Top Albums of 2017
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
Trettmann #DIY Cloud Rap, Dancehall
24
1917
 Jay-Z 4:44 Hip Hop
Maria Arnal & Marcel Bages 45 cerebros y 1 corazon Avant-Folk
Big K.R.I.T. 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time Southern Hip Hop
The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir Indie Pop
Manchester Orchestra A Black Mile to the Surface Indie Rock
4
528
 Mount Eerie A Crow Looked at Me Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
6
833
 The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding Heartland Rock, Indie Rock
Everything Everything A Fever Dream Art Pop, Progressive Pop
Colleen A Flame My Love, a Frequency Ambient Pop
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band Adíos Señor Pussycat Singer/Songwriter
34
2885
 Paramore After Laughter Alternative Dance, New Wave, Pop Rock
Los Espíritus Agua ardiente Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Margo Price All American Made Contemporary Country
Joey Bada$$ All Amerikkkan Bada$$ Conscious Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop
8
911
 LCD Soundsystem American Dream Dance-Punk, New Wave
Khalid American Teen Alternative R&B
30
2445
 Alvvays Antisocialites Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
5
767
 Arca Arca Art Pop, Glitch Pop
29
2410
 Moses Sumney Aromanticism Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Call Super Arpo IDM
Liam Gallagher As You Were Britpop
Ibeyi Ash Alternative R&B, Art Pop
Ryuichi Sakamoto async Ambient
Actress AZD Microhouse
Young Thug Beautiful Thugger Girls Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap, Trap
Bedouine Bedouine Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Bicep Bicep Ambient House, Deep House
12
1008
 Vince Staples Big Fish Theory Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
18
1545
 Jlin Black Origami Footwork, IDM
Toro y Moi Boo Boo Alternative R&B, Chillwave, Synth Funk
Open Mike Eagle Brick Body Kids Still Daydream Abstract Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop
IDLES Brutalism Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk
33
2717
 Big Thief Capacity Indie Rock
Robert Plant Carry Fire Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex Dream Pop, Slowcore
Kevin Morby City Music Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Beck Colors Alternative Dance, Pop Rock
Sun Kil Moon Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood Progressive Folk, Singer/Songwriter
J Hus Common Sense Afrobeats, UK Hip Hop
Forest Swords Compassion Ambient Dub, Neo-Psychedelia
Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold Alternative Rock
31
2573
 Fleet Foxes Crack-Up Chamber Folk, Progressive Folk
3
442
 SZA Ctrl Alternative R&B
35
2943
 Migos Culture Southern Hip Hop, Trap
1
181
 Kendrick Lamar DAMN. Conscious Hip Hop
Randy Newman Dark Matter Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
The Black Angels Death Song Psychedelic Rock
Ariel Pink Dedicated to Bobby Jameson Hypnagogic Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Dirty Projectors Dirty Projectors Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Glitch Pop
20
1599
 Thundercat Drunk Funktronica, Neo-Soul, Psychedelic Soul
Laurel Halo Dust Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Electronic
Girl Ray Earl Grey Indie Pop
Mastodon Emperor of Sand Progressive Metal
Sleaford Mods English Tapas Post-Punk, Synth Punk
Mogwai Every Country's Sun Post-Rock
Jay Som Everybody Works Dream Pop, Indie Rock
Arcade Fire Everything Now Alternative Dance, Synthpop
EMA Exile in the Outer Ring Art Rock
Vijay Iyer Sextet Far from Over Post-Bop
Syd Fin Alternative R&B
11
983
 Tyler, the Creator Flower Boy Hip Hop, Neo-Soul
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Alex Cameron Forced Witness Synthpop
Code Orange Forever Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Rhiannon Giddens Freedom Highway American Folk Music
Daniel Caesar Freudian Contemporary R&B
Stormzy Gang Signs & Prayer Grime, UK Hip Hop
Mark Lanegan Band Gargoyle Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Charly Bliss Guppy Indie Rock, Power Pop
Juana Molina Halo Folktronica
Foxygen Hang Baroque Pop, Progressive Pop
Kamasi Washington Harmony of Difference EP Spiritual Jazz
Harry Styles Harry Styles Pop Rock
Pallbearer Heartless Doom Metal
Mark Eitzel Hey Mr. Ferryman Singer/Songwriter
Sparks Hippopotamus Art Pop
Chelsea Wolfe Hiss Spun Doom Metal, Gothic Rock
Future HNDRXX Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap, Trap
Nadine Shah Holiday Destination Art Rock
Spoon Hot Thoughts Indie Rock
The Dream Syndicate How Did I Find Myself Here? Paisley Underground
Peter Perrett How the West Was Won Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder Indie Rock
Gorillaz Humanz Art Pop, Electropop
16
1371
 The xx I See You Indietronica
Benjamin Clementine I Tell a Fly Art Pop, Progressive Pop
C. Tangana Ídolo Pop Rap, Trap
Marika Hackman I'm Not Your Man Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
The Moonlandingz Interplanetary Class Classics Neo-Psychedelia, Noise Pop
Roger Waters Is This the Life We Really Want? Art Rock
Café Tacvba Jei Beibi Pop Rock
Kelly Lee Owens Kelly Lee Owens Ambient Pop, Tech House
Destroyer Ken Art Pop, Synthpop
Él Mató a Un Policía Motorizado La sintesis O'Konor Indie Rock
