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This is an ordered list of Under the Radar's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Under the Radar'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
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
September 29, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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The National - Sleep Well Beast
September 8, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
August 18, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
April 7, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Piano Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Guiding Light - Guide the Lightning
June 30, 2017
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
7
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St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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King Krule - The OOZ
October 13, 2017
Art Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
October 13, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
October 6, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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The Horrors - V
September 22, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Post-Punk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
September 22, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Ted Leo - The Hanged Man
September 8, 2017
Power Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
New Wave
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
August 18, 2017
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Bedouine - Bedouine
June 23, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe
June 23, 2017
Psychedelic Rock
,
Garage Rock
,
Spoken Word
,
Heavy Psych
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Big Thief - Capacity
June 9, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - async
April 28, 2017
Ambient
,
Modern Classical
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Hoops - Routines
May 5, 2017
Jangle Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker - Room 29
March 17, 2017
Chamber Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular
January 27, 2017
Indie Pop
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 Under the Radar awarded albums throughout 2017.
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