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This is an ordered list of The Line of Best Fit's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
The Line of Best Fit's Year End List
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1
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SZA - Ctrl
June 9, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Mammút - Kinder Versions
July 14, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Kevin Morby - City Music
June 16, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Richard Dawson - Peasant
June 2, 2017
Avant-Folk
,
Progressive Folk
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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PWR BTTM - Pageant
May 12, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Miguel - War & Leisure
December 1, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Tom Rogerson & Brian Eno - Finding Shore
December 8, 2017
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
November 17, 2017
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Bibio - PHANTOM BRICKWORKS
November 3, 2017
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Converge - The Dusk in Us
November 3, 2017
Metalcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Wild Beasts - Punk Drunk & Trembling
October 20, 2017
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
October 13, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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The Horrors - V
September 22, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Hurts - Desire
September 29, 2017
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven
September 22, 2017
Atmospheric Black Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
September 1, 2017
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
August 18, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
July 28, 2017
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Algiers - The Underside of Power
June 23, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Post-Industrial
,
Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Melvins - A Walk with Love and Death
July 7, 2017
Sludge Metal
,
Sound Collage
,
Alternative Rock
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 Line of Best Fit awarded albums throughout 2017.
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