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Hip Hop
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R&B
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This is an ordered list of FLOOD Magazine's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
FLOOD Magazine's Year End List
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Alex Cameron - Forced Witness
September 8, 2017
Synthpop
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Soft Rock
Score
90
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2
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Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
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West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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3
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Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black
November 17, 2017
Soul
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Southern Soul
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Deep Soul
Score
90
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4
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Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
November 17, 2017
Art Pop
Score
90
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5
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SZA - Ctrl
June 9, 2017
Alternative R&B
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Neo-Soul
Score
80
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6
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Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White - Gentlewoman, Ruby Man
January 13, 2017
Art Pop
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Psychedelic Soul
Score
80
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7
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Foxygen - Hang
January 20, 2017
Progressive Pop
,
Baroque Pop
Score
80
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8
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Ty Segall - Ty Segall
January 27, 2017
Garage Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
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9
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Sampha - Process
February 3, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
Score
80
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10
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Mind Over Mirrors - Undying Color
February 17, 2017
Electronic
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
80
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11
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Syd - Fin
February 3, 2017
Alternative R&B
Score
80
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12
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Max Richter - Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works
January 27, 2017
Modern Classical
Score
80
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13
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Ryan Adams - Prisoner
February 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Heartland Rock
Score
80
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14
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Spoon - Hot Thoughts
March 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
15
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Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free
March 3, 2017
Pop Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
16
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Jessi Colter - The Psalms
March 24, 2017
Score
80
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17
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Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
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18
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Charly Bliss - Guppy
April 21, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Noise Pop
,
Power Pop
Score
80
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19
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Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child
April 28, 2017
Country
Score
80
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20
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(Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
May 19, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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21
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Big Thief - Capacity
June 9, 2017
Indie Rock
Score
80
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22
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Perfume Genius - No Shape
May 5, 2017
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
80
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Spotify
23
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B Boys - Dada
June 16, 2017
Post-Punk
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
24
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Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
25
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The Peacers - Introducing The Crimsmen
June 16, 2017
Score
80
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings FLOOD Magazine awarded albums throughout 2017.
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