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Art Pop
Art Rock
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Folk
Hip Hop
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Indie Pop
Indie Rock
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Noise Rock
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
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This is an ordered list of Drowned in Sound's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Drowned in Sound's Year End List
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1
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Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
September 29, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Tunabunny - PCP Presents Alice in Wonderland Jr.
June 9, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Juana Molina - Halo
April 7, 2017
Folktronica
,
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Colin Stetson - All This I Do For Glory
April 28, 2017
Totalism
,
Post-Minimalism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Grandaddy - Last Place
March 3, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now
February 10, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Brix & The Extricated - Part 2
September 29, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
8
.
SZA - Ctrl
June 9, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
IDLES - Brutalism
March 10, 2017
Post-Hardcore
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe
September 8, 2017
Trap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
The Used - The Canyon
October 27, 2017
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Circuit des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo
October 20, 2017
Art Pop
,
Avant-Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
King Krule - The OOZ
October 13, 2017
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Weather Station - The Weather Station
October 6, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
October 6, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Deerhoof - Mountain Moves
September 8, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Tori Amos - Native Invader
September 8, 2017
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
New Wave
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
EMA - Exile In The Outer Ring
August 25, 2017
Noise Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
August 18, 2017
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
July 7, 2017
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
July 7, 2017
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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2
3
4
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Drowned in Sound awarded albums throughout 2017.
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