Year-End Lists

The 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017

[see also 2018]

1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
3. Plunge
   Fever Ray
4. Ctrl
   SZA
5. No Shape
   Perfume Genius
6. Capacity
   Big Thief
7. Process
   Sampha
8. Crack-Up
   Fleet Foxes
9. Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
   Ariel Pink
10. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
11. 4:44
    JAY-Z
12. Always Foreign
    The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
13. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
14. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
15. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
16. Utopia
    Björk
17. Melodrama
    Lorde
18. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
19. Fin
    Syd
20. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples