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This is an ordered list of Loud and Quiet's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Loud and Quiet's Year End List
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1
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Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Wiki - No Mountains in Manhattan
August 25, 2017
Hip Hop
,
Abstract Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Lætitia Sadier Source Ensemble - Find Me Finding You
March 24, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
4
.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
November 17, 2017
Psychedelic Rock
,
Progressive Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
EERA - Reflection of Youth
November 3, 2017
Art Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits
November 3, 2017
Electronic
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
October 13, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Iglooghost - Neō Wax Bloom
September 29, 2017
Wonky
,
IDM
,
UK Bass
,
Bubblegum Bass
,
Deconstructed Club
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Wand - Plum
September 22, 2017
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
September 15, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Alex Cameron - Forced Witness
September 8, 2017
Synthpop
,
Soft Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Mogwai - Every Country's Sun
September 1, 2017
Post-Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
July 14, 2017
Garage Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
July 14, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
July 14, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Richard Dawson - Peasant
June 2, 2017
Avant-Folk
,
Progressive Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Big Thief - Capacity
June 9, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Joan Shelley - Joan Shelley
May 5, 2017
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
April 7, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Clark - Death Peak
April 7, 2017
IDM
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble - Finding Me Finding You
March 24, 2017
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
24
.
The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
March 10, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Sleaford Mods - English Tapas
March 3, 2017
Post-Punk
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 Loud and Quiet awarded albums throughout 2017.
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