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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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1
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The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
August 25, 2017
Heartland Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
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2
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Wavves - You're Welcome
May 19, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
The Mountain Goats - Goths
May 19, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
August 25, 2017
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Kesha - Rainbow
August 11, 2017
Country Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Pop Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
$uicideboy$ - KILL YOURSELF Part XV: The Coast of Ashes Saga
May 26, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
10
.
$uicideboy$ - KILL YOURSELF Part XIV: The Vulture Saga
May 26, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
11
.
$uicideboy$ - KILL YOURSELF Part XIII: The Atlantis Saga
May 26, 2017
Trap
,
Cloud Rap
,
Emo Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
12
.
$uicideboy$ - KILL YOURSELF Part XII: The Dark Glacier Saga
May 26, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap
,
Cloud Rap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
13
.
$uicideboy$ - KILL YOURSELF Part XI: The Kingdom Come Saga
May 26, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Trap Metal
,
Horrorcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
14
.
Big Thief - Capacity
June 9, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
July 14, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
July 14, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
July 14, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
July 21, 2017
Alt-Pop
,
Trip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Liars - TFCF
August 25, 2017
Experimental Rock
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
July 21, 2017
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
75
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
August 18, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Katy Perry - Witness
June 9, 2017
Dance-Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
TLC - TLC
June 30, 2017
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
HAIM - Something to Tell You
July 7, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Soft Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Prefix awarded albums throughout 2017.
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