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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

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative Dance
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient Pop
  - Art Pop
  - Art Rock
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Glitch Pop
  - Hard Rock
- - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Jangle Pop
  - Lo-Fi
  - Noise Pop
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Synthpop

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

1. Perfume Genius - No Shape

May 5, 2017

Art Pop

Score

100

2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

April 14, 2017

Hip Hop

Score

100

3. Björk - Utopia

November 24, 2017

Score

4. Casper Skulls - Mercy Works

November 3, 2017

Score

5. Tough Age - Shame

October 20, 2017

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6. The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers

October 13, 2017

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7. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION

October 13, 2017

Score

8. The Weather Station - The Weather Station

October 6, 2017

Score

9. Ibeyi - Ash

September 29, 2017

Score

10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers

September 22, 2017

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11. Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom

September 22, 2017

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

September 15, 2017

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13. Alvvays - Antisocialites

September 8, 2017

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14. Daniel Caesar - Freudian

August 25, 2017

Score

15. Kesha - Rainbow

August 11, 2017

Score

16. HAIM - Something to Tell You

July 7, 2017

Score

17. Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won

June 30, 2017

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18. New Swears - And the Magic of Horses

June 23, 2017

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19. Phoenix - Ti Amo

June 9, 2017

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20. Plasmalab - Love / Life

June 6, 2017

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21. TOPS - Sugar at the Gate

June 2, 2017

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22. Land of Talk - Life After Youth

May 19, 2017

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23. Hooded Fang - Dynasty House

May 19, 2017

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24. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

April 7, 2017

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25. Timber Timbre - Sincerely, Future Pollution

April 7, 2017

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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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