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This is an ordered list of A.V. Club's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
A.V. Club's Year End List
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1
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Björk - Utopia
November 24, 2017
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
100
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2
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Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Iron Chic - You Can't Stay Here
October 13, 2017
Pop Punk
,
Punk Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
4
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St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
October 6, 2017
Art Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
September 22, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Worriers - Survival Pop
September 29, 2017
Pop Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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The Horrors - V
September 22, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Post-Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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The National - Sleep Well Beast
September 8, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
August 25, 2017
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
July 14, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Algiers - The Underside of Power
June 23, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Post-Industrial
,
Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Sylvan Esso - What Now
April 28, 2017
Indietronica
,
Electropop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Charly Bliss - Guppy
April 21, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Noise Pop
,
Power Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Actress - AZD
April 14, 2017
Microhouse
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Pile - A Hairshirt of Purpose
March 31, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Laura Marling - Semper Femina
March 10, 2017
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Blanck Mass - World Eater
March 3, 2017
Post-Industrial
,
Electro-Industrial
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
February 24, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volume 2
December 1, 2017
Contemporary Country
Score
91
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
,
Post-Industrial
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
October 20, 2017
Funeral Doom Metal
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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The Front Bottoms - Going Grey
October 13, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Folk Punk
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings A.V. Club awarded albums throughout 2017.
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