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Highest Rated Albums of 2017

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- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s
- 1990s

Genre

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- - All
  - Alt-Country
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient
  - Americana
  - Art Pop
  - Country
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Experimental Hip Hop
  - Folk
  - Folk Rock
- - Funk
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Pop Soul
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

2017

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

1. The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

January 13, 2017

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2. Valerie June - The Order of Time

March 10, 2017

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3. Rodney Crowell - Close Ties

March 31, 2017

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4. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

April 7, 2017

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5. Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution

May 12, 2017

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6. Lorde - Melodrama

June 16, 2017

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7. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

April 14, 2017

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8. Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love

July 14, 2017

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9. Robert Plant - Carry Fire

October 13, 2017

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10. Josh Ritter - Gathering

September 22, 2017

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11. The Orwells - Terrible Human Beings

February 17, 2017

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12. Bing & Ruth - No Home of the Mind

February 17, 2017

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13. The xx - I See You

January 13, 2017

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14. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator

March 10, 2017

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15. Elbow - Little Fictions

February 3, 2017

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16. Ryan Adams - Prisoner

February 17, 2017

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17. Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway

February 24, 2017

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18. William Basinski - A Shadow in Time

January 20, 2017

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19. Tift Merritt - Stitch of the World

January 27, 2017

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20. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness

March 31, 2017

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21. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions

April 7, 2017

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22. The Mountain Goats - Goths

May 19, 2017

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23. Sylvan Esso - What Now

April 28, 2017

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24. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound

June 16, 2017

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25. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song

June 2, 2017

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Slant Magazine awarded albums throughout 2017.

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