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1.

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers
September 29, 2017
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
6 reviews
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2.

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
93
43 reviews
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3.

Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop, Art Pop, Alt-Pop, Electropop
Critic Score
91
43 reviews
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4.

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
20 reviews
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5.

Cavalera Conspiracy - Psychosis
November 17, 2017
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
87
5 reviews
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6.

Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket of Wind Resistance
November 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
6 reviews
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7.

Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop, Hip House
Critic Score
87
27 reviews
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8.

St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
Critic Score
86
47 reviews
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9.

PVRIS - All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
August 25, 2017
Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Critic Score
86
8 reviews
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10.

Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts
July 14, 2017
Psychedelic Folk, Folk
Critic Score
86
9 reviews
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11.

Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms
March 24, 2017
Critic Score
86
13 reviews
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12.

Vijay Iyer Sextet - Far From Over
August 25, 2017
Jazz, Post-Bop
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
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13.

Idles - Brutalism
March 10, 2017
Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
86
10 reviews
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14.

Alison Moyet - Other
June 16, 2017
Electropop, Art Pop
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
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15.

Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis
August 25, 2017
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
85
5 reviews
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Spotify

16.

Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock, Emo
Critic Score
85
15 reviews
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17.

LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance Punk, New Wave
Critic Score
85
47 reviews
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18.

Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
May 19, 2017
Experimental Rock, Art Rock
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
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19.

PWR BTTM - Pageant
May 12, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
85
14 reviews
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20.

The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers
October 6, 2017
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
85
9 reviews
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21.

Lankum - Between the Earth and Sky
October 27, 2017
Folk
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
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22.

Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
September 22, 2017
Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
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iTunes
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23.

Desperate Journalist - Grow Up
March 24, 2017
Post-Punk
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
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24.

Darkest Hour - Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora
March 10, 2017
Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore
Critic Score
85
9 reviews
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25.

Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
June 2, 2017
Stoner Rock, Heavy Psych
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
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