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Highest Rated Albums of 2017
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1
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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
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Music
Spotify
2
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Lucinda Williams - This Sweet Old World
September 29, 2017
Roots Rock
,
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Rez Abbasi - Unfiltered Universe
September 1, 2017
Post-Bop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Antonio Sanchez - Bad Hombre
September 29, 2017
Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
5
.
Jupiter & Okwess - Kin Sonic
July 7, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Chris Thile - Thanks for Listening
December 8, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Nick Heyward - Woodland Echoes
August 4, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
8
.
Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
,
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Matt Mitchell - A Pouting Grimace
September 29, 2017
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
10
.
Scanner - The Great Crater
September 29, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
11
.
TOKiMONSTA - Lune Rouge
October 6, 2017
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Del Sol String Quartet - Dark Queen Mantra
August 25, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
13
.
The Church - Man Woman Life Death Infinity
October 6, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Kiasmos - Blurred
October 6, 2017
Microhouse
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Nick Photinos - Petits Artéfacts
August 25, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
16
.
Iglooghost - Neō Wax Bloom
September 29, 2017
Wonky
,
IDM
,
UK Bass
,
Bubblegum Bass
,
Deconstructed Club
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Josh Ritter - Gathering
September 22, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Fred Hersch - Open Book
September 8, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
19
.
Amadou & Mariam - La Confusion
September 22, 2017
Afrobeat
,
Mande Music
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Living Colour - Shade
September 8, 2017
Hard Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Pyrrhon - What Passes For Survival
August 11, 2017
Technical Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
JAY-Z - 4:44
June 30, 2017
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Various Artists - The Photographs of Charles Duvelle
June 30, 2017
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
24
.
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Synthpop
,
Alt-Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Progressive Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings PopMatters awarded albums throughout 2017.
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