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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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Pop Rap
Pop Rock
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R&B
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This is an ordered list of The Needle Drop's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
The Needle Drop's Year End List
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1
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Rina Sawayama - RINA
October 27, 2017
Electropop
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
October 27, 2017
Southern Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Sun Kil Moon - Common As Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood
February 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Progressive Folk
,
Anti-Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Neil Cicierega - Mouth Moods
January 23, 2017
Mashup
,
Comedy
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
6
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Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
April 7, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Piano Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION
June 9, 2017
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Daymé Arocena - Cubafonía
March 10, 2017
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III
December 15, 2017
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe
September 8, 2017
Trap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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ROSALÍA - Los Ángeles
February 10, 2017
Flamenco nuevo
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
November 17, 2017
Soul
,
Southern Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Converge - The Dusk in Us
November 3, 2017
Metalcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Primitive Man - Caustic
October 6, 2017
Doom Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
September 29, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Kelela - Take Me Apart
October 6, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
UK Bass
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Uncommon Nasa - Written at Night
August 4, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Iglooghost - Neō Wax Bloom
September 29, 2017
Wonky
,
IDM
,
UK Bass
,
Bubblegum Bass
,
Deconstructed Club
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Young Thug & Carnage - Young Martha
September 22, 2017
Trap
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
September 22, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
21
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Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
September 15, 2017
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
September 15, 2017
Psychedelic Pop
,
Hypnagogic Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Alex Cameron - Forced Witness
September 8, 2017
Synthpop
,
Soft Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Alvvays - Antisocialites
September 8, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now
September 8, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
Hard Rock
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 Needle Drop awarded albums throughout 2017.
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