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2017 Music

Flood: Best Albums of 2017

30 December 2017

Capacity - Big Thief

Flood Magazine: Best Albums of 2017

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

  1. Capacity
    Big Thief
  2. Forced Witness
    Alex Cameron
  3. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
  4. TFCF
    Liars
  5. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
  6. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
  7. If All I Was Was Black
    Mavis Staples
  8. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
  9. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
  10. Introducing the Crimsmen
    The Peacers
  11. City Music
    Kevin Morby
  12. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
  13. Ty Segall
    Ty Segall
  14. Dark Matter
    Randy Newman
  15. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
  16. Bad Posture
    John Andrews
  17. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
  18. We All Want the Same Things
    Craig Finn
  19. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
  20. Music for the Age of Miracles
    The Clientele
  21. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
  22. War & Leisure
    Miguel
  23. Orc
    Oh Sees
  24. Slowdive
    Slowdive
  25. The Courtneys II
    The Courtneys

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