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This is an ordered list of The Guardian's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
The Guardian's Year End List
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Roland Kayn - A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound
October 0, 2017
Electroacoustic
Score
100
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2
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Myra Davies / Beate Bartel & Gudrun Gut - Sirens
January 27, 2017
Score
100
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Amazon
3
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Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed
December 31, 2017
Indie Pop
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Twee Pop
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Bedroom Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
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4
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Eliane Radigue - Occam Ocean 1
October 0, 2017
Drone
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Modern Classical
Score
100
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Amazon
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5
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Powerdance - The Lost Art of Getting Down
July 7, 2017
Score
100
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Amazon
6
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Anna Ternheim - All The Way To Rio
November 17, 2017
Score
100
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Amazon
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7
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Lankum - Between the Earth and Sky
October 27, 2017
Celtic Folk
Score
100
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Amazon
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8
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Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers
September 29, 2017
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
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Amazon
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9
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Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher
August 11, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
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Indie Rock
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Slacker Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
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10
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Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
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Art Punk
Score
100
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Amazon
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11
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The Horrors - V
September 22, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
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Post-Punk
Score
100
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Amazon
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12
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LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance-Punk
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New Wave
Score
100
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Amazon
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13
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Vijay Iyer Sextet - Far From Over
August 25, 2017
Jazz
,
Post-Bop
Score
100
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Amazon
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14
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Dead Cross - Dead Cross
August 4, 2017
Crossover Thrash
,
Hardcore Punk
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
July 14, 2017
Garage Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
16
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Laurel Halo - Dust
June 23, 2017
Electronic
,
Experimental
,
Art Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
17
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Pixx - The Age of Anxiety
June 2, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Lisa Knapp - Till April Is Dead - A Garland of May
April 28, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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BNQT - Volume 1
April 28, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
April 7, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Piano Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Arca - Arca
April 7, 2017
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Bob Dylan - Triplicate
March 31, 2017
Standards
,
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Spoon - Hot Thoughts
March 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band - Big Machine
February 3, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Guardian awarded albums throughout 2017.
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