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This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Pitchfork's Year End List
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1
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
92
Source →
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Music
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2
.
King Krule - The OOZ
October 13, 2017
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Jlin - Black Origami
May 19, 2017
Footwork
,
IDM
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Perfume Genius - No Shape
May 5, 2017
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
GAS - Narkopop
April 21, 2017
Ambient
,
Ambient Techno
,
Minimal Techno
,
Drone
Score
88
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
November 17, 2017
Art Pop
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
,
Post-Industrial
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
August 25, 2017
Heartland Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Visible Cloaks - Reassemblage
February 17, 2017
Ambient
,
Electronic
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Kelela - Take Me Apart
October 6, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
UK Bass
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
September 22, 2017
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Ambient Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Jay Som - Everybody Works
March 10, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Sampha - Process
February 3, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference
September 29, 2017
Spiritual Jazz
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
New Wave
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Lil B - Black Ken
August 17, 2017
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
July 21, 2017
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Arca - Arca
April 7, 2017
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
February 24, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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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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