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Highest Rated Albums of 2017

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This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out Pitchfork's Year End List.

1.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
92
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2.

King Krule - The OOZ
October 13, 2017
Art Rock
Score
90
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3.

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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4.

Perfume Genius - No Shape
May 5, 2017
Art Pop
Score
88
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5.

Gas - Narkopop
April 21, 2017
Ambient
Score
88
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6.

Jlin - Black Origami
May 19, 2017
Footwork
Score
88
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7.

Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Art Pop
Score
88
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8.

Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
Score
87
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9.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
November 17, 2017
Art Pop
Score
87
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10.

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
August 25, 2017
Heartland Rock
Score
87
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11.

Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
87
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12.

Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Folk
Score
87
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13.

Visible Cloaks - Reassemblage
February 17, 2017
Ambient
Score
87
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14.

Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
86
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15.

Kelela - Take Me Apart
October 6, 2017
Alternative R&B
Score
86
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16.

Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
September 22, 2017
Art Pop
Score
86
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17.

Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
Score
86
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18.

Jay Som - Everybody Works
March 10, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
86
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19.

Sampha - Process
February 3, 2017
Alternative R&B
Score
86
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20.

Lil B - Black Ken
August 17, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
85
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21.

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference
September 29, 2017
Jazz
Score
85
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22.

Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
July 21, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
85
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23.

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
September 1, 2017
Dance Punk
Score
85
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24.

Arca - Arca
April 7, 2017
Art Pop
Score
85
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25.

Thundercat - Drunk
February 24, 2017
Neo-Soul
Score
85
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2017.
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