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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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This is an ordered list of Clash's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
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1
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Martin Carr - New Shapes Of Life
October 27, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III
December 15, 2017
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
John Maus - Screen Memories
October 27, 2017
Hypnagogic Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
King Krule - The OOZ
October 13, 2017
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference
September 29, 2017
Spiritual Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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The Horrors - V
September 22, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Zola Jesus - Okovi
September 8, 2017
Art Pop
,
Darkwave
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now
September 8, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
Hard Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
August 18, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
July 14, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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JAY-Z - 4:44
June 30, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Jehst - Billy Green Is Dead
June 16, 2017
Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Algiers - The Underside of Power
June 23, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Post-Industrial
,
Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
J Hus - Common Sense
May 12, 2017
UK Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
,
Afrobeats
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog
May 5, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Soft Rock
,
Folk Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Jacques Greene - Feel Infinite
March 10, 2017
Future Garage
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
March 10, 2017
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Clap! Clap! - A Thousand Skies
February 17, 2017
UK Bass
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Talaboman - The Night Land
March 3, 2017
Deep House
,
Balearic Beat
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
All Them Witches - Sleeping Through the War
February 24, 2017
Stoner Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Throwing Snow - Embers
January 20, 2017
IDM
,
Experimental
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Bonobo - Migration
January 13, 2017
Downtempo
,
Future Garage
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The xx - I See You
January 13, 2017
Indietronica
,
Alt-Pop
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 Clash awarded albums throughout 2017.
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