Year-End Lists

The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017

1. Kendrick Lamar
   Damn
2. SZA
   Ctrl
3. Lorde
   Melodrama
4. Perfume Genius
   No Shape
5. Sampha
   Process
6. LCD Soundsystem
   American Dream
7. Run the Jewels
   Run the Jewels 3
8. Vince Staples
   Big Fish Theory
9. Thundercat
   Drunk
10. Protomartyr
    Relatives in Descent
11. Mount Kimbie
    Love What Survives
12. Big Thief
    Capacity
13. St. Vincent
    MassEducation
14. Paramore
    After Laughter
15. Mura Masa
    Mura Masa
16. Fever Ray
    Plunge
17. Phoebe Bridgers
    Stranger in the Alps
18. Aldous Harding
    Party
19. Bonobo
    Migration
20. Bicep
    Bicep
21. Mount Eerie
    A Crow Looked at Me
22. Omni
    Multi-Task
23. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
24. Japanese Breakfast
    Soft Sounds from Another Planet
25. King Krule
    The OOZ
26. Sylvan Esso
    What Now
27. Feist
    Pleasure
28. Methyl Ethel
    Everything Is Forgotten
29. Hurray for the Riff Raff
    The Navigator
30. Jens Lekman
    Life Will See You Now
31. Forest Swords
    Compassion
32. Jane Weaver
    Modern Kosmology
33. Jlin
    Black Origami
34. alt-J
    RELAXER
35. Stormzy
    Gang Signs & Prayer
36. The xx
    I See You
37. Cloud Nothings
    Life Without Sound
38. Open Mike Eagle
    Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
39. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
    Lotta Sea Lice
40. Brockhampton
    Saturation II
41. Blanck Mass
    World Eater
42. Priests
    Nothing Feels Natural
43. Algiers
    The Underside of Power
44. Alvvays
    Antisocialites
45. Fleet Foxes
    Crack-Up
46. Little Dragon
    Season High
47. Nadia Reid
    Preservation
48. Kelela
    Take Me Apart
49. The War on Drugs
    A Deeper Understanding
50. Father John Misty
    Pure Comedy