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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
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1
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Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Converge - The Dusk in Us
November 3, 2017
Metalcore
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Always Foreign
September 29, 2017
Midwest Emo
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
September 22, 2017
Post-Rock
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
August 18, 2017
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Perfume Genius - No Shape
May 5, 2017
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
March 10, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Björk - Utopia
November 24, 2017
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Kelela - Take Me Apart
October 6, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
UK Bass
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
September 22, 2017
Gothic Rock
,
Doom Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
September 22, 2017
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Ambient Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
New Wave
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
August 25, 2017
Heartland Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
July 21, 2017
Alt-Pop
,
Trip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
JAY-Z - 4:44
June 30, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Aviator - Loneliness Leaves The Light On For Me
June 23, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Richard Dawson - Peasant
June 2, 2017
Avant-Folk
,
Progressive Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Amber Coffman - City of No Reply
June 2, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Big Thief - Capacity
June 9, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
London Grammar - Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
June 9, 2017
Art Pop
,
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Perera Elsewhere - All Of This
June 2, 2017
Trip Hop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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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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