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This is an ordered list of Alternative Press's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Alternative Press's Year End List
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Counterparts - You're Not You Anymore
September 22, 2017
Metalcore
Score
100
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'68 - Two Parts Viper
June 2, 2017
Noise Rock
Score
100
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Rancid - Trouble Maker
June 9, 2017
Punk Rock
Score
100
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4
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LANY - LANY
June 30, 2017
Synthpop
Score
100
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Here Lies Man - Here Lies Man
April 7, 2017
Afrobeat
Score
100
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Sleep On It - Overexposed
November 3, 2017
Pop Punk
Score
90
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7
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Speak The Truth… Even If Your Voice Shakes - Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You
November 10, 2017
Pop Punk
Score
90
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Story Of The Year - Wolves
December 1, 2017
Score
90
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Seaway - Vacation
September 15, 2017
Score
90
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10
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Quicksand - Interiors
November 10, 2017
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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11
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PVRIS - All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
August 25, 2017
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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12
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Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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13
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Converge - The Dusk In Us
November 3, 2017
Metalcore
Score
90
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14
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Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
July 28, 2017
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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15
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A Lot Like Birds - DIVISI
May 5, 2017
Score
90
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16
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Algiers - The Underside of Power
June 23, 2017
Post-Punk
Score
90
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17
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The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely
April 7, 2017
Pop Rock
Score
90
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18
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Motionless in White - Graveyard Shift
May 5, 2017
Metalcore
Score
90
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19
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Backwards Dancer - Backwards Dancer
March 3, 2017
Score
90
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20
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Sorority Noise - You're Not As ______ As You Think
March 17, 2017
Emo
Score
90
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21
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Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms
March 24, 2017
Pop Punk
Score
90
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22
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GWAR - The Blood of Gods
October 20, 2017
Heavy Metal
Score
80
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23
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Phinehas - Dark Flag
November 17, 2017
Score
80
Source →
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24
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The Used - The Canyon
October 27, 2017
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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25
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Movements - Feel Something
October 20, 2017
Emo
Score
80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Alternative Press awarded albums throughout 2017.
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