
- Vince Staples — Big Fish Theory
- Moses Sumney — Aromanticism
- Julie Byrne — Not Even Happiness
- (Sandy) Alex G — Rocket
- Father John Misty — Pure Comedy
- Jay Som — Everybody Works
- Elder — Reflections of a Floating World
- Pallbearer — Heartless
- Kelela — Take Me Apart
- Allison Crutchfield — Tourist in This Town
- Björk — Utopia
- Counterparts — You’re Not You Anymore
- Converge — The Dusk In Us
- Alvvays — Antisocialites
- The National — Sleep Well Beast
- Migos — Culture
- Incendiary — Thousand Mile Stare
- Lomelda — Thx
- girlpool — Powerplant
- Paramore — After Laughter
- The Weather Station — The Weather Station
- Heaven In Her Arms — White Halo
- Feist — Pleasure
- Oddisee — The Iceberg
- Hundredth — RARE
- Zola Jesus — Okovi
- Jlin — Black Origami
- Guerilla Toss — GT Ultra
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists — The Hanged Man
- Thundercat — Drunk
- Roc Marciano — Rosebudd’s Revenge
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — The Nashville Sound
- JAY-Z — 4:44