top 40 albums of 2017
Another shitty has come and gone, so it's time to take a look back at all the music that gave us solace. Overall I felt this year was pretty weak compared to the last two, but we still got some pretty solid stuff out of it. It was also pretty great for me personally. I went to Cuba, became an uncle, finally found a paying job (albeit a pretty crappy one), and I started doing comics again. And since i didn't make a list last year (a lot was going on at the time and a best-of list implied that there was something good about it) I'm throwing in 10 albums I listened to from that year that I discovered this year,as well. So without further ado, in no particular order: |
| 1 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
Hiss Spun
Doom Metal, Sludge |
| 2 |  | Fleet Foxes
Crack-Up
Indie Folk |
| 3 |  | Kendrick Lamar
DAMN.
Hip-hop |
| 4 |  | Elder (USA-MA)
Reflections of a Floating World
Doom metal, stoner metal, prog rock |
| 5 |  | Brand New
Science Fiction
Alt-rock, post-hardcore, experimental rock |
| 6 |  | The National
Sleep Well Beast
Indie rock, post-punk |
| 7 |  | Roger Waters
Is This The Life We Really Want?
Psychedelic rock, prog rock |
| 8 |  | Zola Jesus
Okovi
Art-pop, neoclassical darkwave |
| 9 |  | The Smith Street Band
More Scared of You Than You Are of Me
Folk Punk, pop punk |
| 10 |  | Mount Eerie
A Crow Looked At Me
Indie folk, minimal, slowcore |
| 11 |  | Steven Wilson
To the Bone
Art-pop, progressive pop |
| 12 |  | Joey Badass
ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
Dope af political hip-hop |
| 13 |  | Alvvays
Antisocialites
Indie pop |
| 14 |  | Drab Majesty
The Demonstration
Old-school darkwave/goth rock |
| 15 |  | Dvne
Asheran
Stoner Metal, Post-metal, Prog Metal |
| 16 |  | Trivium
The Sin and the Sentence
Metalcore, thrash |
| 17 |  | Charly Bliss
Guppy
Indie rock, grunge revival |
| 18 |  | The War on Drugs
A Deeper Understanding
Shoegaze/dream pop, synthpop, heartland rock |
| 19 |  | Slowdive
Slowdive
Shoegaze/dream pop |
| 20 |  | Sampha
Process
Alternative R&B, electronic |
| 21 |  | Fever Ray
Plunge
Synthpop |
| 22 |  | Jen Cloher
Jen Cloher
Indie rock |
| 23 |  | Lorde
Melodrama
Pop |
| 24 |  | Spoon
Hot Thoughts
Indie rock, art rock |
| 25 |  | King Krule
The OOZ
Experimental darkwave post-punk jazz-rock? |
| 26 |  | Paramore
After Laughter
New wave, pop rock |
| 27 |  | Tyler, the Creator
Flower Boy
Hip hop, alternative r&b |
| 28 |  | King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Flying Microtonal Banana
Garage rock, prog rock, krautrock, psych |
| 29 |  | Jesca Hoop
Memories Are Now
Art pop, indie folk |
| 30 |  | LCD Soundsystem
American Dream
Dance punk, art rock |
| 31 |  | White Reaper
The World's Best American Band
Power pop, garage rock, arena rock |
| 32 |  | Everything Everything
A Fever Dream
Indie pop, synthpop, art rock
Not as good or as endlessly relistenable as the previous album, but they're still my boys. |
| 33 |  | Idles
Brutalism
Post-punk, noise rock
Noisy post-punk with a hilariously bitey sense of humor. Kinda like Future of the Left but angrier and more British. |
| 34 |  | Nadine Shah
Holiday Destination
goth-rock, indie folk, post-punk |
| 35 |  | Brockhampton
SATURATION II
Experimental rap, alternative rap |
| 36 |  | Kairon IRSE!
Ruination
Prog rock, psych, shoegaze |
| 37 |  | Protomartyr
Relatives In Descent
Post-punk |
| 38 |  | Guerilla Toss
GT Ultra
Art rock, dance rock, sonic insanity |
| 39 |  | Moses Sumney
Aromanticism
Soul, art-pop |
| 40 |  | Algiers
The Underside of Power
Post-punk, gospel, industrial rock |
| 41 |  | Injury reserve
Floss
Experimental hip-hop, Jazz-rap |
| 42 |  | Avenged Sevenfold
The Stage
Heavy metal, prog metal |
| 43 |  | Thrice
To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere
Post-hardcore |
| 44 |  | Crying
Beyond The Fleeting Gales
Pop punk, arena rock, chiptune |
| 45 |  | Sturgill Simpson
A Sailor's Guide To Earth
Alt-country, psych rock |
| 46 |  | Kevin Morby
Singing Saw
Bass-heavy indie folk |
| 47 |  | Haken
Affinity
Prog rock, synthrock |
| 48 |  | Khemmis
Hunted
Trad doom |
| 49 |  | Alcest
Kodama
Blackgaze |
| 50 |  | Childish Gambino
"Awaken, My Love!"
Psychedelic soul, funk |
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