Year-End Lists

PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017

1. Kendrick Lamar
   Damn
2. Lorde
   Melodrama
3. Fever Ray
   Plunge
4. Zola Jesus
   Okovi
5. LCD Soundsystem
   American Dream
6. Sampha
   Process
7. The xx
   I See You
8. Kelela
   Take Me Apart
9. Four Tet
   New Energy
10. Jlin
    Black Origami
11. Algiers
    The Underside of Power
12. Slowdive
    Slowdive
13. St. Vincent
    MASSEDUCTION
14. The National
    Sleep Well Beast
15. Iglooghost
    Neō Wax Bloom
16. Fleet Foxes
    Crack-Up
17. Father John Misty
    Pure Comedy
18. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    The Nashville Sound
19. Perfume Genius
    No Shape
20. The War on Drugs
    A Deeper Understanding
21. Vince Staples
    Big Fish Theory
22. Arca
    Arca
23. Margo Price
    All American Made
24. Mount Eerie
    A Crow Looked at Me
25. Idles
    Brutalism
26. Blanck Mass
    World Eater
27. King Krule
    The OOZ
28. Valerie June
    The Order of Time
29. Spoon
    Hot Thoughts
30. Hurray for the Riff Raff
    The Navigator
31. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    The Kid
32. Curtis Harding
    Face Your Fear
33. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels 3
34. Rhiannon Giddens
    Freedom Highway
35. SZA
    Ctrl
36. Mark Lanegan Band
    Gargoyle
37. Thundercat
    Drunk
38. Mount Kimbie
    Love What Survives
39. Jens Lekman
    Life Will See You Now
40. Chicano Batman
    Freedom Is Free
41. Syd
    Fin
42. Open Mike Eagle
    Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
43. Big Thief
    Capacity
44. Alvvays
    Antisocialites
45. Foxygen
    Hang
46. Moses Sumney
    Aromanticism
47. Queens of the Stone Age
    Villains
48. Ibibio Sound Machine
    Uyai
49. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
    Sidelong
50. Japanese Breakfast
    Soft Sounds from Another Planet
51. (Sandy) Alex G
    Rocket
52. Paramore
    After Laughter
53. Lana Del Rey
    Lust for Life
54. Tyler, The Creator
    Flower Boy
55. Charly Bliss
    Guppy
56. Lee Ann Womack
    The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
57. The Dream Syndicate
    How Did I Find Myself Here?
58. Do Make Say Think
    Stubborn Persistent Illusions
59. Everything Everything
    A Fever Dream
60. White Hills
    Stop Mute Defeat