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Highest Rated Indie Pop Albums of 2017

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s

Genre

Indie Pop
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Chamber Folk
  - Dance Pop
  - Dream Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
- - Indie Rock
  - Jazz
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Punk
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - Trap Rap

2017

1. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now

Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now

February 17, 2017

Score

100

2. Shamir - Revelations

Shamir - Revelations

November 3, 2017

Score

80

3. Girl Ray - Earl Grey

Girl Ray - Earl Grey

August 4, 2017

Score

80

4. H Hawkline - I Romanticize

H Hawkline - I Romanticize

June 2, 2017

Score

80

5. Amber Coffman - City of No Reply

Amber Coffman - City of No Reply

June 2, 2017

Score

80

6. Girlpool - Powerplant

Girlpool - Powerplant

May 12, 2017

Score

80

7. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions

The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions

April 7, 2017

Score

80

8. The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir

The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir

March 10, 2017

Score

80

9. Allison Crutchfield - Tourist in This Town

Allison Crutchfield - Tourist in This Town

January 27, 2017

Score

80

10. The xx - I See You

The xx - I See You

January 13, 2017

Score

80

11. Morrissey - Low in High School

Morrissey - Low in High School

November 17, 2017

Score

60

12. Lucy Rose - Something's Changing

Lucy Rose - Something's Changing

July 7, 2017

Score

60

13. Phoenix - Ti Amo

Phoenix - Ti Amo

June 9, 2017

Score

60

14. Saint Etienne - Home Counties

Saint Etienne - Home Counties

June 2, 2017

Score

60

15. The Shins - Heartworms

The Shins - Heartworms

March 10, 2017

Score

60

16. Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - Solide Mirage

Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - Solide Mirage

March 3, 2017

Score

60

17. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Tourist

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Tourist

February 24, 2017

Score

60

18. Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular

Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular

January 27, 2017

Score

60

19. Cherry Glazerr - Apocalipstick

Cherry Glazerr - Apocalipstick

January 20, 2017

Score

60

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2017.

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