MCCh 2017 (05) March 31
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:19 pm
The best albums of 2017 (update March 31)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Tinymixtapes; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
Vagabon: Infinite Worlds
30 - Peter Silberman: Impermanence - 74,8 (78,1 / 11)
Highlights: New York - Karuna - Ahimsa
Slowcore
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 186248.jpg[/imgsize]
29 - Tinariwen: Elwan - 74,8 (77,5 / 13)
Highlights: Nànnuflày - Assàwt - Ténéré Tàqqàl
World
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 172589.jpg[/imgsize]
28 - Spoon: Hot Thoughts - 74,8 (73,8 / 24)
Highlights: Hot Thoughts - Do I Have to Talk You Into It - I Ain’t the One
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 204891.jpg[/imgsize]
27 - Migos: Culture - 74,9 (76,2 / 17)
Highlights: Bad and Boujee - T-Shirt - Call Casting
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183857.jpg[/imgsize]
26 - Elbow: Little Fictions - 75,4 (75,8 / 20)
Highlights: Magnificent (She Says) - Gentle Storm - All Disco
Art Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183847.jpg[/imgsize]
25 - Mark Eitzel: Hey Mr Ferryman - 75,7 (79,0 / 11)
Highlights: Nothing and Everything - In My Role As Professional Singer and Ham - The Last Ten Years
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183212.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - Ryan Adams: Prisoner - 75,8 (74,1 / 26)
Highlights: Outbound Train - Prisoner - Anything I Say To You Now
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 191982.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Grandaddy: Last Place - 75,8 (75,8 / 21)
Highlights: Way We Won't - Evermore - A Lost Machine
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove ... 637713.jpg[/imgsize]
22 - Sleaford Mods: English Tapas - 75,8 (76,2 / 20)
Highlights: Just Like We Do - B.H.S. - Time Sands
Post-Punk
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 192857.jpg[/imgsize]
21 - Drake: More Life - 75,9 (77,9 / 15)
Highlights: Passionfruit - Glow - Get it Together
Hip Hop
[imgsize 220x220]http://exclaim.ca/images/drakemore.jpg[/imgsize]
20 - Pallbearer: Heartless – 75,9 (79,6 / 10)
Highlights: Lie of Survival - Dancing in Madness - I Saw the End
Doom Metal
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 187090.jpg[/imgsize]
19 - Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now - 76,1 (75,8 / 22)
Highlights: How We Met, the Long Version - What's That Perfume That You Wear? - Hotwire the Ferris Wheel
Indie Pop
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172625.jpg[/imgsize]
18 - Sorority Noise: You're Not As _____ As You Think – 76,2 (80,5 / 8)
Highlights: A Better Sun - No Halo - A Portrait Of
Emo
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 200654.jpg[/imgsize]
17 - Julie Byrne: Not Even Happiness - 76,2 (77,2 / 18)
Highlights: Natural Blue - Follow My Voice - Sleepwalker
Folk
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 183508.jpg[/imgsize]
16 - Blanck Mass: World Eater – 76,3 (76,9 / 19)
Highlights: Rhesus Negative - Please - Silent Treatment
Experimental
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 182849.jpg[/imgsize]
15 - Loyle Carner: Yesterday's Gone - 76,4 (78,4 / 15)
Highlights: The Isle of Arran - Damselfly - No CD
Hip Hop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 160369.jpg[/imgsize]
14 - Jesca Hoop: Memories Are Now - 76,7 (79,7 / 12)
Highlights: Memories Are Now - Unsaid - The Lost Sky
Indie Folk
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 184070.jpg[/imgsize]
13 - Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors - 77,3 (74,6 / 29)
Highlights: Little Bubble - Ascent Through Clouds - Up in Hudson
Art Pop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 182848.jpg[/imgsize]
12 - Wiley: Godfather - 77,6 (81,3 / 10)
Highlights: Can't Go Wrong - Laptop - Name Brand
Grime
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 173088.jpg[/imgsize]
11 - Ty Segall: Ty Segall - 77,8 (76,1 / 26)
Highlights: Take Care (To Comb Your Hair) - Orange Color Queen - Warm Hands (Freedom Returned)
Psychedelic Rock
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183119.jpg[/imgsize]
