AngryJohnny
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12.17.17 Angry Johnny's best 20 of 201712.07.16 AngryJohnny's Top 25 Albums of 2016

Angry Johnny's best 20 of 2017

Did this in about half an hour
20Fleet Foxes
Crack-Up

Never been their biggest fan. Liked this in patches. Too long.
19Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Luciferian Towers

They not doing 90 minute epics anymore. Can still hit the spot. Best live show I saw in 2017. Confused political philosophy.
18Father John Misty
Pure Comedy

I like Leaving LA. Fite me. Produces the best comment sections.
17Craig Finn
We All Want the Same Things

God in Chicago is incredible. Finn makes me feel things
16The xx
I See You

Consistently good, rarely great. Described this year as 'the musical equivalent of a handjob outside the trousers.' Harsh but you can understand it.
15Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex

Smooth, sexy and consistent but the patron saint of sucking cock = worst line of 2017. And this is a year featuring Ed Sheeran.
14St. Vincent
MASSEDUCTION

This is kinda all over the place but also kinda charming. More hits than misses.
13Wolf Alice
Visions of a Life

This is even more all over the place but contains more absolute bangerzzz.
12Broken Social Scene
Hug of Thunder

They really are a great tbh. Female vocals especially wonderful.
11Public Service Broadcasting
Every Valley

Pleasant surprise. A band doing something different. The best album ever made about the decline of the Welsh coal mining industry (I assume).
10Paramore
After Laughter

A fun and unexpected pop album. Good to see a strong recovery from the previous pile of steaming dung.
9Lorde
Melodrama

A fun and unexpected pop album. Slightly bolder than Paramore. Gets the higher spot (just). Dunno how anyone can not like Green Light.
8Everything Everything
A Fever Dream

Great vocals. A distinctive style. Something interesting to say. English too. Fuck me sideways.
7King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Flying Microtonal Banana

Easily their best of the year.
6Perfume Genius
No Shape

Sparse and stunning. Hadreas is on quite a run.
5Mount Eerie
A Crow Looked At Me

Dunno if I should even rank this. Listened to it twice. First time it thoroughly ruined my day. Not entertainment value. 10/10 for emotional impact. Will not revisit.
4Gang of Youths
Go Farther in Lightness

'Sounds like it was created by a sputnikmusic focus group' apparently. Can said group reconvene??
3The National
Sleep Well Beast

If The National release a bad album in future I will find a nuclear shelter immediately. 5 in a fuckin row. Untouchable. Band of the 2000's.
2The Menzingers
After the Party

Anyone writing better hooks in rock music. Anyone at all? No.
1Slowdive
Slowdive

Odds on this happening a year ago? What a comeback album. Brilliant melodies, brilliant songwriting. Long live shoegaze. AOTY.
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