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Highest Rated Albums of 2017

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2017

This is an ordered list of Spectrum Culture's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out Spectrum Culture's Year End List.

1. The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

January 13, 2017

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2. Oddisee - The Iceberg

February 24, 2017

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3. Pond - The Weather

May 5, 2017

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4. Thundercat - Drunk

February 24, 2017

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5. Perfume Genius - No Shape

May 5, 2017

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6. Algiers - The Underside of Power

June 23, 2017

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7. Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love

July 14, 2017

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8. Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble

September 8, 2017

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9. Brand New - Science Fiction

August 17, 2017

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10. The Dream Syndicate - How Did I Find Myself Here?

September 8, 2017

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11. Fever Ray - Plunge

October 27, 2017

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12. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors

February 21, 2017

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13. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

March 24, 2017

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14. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound

June 16, 2017

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15. Slowdive - Slowdive

May 5, 2017

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16. Forest Swords - Compassion

May 5, 2017

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17. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

April 14, 2017

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18. Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volume 1

May 5, 2017

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19. Richard Dawson - Peasant

June 2, 2017

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20. Childhood - Universal High

July 21, 2017

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21. The Lone Bellow - Walk Into A Storm

September 15, 2017

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22. Kesha - Rainbow

August 11, 2017

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23. Neil Young - Hitchhiker

September 8, 2017

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24. Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference

September 29, 2017

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25. Bully - Losing

October 20, 2017

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2017.

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