Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017

1. Randy Newman
   Dark Matter
2. various artists
   American Epic: The Best of Blues
3. Mount Eerie
   A Crow Looked at Me
4. The New Pornographers
   Whiteout Conditions
5. various artists
   American Epic: The Soundtrack
6. Princess Nokia
   1992 Deluxe
7. Brad Paisley
   Love and War
8. Hamell On Trial
   Tackle Box
9. Waxahatchee
   Out in the Storm
10. Dawn Oberg
    Nothing Rhymes with Orange
11. Sunny Sweeney
    Trophy
12. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    The Nashville Sound
13. various artists
    Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa
14. Chuck Berry
    Chuck
15. Jens Lekman
    Life Will See You Now
16. various artists
    American Epic: The Collection
17. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
    Talk Tight
18. various artists
    Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues
19. Khalid
    American Teen
20. Starlito & Don Trip
    Step Brothers THREE
21. Marcel Khalife & Mahmoud Darwish
    Andalusia of Love
22. Mariem Hassan
    La Voz Indómita
23. Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman
    Triple Fat Lice
24. L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae
    The Night Took Us in Like Family
25. Les Amazones d’Afrique
    République Amazone
26. The Magnetic Fields
    50 Song Memoir
27. Kendrick Lamar
    Damn
28. Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
    Ladilikan
29. Emperor X
    Oversleepers International
30. Lee Ranaldo
    Electric Trim
31. Joey Bada$$
    1999
32. various artists
    The Bob's Burgers Music Album
33. JJ DOOM
    Key To The Kuffs
34. Homeboy Sandman
    Veins
35. Amber Coffman
    City of No Reply
36. Beth Ditto
    Fake Sugar
37. Pere Ubu
    20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo
38. The National
    Sleep Well Beast
39. Algiers
    The Underside of Power
40. Ornette Coleman
    Celebrate Ornette
41. Body Count
    Bloodlust
42. Swet Shop Boys
    Cashmere
43. Robt Sarazin Blake
    Recitative
44. Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas
    The World of Captain Beefheart
45. Gogol Bordello
    Seekers and Finders
46. JAY-Z
    4:44
47. Oddisee
    The Iceberg
48. The Perceptionists
    Resolution
49. A Savage
    Thawing Dawn
50. Motörhead
    Under Cöver
51. Matt North
    Above Ground Fools
52. Orchestra Baobab
    Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
53. Leonard Cohen
    You Want It Darker
54. Becky Warren
    War Surplus
55. Migos
    Culture
56. Saint Etienne
    Home Counties
57. various artists
    Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams
58. Dylan Hicks
    Ad Out
59. Open Mike Eagle
    Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
60. Fat Tony
    Macgregor Park
61. Sheer Mag
    Need to Feel Your Love
62. Umphrey's McGee
    Zonkey
63. Syd
    Fin
64. Blondie
    Pollinator
65. Kano
    Made in the Manor
66. Alvvays
    Antisocialites
67. Daddy Issues
    Can We Still Hang
68. Vince Staples
    Big Fish Theory
69. Deer Tick
    Deer Tick, Vol. 2
70. Cloud Nothings
    Life Without Sound
71. various artists
    Rock & Roll Music: Songs Of Chuck Berry
72. Zeal & Ardor
    Devil Is Fine
73. Steve Earle & The Dukes
    So You Wannabe an Outlaw
74. various artists
    NOW That's What I Call 90s Pop
75. Angaleena Presley
    Wrangled
76. The Paranoid Style
    Underworld USA
77. Playboi Carti
    Playboi Carti
78. Swet Shop Boys
    Sufi La
79. Kevin Abstract
    American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
80. Fred Thomas
    Changer
81. various artists
    NOW That's What I Call Tailgate Anthems
82. various artists
    24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's: Vol. 15
83. Hard Working Americans
    We're All in This Together
84. Conor Oberst
    Salutations
85. Kasai All Stars
    Around Félicité (Original Soundtrack)
86. various artists
    Battle Hymns
87. Daddy Issues
    Deep Dream
88. Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
    Drool
89. The Goon Sax
    Up to Anything
90. Whitney Rose
    South Texas Suite