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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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God Is in the TV
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musicOMH
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RIOT
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Spectrum Culture
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The Line of Best Fit
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The Skinny
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Time Out London
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Uncut
Under the Radar
Upset
XLR8R
XS Noize
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Noise Rock
Pop
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R&B
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This is an ordered list of No Ripcord's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
No Ripcord's Year End List
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1
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Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
September 29, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Hey Colossus - The Guillotine
June 2, 2017
Alternative Rock
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Pumarosa - The Witch
May 19, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
(Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
May 19, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
March 10, 2017
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
February 24, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Nabihah Iqbal - Weighing of the Heart
December 1, 2017
Dream Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Godflesh - Post Self
November 17, 2017
Industrial Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Bibio - PHANTOM BRICKWORKS
November 3, 2017
Ambient
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
,
Post-Industrial
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Colleen - A flame my love, a frequency
October 20, 2017
Ambient Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Circuit des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo
October 20, 2017
Art Pop
,
Avant-Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Bully - Losing
October 20, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Gun Outfit - Out of Range
November 10, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Alt-Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
September 1, 2017
Post-Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives
September 8, 2017
Future Garage
,
Art Pop
,
Indietronica
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother
October 6, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
William Patrick Corgan - Ogilala
October 13, 2017
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Tera Melos - Trash Generator
August 25, 2017
Math Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
August 25, 2017
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Clientele - Music for the Age of Miracles
September 22, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings No Ripcord awarded albums throughout 2017.
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