Year-End Lists

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2017

1. St. Vincent
   MASSEDUCTION
2. Kendrick Lamar
   Damn
3. SZA
   Ctrl
4. Lorde
   Melodrama
5. Perfume Genius
   No Shape
6. LCD Soundsystem
   American Dream
7. The War on Drugs
   A Deeper Understanding
8. Thundercat
   Drunk
9. Kelela
   Take Me Apart
10. Richard Dawson
    Peasant
11. Jane Weaver
    Modern Kosmology
12. Wolf Alice
    Visions of a Life
13. Tyler, The Creator
    Flower Boy
14. J Hus
    Common Sense
15. The Horrors
    V
16. Father John Misty
    Pure Comedy
17. Drake
    More Life
18. Stormzy
    Gang Signs & Prayer
19. Laura Marling
    Semper Femina
20. Sampha
    Process
21. Cigarettes After Sex
    Cigarettes After Sex
22. King Krule
    The OOZ
23. Vince Staples
    Big Fish Theory
24. Protomartyr
    Relatives in Descent
25. The National
    Sleep Well Beast
26. Paramore
    After Laughter
27. Marika Hackman
    I’m Not Your Man
28. Slowdive
    Slowdive
29. Alvvays
    Antisocialites
30. Girl Ray
    Earl Grey
31. Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Rest
32. Four Tet
    New Energy
33. Miguel
    War & Leisure
34. Juana Molina
    Halo
35. Nick Hakim
    Green Twins
36. Rhiannon Giddens
    Freedom Highway
37. Sparks
    Hippopotamus
38. Baxter Dury
    Prince of Tears
39. Cloud Nothings
    Life Without Sound
40. Moses Sumney
    Aromanticism
41. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
    Lotta Sea Lice
42. Julie Byrne
    Not Even Happiness
43. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    The Kid
44. The xx
    I See You
45. Powerdance
    The Lost Art of Getting Down
46. Les Amazones d’Afrique
    République Amazone
47. Mount Eerie
    A Crow Looked at Me
48. Vijay Iyer Sextet
    Far from Over
49. Lisa Knapp
    Till April Is Dead – A Garland of May
50. Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
    Ladilikan