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www.theguardian.com/music

Highest Rated Albums of 2017

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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.

1.

Eliane Radigue - Occam Ocean 1
Drone
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed
December 31, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Powerdance - The Lost Art of Getting Down
July 7, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

4.

Anna Ternheim - All The Way To Rio
November 17, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Lankum - Between the Earth and Sky
October 27, 2017
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers
September 29, 2017
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Vijay Iyer Sextet - Far From Over
August 25, 2017
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

9.

The Horrors - V
September 22, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher
August 11, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
July 14, 2017
Power Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Dead Cross - Dead Cross
August 4, 2017
Hardcore Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Lisa Knapp - Till April Is Dead - A Garland of May
April 28, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Laurel Halo - Dust
June 23, 2017
Ambient Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Pixx - The Age of Anxiety
June 2, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band - Big Machine
February 3, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Arca - Arca
April 7, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Bob Dylan - Triplicate
March 31, 2017
Standards
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

BNQT - Volume 1
April 28, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
April 7, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Spoon - Hot Thoughts
March 17, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now
February 17, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds - Songs My Ruiner Gave To Me
November 3, 2017
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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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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