Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017
- Randy Newman — Dark Matter
- various artists — American Epic: The Best of Blues
- Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
- The New Pornographers — Whiteout Conditions
- various artists — American Epic: The Soundtrack
- Princess Nokia — 1992 Deluxe
- Brad Paisley — Love and War
- Hamell On Trial — Tackle Box
- Waxahatchee — Out in the Storm
- Dawn Oberg — Nothing Rhymes with Orange
- Sunny Sweeney — Trophy
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — The Nashville Sound
- various artists — Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa
- Chuck Berry — Chuck
- Jens Lekman — Life Will See You Now
- various artists — American Epic: The Collection
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever — Talk Tight
- various artists — Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues
- Khalid — American Teen
- Starlito & Don Trip — Step Brothers THREE
- Marcel Khalife & Mahmoud Darwish — Andalusia of Love
- Mariem Hassan — La Voz Indómita
- Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman — Triple Fat Lice
- L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae — The Night Took Us in Like Family
- Les Amazones d’Afrique — République Amazone
- The Magnetic Fields — 50 Song Memoir
- Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
- Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet — Ladilikan
- Emperor X — Oversleepers International
- Lee Ranaldo — Electric Trim
- Joey Bada$$ — 1999
- various artists — The Bob's Burgers Music Album
- JJ DOOM — Key To The Kuffs
- Homeboy Sandman — Veins
- Amber Coffman — City of No Reply
- Beth Ditto — Fake Sugar
- Pere Ubu — 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo
- The National — Sleep Well Beast
- Algiers — The Underside of Power
- Ornette Coleman — Celebrate Ornette
- Body Count — Bloodlust
- Swet Shop Boys — Cashmere
- Robt Sarazin Blake — Recitative
- Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas — The World of Captain Beefheart
- Gogol Bordello — Seekers and Finders
- JAY-Z — 4:44
- Oddisee — The Iceberg
- The Perceptionists — Resolution
- A Savage — Thawing Dawn
- Motörhead — Under Cöver
- Matt North — Above Ground Fools
- Orchestra Baobab — Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
- Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
- Becky Warren — War Surplus
- Migos — Culture
- Saint Etienne — Home Counties
- various artists — Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams
- Dylan Hicks — Ad Out
- Open Mike Eagle — Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
- Fat Tony — Macgregor Park
- Sheer Mag — Need to Feel Your Love
- Umphrey's McGee — Zonkey
- Syd — Fin
- Blondie — Pollinator
- Kano — Made in the Manor
- Alvvays — Antisocialites
- Daddy Issues — Can We Still Hang
- Vince Staples — Big Fish Theory
- Deer Tick — Deer Tick, Vol. 2
- Cloud Nothings — Life Without Sound
- various artists — Rock & Roll Music: Songs Of Chuck Berry
- Zeal & Ardor — Devil Is Fine
- Steve Earle & The Dukes — So You Wannabe an Outlaw
- various artists — NOW That's What I Call 90s Pop
- Angaleena Presley — Wrangled
- The Paranoid Style — Underworld USA
- Playboi Carti — Playboi Carti
- Swet Shop Boys — Sufi La
- Kevin Abstract — American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
- Fred Thomas — Changer
- various artists — NOW That's What I Call Tailgate Anthems
- various artists — 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's: Vol. 15
- Hard Working Americans — We're All in This Together
- Conor Oberst — Salutations
- Kasai All Stars — Around Félicité (Original Soundtrack)
- various artists — Battle Hymns
- Daddy Issues — Deep Dream
- Nnamdi Ogbonnaya — Drool
- The Goon Sax — Up to Anything
- Whitney Rose — South Texas Suite