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Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers
September 29, 2017
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Critic Score
93
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
91
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Cavalera Conspiracy - Psychosis
November 17, 2017
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
6
.
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket of Wind Resistance
November 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Royal Thunder - Wick
April 7, 2017
Hard Rock
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
87
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
May 19, 2017
Experimental Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
86
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Fit For An Autopsy - The Great Collapse
March 17, 2017
Deathcore
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms
March 24, 2017
Pop Punk
,
Horror Punk
Critic Score
86
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
86
47
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts
July 14, 2017
Psychedelic Folk
,
Folk
Critic Score
86
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
IDLES - Brutalism
March 10, 2017
Post-Hardcore
,
Post-Punk
Critic Score
86
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Converge - The Dusk in Us
November 3, 2017
Metalcore
Critic Score
85
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Alison Moyet - Other
June 16, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Pallbearer - Heartless
March 24, 2017
Doom Metal
Critic Score
85
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis
August 25, 2017
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
85
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
LCD Soundsystem - american dream
September 1, 2017
Dance-Punk
,
New Wave
Critic Score
85
47
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Code Orange - Forever
January 13, 2017
Metalcore
Critic Score
85
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
85
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers
October 6, 2017
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
85
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
PWR BTTM - Pageant
May 12, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
85
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Lankum - Between the Earth and Sky
October 27, 2017
Celtic Folk
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
September 22, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
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