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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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Country
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This is an ordered list of The Independent's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
The Independent's Year End List
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1
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Lucinda Williams - This Sweet Old World
September 29, 2017
Roots Rock
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Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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2
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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Medicine Songs
November 10, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Destroyer - ken
October 20, 2017
Synthpop
,
Art Pop
,
New Wave
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Sparks - Hippopotamus
September 8, 2017
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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The National - Sleep Well Beast
September 8, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapés
August 18, 2017
Art Pop
,
Darkwave
,
Spoken Word
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Arcade Fire - Everything Now
July 28, 2017
Alternative Dance
,
Synthpop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts
July 14, 2017
Psychedelic Folk
,
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Bedouine - Bedouine
June 23, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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The Unthanks - Diversions, Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake
May 26, 2017
Chamber Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
11
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Juliet Fraser - Morton Feldman: Three Voices
March 24, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
12
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Joan Shelley - Joan Shelley
May 5, 2017
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Conor Oberst - Salutations
March 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Valerie June - The Order of Time
March 10, 2017
Americana
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
March 10, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Laura Marling - Semper Femina
March 10, 2017
Chamber Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Tinariwen - Elwan
February 10, 2017
Tishoumaren
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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The Tiger Lillies - Cold Night In Soho
February 10, 2017
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Peter Blegvad - Go Figure
December 19, 2017
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
20
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Lankum - Between the Earth and Sky
October 27, 2017
Celtic Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Eamon - Golden Rail Motel
September 15, 2017
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Willie Watson - Folksinger Vol. 2
September 15, 2017
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Joe Henry - Thrum
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Lilly Hiatt - Trinity Lane
August 25, 2017
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket of Wind Resistance
November 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Independent awarded albums throughout 2017.
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