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1
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Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy
May 5, 2017
Grindcore
,
Powerviolence
Score
100
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2
.
Colin Stetson - All This I Do For Glory
April 28, 2017
Totalism
,
Post-Minimalism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
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3
.
Bruce Cockburn - Bone on Bone
September 15, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers
October 6, 2017
Melodic Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Midnight - Sweet Death and Ecstasy
December 15, 2017
Heavy Metal
,
Speed Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Björk - Utopia
November 24, 2017
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Casper Skulls - Mercy Works
November 3, 2017
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Cavalera Conspiracy - Psychosis
November 17, 2017
Thrash Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
9
.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
November 17, 2017
Soul
,
Southern Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Godflesh - Post Self
November 17, 2017
Industrial Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Tetragrammacide - Primal Incinerators of Moral Matrix
October 7, 2017
War Metal
,
Raw Black Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
12
.
John Maus - Screen Memories
October 27, 2017
Hypnagogic Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Deep Dark Woods - Yarrow
October 27, 2017
Alt-Country
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - The Emancipation Procrastination
October 20, 2017
Nu Jazz
,
Jazz Fusion
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Margo Price - All American Made
October 20, 2017
Contemporary Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Esmerine - Mechanics of Dominion
October 20, 2017
Post-Rock
,
Chamber Music
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
No Warning - Torture Culture
October 13, 2017
Hardcore Punk
,
Crossover Thrash
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors of Unbeing
October 13, 2017
Death Doom Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers
October 13, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Stars - There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light
October 13, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Four Tet - New Energy
September 29, 2017
Microhouse
,
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Weather Station - The Weather Station
October 6, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Weaves - Wide Open
October 6, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Kelela - Take Me Apart
October 6, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
UK Bass
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 Exclaim! awarded albums throughout 2017.
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