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Highest Rated Albums of 2017

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This is an ordered list of The 405's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out The 405's Year End List.

1. Brand New - Science Fiction

Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
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2. The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir

The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
March 10, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
95
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3. Perfume Genius - No Shape

Perfume Genius - No Shape
May 5, 2017
Art Pop
Score
95
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4. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
95
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5. Everything Everything - A Fever Dream

Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
August 18, 2017
Art Pop
Score
95
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6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
September 22, 2017
Post-Rock
Score
95
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7. The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Always Foreign

The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Always Foreign
September 29, 2017
Emo
Score
95
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8. Converge - The Dusk In Us

Converge - The Dusk In Us
November 3, 2017
Metalcore
Score
95
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9. Sampha - Process

Sampha - Process
February 3, 2017
Alternative R&B
Score
90
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10. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
January 27, 2017
Folk
Score
90
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11. Laura Marling - Semper Femina

Laura Marling - Semper Femina
March 10, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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12. Pallbearer - Heartless

Pallbearer - Heartless
March 24, 2017
Doom Metal
Score
90
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13. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
February 21, 2017
Art Pop
Score
90
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14. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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15. Sorority Noise - You're Not As ______ As You Think

Sorority Noise - You're Not As ______ As You Think
March 17, 2017
Emo
Score
90
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16. Marika Hackman - I'm Not Your Man

Marika Hackman - I'm Not Your Man
June 2, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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17. Lorde - Melodrama

Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Art Pop
Score
90
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18. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Folk
Score
90
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19. Western Daughter - Driftwood Songs

Western Daughter - Driftwood Songs
March 24, 2017
Score
90
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20. Amber Coffman - City of No Reply

Amber Coffman - City of No Reply
June 2, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
90
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21. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life

Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
July 21, 2017
Dream Pop
Score
90
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22. London Grammar - Truth Is a Beautiful Thing

London Grammar - Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
June 9, 2017
Art Pop
Score
90
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23. Big Thief - Capacity

Big Thief - Capacity
June 9, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
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24. Richard Dawson - Peasant

Richard Dawson - Peasant
June 2, 2017
Avant-Folk
Score
90
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25. Perera Elsewhere - All Of This

Perera Elsewhere - All Of This
June 2, 2017
Trip Hop
Score
90
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The 405 awarded albums throughout 2017.
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