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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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DIY
Dork
Drowned in Sound
Earmilk
Entertainment Weekly
Evening Standard
Exclaim!
FLOOD Magazine
GIGsoup
Gigwise
God Is in the TV
Highsnobiety
HipHopDX
Kerrang!
Loud and Quiet
Louder Than War
Metal Hammer
Metal Injection
MetalSucks
Mixmag
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
Northern Transmissions
NOW Magazine
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Prefix
Pretty Much Amazing
Q Magazine
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
RIOT
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spectrum Culture
Spill Magazine
Sputnikmusic
The 405
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The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Line of Best Fit
The Needle Drop
The Observer
The Skinny
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Telegraph
The Young Folks
Time Out London
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut
Under the Radar
Upset
XLR8R
XS Noize
XXL
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Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dream Pop
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Electropop
Folk
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Indietronica
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rock
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Rock
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
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This is an ordered list of Northern Transmissions's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Northern Transmissions's Year End List
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1
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LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
New Wave
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Casper Skulls - Mercy Works
November 3, 2017
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Tei Shi - Crawl Space
March 31, 2017
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
November 17, 2017
Soul
,
Southern Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Baths - Romaplasm
November 17, 2017
Glitch Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Baxter Dury - Prince of Tears
October 27, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Gord Downie - Introduce Yerself
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Destroyer - ken
October 20, 2017
Synthpop
,
Art Pop
,
New Wave
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Liam Gallagher - As You Were
October 6, 2017
Britpop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Weaves - Wide Open
October 6, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Susanne Sundfør - Music for People in Trouble
September 8, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Ghost of the Avalanche - Obsessive Compulsive Gender Dysphoria
August 25, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
August 25, 2017
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee
July 21, 2017
Pop Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark?
June 16, 2017
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The xx - I See You
January 13, 2017
Indietronica
,
Alt-Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Shins - Heartworms
March 10, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Soulwax - FROM DEEWEE
March 24, 2017
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Little Dragon - Season High
April 14, 2017
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Gorillaz - Humanz
April 28, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
She-Devils - She-Devils
May 19, 2017
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Thundercat - Drunk
February 24, 2017
Neo-Soul
,
Jazz-Funk
,
Psychedelic Soul
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Northern Transmissions awarded albums throughout 2017.
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