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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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Distorted Sound
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
The Arts Desk
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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Ambient
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Country
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rap
Pop Rock
Psychedelia
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
Trap
2010s
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This is an ordered list of Spectrum Culture's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Spectrum Culture's Year End List
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1
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Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now
February 17, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Pond - The Weather
May 5, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Synthpop
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Perfume Genius - No Shape
May 5, 2017
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Oddisee - The Iceberg
February 24, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Thundercat - Drunk
February 24, 2017
Neo-Soul
,
Jazz-Funk
,
Psychedelic Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Algiers - The Underside of Power
June 23, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Post-Industrial
,
Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody
January 13, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
The Dream Syndicate - How Did I Find Myself Here?
September 8, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Susanne Sundfør - Music for People in Trouble
September 8, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
July 14, 2017
Garage Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
,
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Kesha - Rainbow
August 11, 2017
Country Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Pop Soul
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Childhood - Universal High
July 21, 2017
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Richard Dawson - Peasant
June 2, 2017
Avant-Folk
,
Progressive Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
June 16, 2017
Americana
,
Alt-Country
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volume 1
May 5, 2017
Contemporary Country
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Forest Swords - Compassion
May 5, 2017
Electronic
,
Ambient Dub
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
February 21, 2017
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Gordi - Reservoir
August 25, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Neil Young - Hitchhiker
September 8, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
The Lone Bellow - Walk Into A Storm
September 15, 2017
Americana
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Circa Survive - The Amulet
September 22, 2017
Alternative Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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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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