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2017 Music

Stephen Thompson: NPR: Top 10 Albums of 2017

15 December 2017

What Now - Sylvan Esso

Stephen Thompson: Top 10 Albums of 2017, as posted by NPR

Music lists in other years: 2025 · 2011
Also from NPR in 2017: Best 50 Albums · Ann Powers · Nate Chinen · Bob Boilen · Robin Hilton · Movies · TV Shows · Books
  1. Sylvan Esso
    What Now
  2. Kendrick Lamar
    Damn
  3. Ke$ha
    Rainbow
  4. Big Thief
    Capacity
  5. SZA
    Ctrl
  6. Allison Pierce
    Year of the Rabbit
  7. Joan Shelley
    Joan Shelley
  8. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    The Nashville Sound
  9. Phoebe Bridgers
    Stranger in the Alps
  10. The National
    Sleep Well Beast

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