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This is an ordered list of The Observer's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
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Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket of Wind Resistance
November 17, 2017
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100
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
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100
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Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
April 28, 2017
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100
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Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator
March 10, 2017
Americana
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100
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BaBa ZuLa - XX
January 27, 2017
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80
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Courtney Pine - Black Notes from the Deep
October 27, 2017
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80
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Luedji Luna - Um Corpo no Mundo
October 27, 2017
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80
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Chip - League of My Own II
August 11, 2017
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80
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Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin - Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti
April 21, 2017
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80
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Nabihah Iqbal - Weighing of the Heart
December 1, 2017
Dream Pop
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80
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Tom Rogerson & Brian Eno - Finding Shore
December 8, 2017
Ambient
Score
80
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Ken Boothe - Inna de Yard
November 10, 2017
Score
80
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Billy Bragg - Bridges Not Walls
November 3, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
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80
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Chief Keef - Dedication
December 1, 2017
Trap Rap
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80
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Henry Jamison - The Wilds
October 27, 2017
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80
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N.E.R.D - No_One Ever Really Dies
December 15, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
80
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17
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Fekky - El Clasico
August 4, 2017
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80
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Miguel - War & Leisure
December 1, 2017
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80
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Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
Score
80
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20
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Willie Watson - Folksinger Vol. 2
September 15, 2017
Folk
Score
80
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21
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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - Canzoniere
October 27, 2017
Score
80
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22
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
November 17, 2017
Soul
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80
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Seamus Fogarty - The Curious Hand
October 6, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
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80
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Yung Lean - Stranger
November 10, 2017
Hip Hop
Score
80
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Björk - Utopia
November 24, 2017
Art Pop
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80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Observer awarded albums throughout 2017.
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