10 - Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway - 78,4 (82,1 / 10)
Highlights: The Love We Almost Had - Freedom Highway - At The Purchaser’s Option
Folk
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 195255.jpg[/imgsize]
09 - Stormzy: Gang Signs & Prayer - 79,1 (80,4 / 17)
Highlights: Big for Your Boots - Mr Skeng - First Things First
Grime
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 188814.jpg[/imgsize]
08 - Thundercat: Drunk - 79,5 (78,5 / 24)
Highlights: Show You the Way - A Fan’s Mail - Them Changes
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 195236.jpg[/imgsize]
07 - The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir - 80,0 (80,6 / 19)
Highlights: 01: Have You Seen It in the Snow? - 74: No - 02: Be True to Your Bar
Indie Pop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 174373.jpg[/imgsize]
06 - The xx: I See You – 80,0 (77,3 / 29)
Highlights: On Hold - Say Something Loving - Dangerous
Indie Pop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/24233/ ... fa992b.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - Laura Marling: Semper Femina – 80,0 (78,0 / 27)
Highlights: Nothing, Not Nearly - Soothing - Nouel
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 203348.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: The Navigator - 80,1 (82,4 / 14)
Highlights: Pa'lante - The Navigator - Rican Beach
Americana
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 199217.jpg[/imgsize]
03 - Sampha: Process - 83,2 (80,9 / 28)
Highlights: (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano - Blood on Me - Plastic 100°C
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172559.jpg[/imgsize]
02 - Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me – 85,2 (88,2 / 11)
Highlights: Real Death - Ravens - Toothbrush/Trash
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 300x300]http://exclaim.ca/images/mounteerie_2.jpg[/imgsize]
01 - Run The Jewels: Run The Jewels 3 - 89,2 (86,9 / 28)
Highlights: Thursday in the Danger Room - Call Ticketron - 2100
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 162423.jpg[/imgsize]
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Tinymixtapes; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
Vagabon: Infinite Worlds
30 - Peter Silberman: Impermanence - 74,8 (78,1 / 11)
Highlights: New York - Karuna - Ahimsa
Slowcore
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 186248.jpg[/imgsize]
29 - Tinariwen: Elwan - 74,8 (77,5 / 13)
Highlights: Nànnuflày - Assàwt - Ténéré Tàqqàl
World
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 172589.jpg[/imgsize]
28 - Spoon: Hot Thoughts - 74,8 (73,8 / 24)
Highlights: Hot Thoughts - Do I Have to Talk You Into It - I Ain’t the One
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 204891.jpg[/imgsize]
27 - Migos: Culture - 74,9 (76,2 / 17)
Highlights: Bad and Boujee - T-Shirt - Call Casting
Hip Hop
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183857.jpg[/imgsize]
26 - Elbow: Little Fictions - 75,4 (75,8 / 20)
Highlights: Magnificent (She Says) - Gentle Storm - All Disco
Art Rock
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183847.jpg[/imgsize]
25 - Mark Eitzel: Hey Mr Ferryman - 75,7 (79,0 / 11)
Highlights: Nothing and Everything - In My Role As Professional Singer and Ham - The Last Ten Years
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183212.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - Ryan Adams: Prisoner - 75,8 (74,1 / 26)
Highlights: Outbound Train - Prisoner - Anything I Say To You Now
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 191982.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Grandaddy: Last Place - 75,8 (75,8 / 21)
Highlights: Way We Won't - Evermore - A Lost Machine
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove ... 637713.jpg[/imgsize]
22 - Sleaford Mods: English Tapas - 75,8 (76,2 / 20)
Highlights: Just Like We Do - B.H.S. - Time Sands
Post-Punk
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 192857.jpg[/imgsize]
21 - Drake: More Life - 75,9 (77,9 / 15)
Highlights: Passionfruit - Glow - Get it Together
Hip Hop
[imgsize 220x220]http://exclaim.ca/images/drakemore.jpg[/imgsize]
