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Highest Rated Albums of 2017

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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.
April 14, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
100
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2.

Perfume Genius - No Shape
May 5, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
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3.

Casper Skulls - Mercy Works
November 3, 2017
Noise Pop
Score
80
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4.

Tough Age - Shame
October 20, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
80
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5.

The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers
October 13, 2017
Indie Folk
Score
80
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6.

The Weather Station - The Weather Station
October 6, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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7.

Björk - Utopia
November 24, 2017
Art Pop
Score
80
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8.

Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
September 22, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
80
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9.

St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
Score
80
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10.

Ibeyi - Ash
September 29, 2017
Art Pop
Score
80
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11.

Daniel Caesar - Freudian
August 25, 2017
R&B
Score
80
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12.

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Choir of The Mind
September 15, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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13.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
September 22, 2017
Post-Rock
Score
80
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14.

Kesha - Rainbow
August 11, 2017
Pop Rock
Score
80
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15.

Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won
June 30, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
80
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16.

New Swears - And the Magic of Horses
June 23, 2017
Score
80
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17.

Plasmalab - Love / Life
June 6, 2017
Score
80
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18.

Alvvays - Antisocialites
September 8, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
80
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19.

Hooded Fang - Dynasty House
May 19, 2017
Score
80
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20.

HAIM - Something to Tell You
July 7, 2017
Pop Rock
Score
80
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21.

Phoenix - Ti Amo
June 9, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
80
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22.

Land of Talk - Life After Youth
May 19, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
80
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23.

TOPS - Sugar at the Gate
June 2, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
80
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Spotify

24.

The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
April 7, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
80
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iTunes
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Spotify

25.

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
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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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