Year-End Lists

Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017

1. Lorde
   Melodrama
2. Kendrick Lamar
   Damn
3. Priests
   Nothing Feels Natural
4. Perfume Genius
   No Shape
5. SZA
   Ctrl
6. The War on Drugs
   A Deeper Understanding
7. Charly Bliss
   Guppy
8. Waxahatchee
   Out in the Storm
9. LCD Soundsystem
   American Dream
10. Mount Eerie
    A Crow Looked at Me
11. Brockhampton
    Saturation II
12. Fever Ray
    Plunge
13. Julien Baker
    Turn Out the Lights
14. St. Vincent
    MASSEDUCTION
15. Slowdive
    Slowdive
16. Sorority Noise
    You’re Not As _____ As You Think
17. Japanese Breakfast
    Soft Sounds from Another Planet
18. Vince Staples
    Big Fish Theory
19. Moses Sumney
    Aromanticism
20. Julie Byrne
    Not Even Happiness
21. (Sandy) Alex G
    Rocket
22. Father John Misty
    Pure Comedy
23. Jay Som
    Everybody Works
24. Elder
    Reflections of a Floating World
25. Pallbearer
    Heartless
26. Kelela
    Take Me Apart
27. Allison Crutchfield
    Tourist in This Town
28. Björk
    Utopia
29. Counterparts
    You’re Not You Anymore
30. Converge
    The Dusk In Us
31. Alvvays
    Antisocialites
32. The National
    Sleep Well Beast
33. Migos
    Culture
34. Incendiary
    Thousand Mile Stare
35. Lomelda
    Thx
36. girlpool
    Powerplant
37. Paramore
    After Laughter
38. The Weather Station
    The Weather Station
39. Heaven In Her Arms
    White Halo
40. Feist
    Pleasure
41. Oddisee
    The Iceberg
42. Hundredth
    RARE
43. Zola Jesus
    Okovi
44. Jlin
    Black Origami
45. Guerilla Toss
    GT Ultra
46. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
    The Hanged Man
47. Thundercat
    Drunk
48. Roc Marciano
    Rosebudd’s Revenge
49. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    The Nashville Sound
50. JAY-Z
    4:44