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Highest Rated Albums of 2017

Year

2017
- - 2019
  - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
- - 2012
  - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - 2006
- - 2005
  - 2004
  - 2003
  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative Dance
  - Alternative R&B
  - Art Pop
  - Chamber Folk
  - Country
  - Country Pop
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Folk Rock
  - Glitch Pop
- - Hip Hop
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - New Wave
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Pop Rock
  - Pop Soul
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

This is an ordered list of Entertainment Weekly's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out Entertainment Weekly's Year End List.

1. Lorde - Melodrama

June 16, 2017

Art Pop

Score

100

2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

April 14, 2017

Hip Hop

Score

100

3. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now

February 17, 2017

Indie Pop

Score

100

4. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice

October 13, 2017

Score

5. Pink - Beautiful Trauma

October 13, 2017

Score

6. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION

October 13, 2017

Score

7. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

September 1, 2017

Score

8. Kesha - Rainbow

August 11, 2017

Score

9. HAIM - Something to Tell You

July 7, 2017

Score

10. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory

June 23, 2017

Score

11. Bleachers - Gone Now

June 2, 2017

Score

12. Depeche Mode - Spirit

March 17, 2017

Score

13. Spoon - Hot Thoughts

March 17, 2017

Score

14. Little Big Town - The Breaker

February 24, 2017

Score

15. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors

February 21, 2017

Score

16. Ryan Adams - Prisoner

February 17, 2017

Score

17. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life

January 27, 2017

Score

18. The xx - I See You

January 13, 2017

Score

19. U2 - Songs of Experience

December 1, 2017

Score

20. Björk - Utopia

November 24, 2017

Score

21. Kelly Clarkson - Meaning of Life

October 27, 2017

Score

22. Beck - Colors

October 13, 2017

Score

23. Shania Twain - Now

September 29, 2017

Score

24. Arcade Fire - Everything Now

July 28, 2017

Score

25. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

June 16, 2017

Score

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Entertainment Weekly awarded albums throughout 2017.

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