Best Albums

NOW Magazine

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Highest Rated Albums of 2017

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Genre

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- All
- Alternative R&B
- Alternative Rock
- Art Pop
- Cloud Rap
- Dance Pop
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Glitch Pop
- Heartland Rock
- Hip Hop
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- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Noise Pop
- Pop
- Pop Rap
- Pop Rock
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Synthpop
- Trap Rap

2017

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

1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

April 14, 2017

Score

100

2. Perfume Genius - No Shape

Perfume Genius - No Shape

May 5, 2017

Score

100

3. Casper Skulls - Mercy Works

Casper Skulls - Mercy Works

November 3, 2017

Score

80

4. Tough Age - Shame

Tough Age - Shame

October 20, 2017

Score

80

5. The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers

The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers

October 13, 2017

Score

80

6. The Weather Station - The Weather Station

The Weather Station - The Weather Station

October 6, 2017

Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

7. Björk - Utopia

November 24, 2017

Score

80

8. Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom

Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom

September 22, 2017

Score

80

9. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION

St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION

October 13, 2017

Score

80

10. Ibeyi - Ash

September 29, 2017

Score

80

11. Daniel Caesar - Freudian

Daniel Caesar - Freudian

August 25, 2017

Score

80

12. Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Choir of The Mind

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Choir of The Mind

September 15, 2017

Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers

September 22, 2017

Score

80

14. Kesha - Rainbow

Kesha - Rainbow

August 11, 2017

Score

80

15. Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won

Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won

June 30, 2017

Score

80

16. New Swears - And the Magic of Horses

New Swears - And the Magic of Horses

June 23, 2017

Score

80

17. Plasmalab - Love / Life

Plasmalab - Love / Life

June 6, 2017

Score

80

18. Alvvays - Antisocialites

Alvvays - Antisocialites

September 8, 2017

Score

80

19. Hooded Fang - Dynasty House

Hooded Fang - Dynasty House

May 19, 2017

Score

80

20. HAIM - Something to Tell You

HAIM - Something to Tell You

July 7, 2017

Score

80

21. Phoenix - Ti Amo

Phoenix - Ti Amo

June 9, 2017

Score

80

22. Land of Talk - Life After Youth

Land of Talk - Life After Youth

May 19, 2017

Score

80

23. TOPS - Sugar at the Gate

TOPS - Sugar at the Gate

June 2, 2017

Score

80

24. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions

The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions

April 7, 2017

Score

80

25. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

March 24, 2017

Singer-Songwriter

Score

80

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

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