20 - Pallbearer: Heartless – 75,9 (79,6 / 10)
Highlights: Lie of Survival - Dancing in Madness - I Saw the End
Doom Metal
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 187090.jpg[/imgsize]
19 - Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now - 76,1 (75,8 / 22)
Highlights: How We Met, the Long Version - What's That Perfume That You Wear? - Hotwire the Ferris Wheel
Indie Pop
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172625.jpg[/imgsize]
18 - Sorority Noise: You're Not As _____ As You Think – 76,2 (80,5 / 8)
Highlights: A Better Sun - No Halo - A Portrait Of
Emo
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 200654.jpg[/imgsize]
17 - Julie Byrne: Not Even Happiness - 76,2 (77,2 / 18)
Highlights: Natural Blue - Follow My Voice - Sleepwalker
Folk
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 183508.jpg[/imgsize]
16 - Blanck Mass: World Eater – 76,3 (76,9 / 19)
Highlights: Rhesus Negative - Please - Silent Treatment
Experimental
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 182849.jpg[/imgsize]
15 - Loyle Carner: Yesterday's Gone - 76,4 (78,4 / 15)
Highlights: The Isle of Arran - Damselfly - No CD
Hip Hop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 160369.jpg[/imgsize]
14 - Jesca Hoop: Memories Are Now - 76,7 (79,7 / 12)
Highlights: Memories Are Now - Unsaid - The Lost Sky
Indie Folk
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 184070.jpg[/imgsize]
13 - Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors - 77,3 (74,6 / 29)
Highlights: Little Bubble - Ascent Through Clouds - Up in Hudson
Art Pop
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 182848.jpg[/imgsize]
12 - Wiley: Godfather - 77,6 (81,3 / 10)
Highlights: Can't Go Wrong - Laptop - Name Brand
Grime
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 173088.jpg[/imgsize]
11 - Ty Segall: Ty Segall - 77,8 (76,1 / 26)
Highlights: Take Care (To Comb Your Hair) - Orange Color Queen - Warm Hands (Freedom Returned)
Psychedelic Rock
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 183119.jpg[/imgsize]
10 - Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway - 78,4 (82,1 / 10)
Highlights: The Love We Almost Had - Freedom Highway - At The Purchaser’s Option
Folk
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 195255.jpg[/imgsize]
09 - Stormzy: Gang Signs & Prayer - 79,1 (80,4 / 17)
Highlights: Big for Your Boots - Mr Skeng - First Things First
Grime
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 188814.jpg[/imgsize]
08 - Thundercat: Drunk - 79,5 (78,5 / 24)
Highlights: Show You the Way - A Fan’s Mail - Them Changes
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 195236.jpg[/imgsize]
07 - The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir - 80,0 (80,6 / 19)
Highlights: 01: Have You Seen It in the Snow? - 74: No - 02: Be True to Your Bar
Indie Pop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 174373.jpg[/imgsize]
06 - The xx: I See You – 80,0 (77,3 / 29)
Highlights: On Hold - Say Something Loving - Dangerous
Indie Pop
[imgsize 280x280]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/24233/ ... fa992b.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - Laura Marling: Semper Femina – 80,0 (78,0 / 27)
Highlights: Nothing, Not Nearly - Soothing - Nouel
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 203348.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: The Navigator - 80,1 (82,4 / 14)
Highlights: Pa'lante - The Navigator - Rican Beach
Americana
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 199217.jpg[/imgsize]
03 - Sampha: Process - 83,2 (80,9 / 28)
Highlights: (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano - Blood on Me - Plastic 100°C
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 172559.jpg[/imgsize]
02 - Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me – 85,2 (88,2 / 11)
Highlights: Real Death - Ravens - Toothbrush/Trash
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 300x300]http://exclaim.ca/images/mounteerie_2.jpg[/imgsize]
01 - Run The Jewels: Run The Jewels 3 - 89,2 (86,9 / 28)
Highlights: Thursday in the Danger Room - Call Ticketron - 2100
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_10 ... 162423.jpg[/imgsize]