Pan Daijing Lack ?? Industrial
Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet Ladilikan Chamber Music, Mande Music
Rapsody Laila's Wisdom Conscious Hip Hop
Casper Lang lebe der Tod Industrial Hip Hop
Grandaddy Last Place Indie Rock
Jens Lekman Life Will See You Now Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Cloud Nothings Life Without Sound Indie Rock
Elbow Little Fictions Art Pop, Indie Rock
Rosalía Los ángeles Flamenco Nuevo
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Lotta Sea Lice Folk Rock, Indie Rock
Mount Kimbie Love What Survives Indietronica
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Luciferian Towers Post-Rock
Lana Del Rey Lust for Life Art Pop, Dream Pop
Lil Uzi Vert Luv is Rage 2 Pop Rap, Trap
Bilderbuch Magic Life Art Pop
Amenra Mass VI Atmospheric Sludge Metal
7
903
 St. Vincent MASSEDUCTION Art Pop
2
240
 Lorde Melodrama Art Pop, Synthpop
Aimee Mann Mental Illness Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Bonobo Migration Downtempo, Future Garage
Bell Witch Mirror Reaper Funeral Doom Metal
Vetusta Morla Mismo Sitio, Distinto Lugar Indie Pop
Jane Weaver Modern Kosmology Art Pop, Dream Pop
Oumou Sangare Mogoya Wassoulou
Various Artists Mono No Aware Ambient
This Is the Kit Moonshine Freeze Indie Folk
Drake More Life Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
Mura Masa Mura Masa Alternative R&B
Natalia Lafourcade Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos, Vol. 1) Mexican Folk Music, Nueva canción latinoamericana
Susanne Sundfør Music for People in Trouble Art Pop
The Clientele Music for the Age of Miracles Indie Pop
Gas Narkopop Ambient, Ambient Techno
Japandroids Near to the Wild Heart of Life Indie Rock
Sheer Mag Need to Feel Your Love Garage Rock, Power Pop
Iglooghost Neo Wax Bloom UK Bass, Wonky
Four Tet New Energy Ambient House, Microhouse
27
2385
 Power Trip Nightmare Logic Thrash Metal
14
1133
 Perfume Genius No Shape Art Pop
Julie Byrne Not Even Happiness Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Priests Nothing Feels Natural Post-Punk
Charli XCX Number 1 Angel Electropop
Zola Jesus Okovi Art Pop, Darkwave
Oh Sees Orc Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Waxahatchee Out in the Storm Indie Rock
Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins Art Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Exquirla Para quienes aun viven Post-Rock
28
2403
 Aldous Harding Party Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Richard Dawson Peasant Avant-Folk, Progressive Folk
Sufjan Stevens/Nico Muhly/Bryce Dessner/James McAlister Planetarium Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Indietronica
Playboi Carti Playboi Carti Cloud Rap, Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Feist Pleasure Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
13
1083
 Fever Ray Plunge Art Pop, Electropop
19
1547
 Charli XCX Pop 2 Bubblegum Bass, Electropop
Nadia Reid Preservation Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
2 Chainz Pretty Girls Like Trap Music Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Baxter Dury Prince of Tears Indie Pop, Synthpop
Ryan Adams Prisoner Heartland Rock, Singer/Songwriter
22
1753
 Sampha Process Alternative R&B
17
1468
 Father John Misty Pure Comedy Chamber Pop, Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Shabazz Palaces Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star / Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Kesha Rainbow Pop Rock, Pop Soul
Circuit des Yeux Reaching for Indigo Art Pop, Avant-Folk
Elder Reflections of a Floating World Heavy Psych, Stoner Rock
Protomartyr Relatives in Descent Post-Punk
alt-J Relaxer Art Pop, Indietronica, Progressive Pop
Taylor Swift Reputation Electropop
Songhoy Blues Resistance Afro-Rock, Songhai Music
Charlotte Gainsbourg Rest Art Pop
Thurston Moore Rock n Roll Consciousness Alternative Rock, Noise Rock
(Sandy) Alex G Rocket Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Brockhampton Saturation Pop Rap
Brockhampton Saturation II Pop Rap
Brand New Science Fiction Emo, Indie Rock
John Maus Screen Memories Hypnagogic Pop, Synthpop
36
2964
 Laura Marling Semper Femina Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
15
1299
 The National Sleep Well Beast Art Rock, Indie Rock
10
940
 Slowdive Slowdive Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Japanese Breakfast Soft Sounds from Another Planet Dream Pop, Indie Rock
Haim Something to Tell You Pop Rock
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Soul of a Woman Deep Soul
Depeche Mode Spirit Synthpop
23
1834
 Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Errorsmith Superlative Fatigue Bleep Techno
Kehlani SweetSexySavage Alternative R&B
21
1692
 Kelela Take Me Apart Alternative R&B, UK Bass
James Holden & The Animal Spirits The Animal Spirits Progressive Electronic
Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar Synthpop
Converge The Dusk in Us Metalcore
Future Islands The Far Field Synthpop
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith The Kid Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit The Nashville Sound Alt-Country, Americana
Hurray for the Riff Raff The Navigator Folk Rock
9
933
 King Krule The Ooz Art Rock
Valerie June The Order of Time Americana
26
2036
 Algiers The Underside of Power Industrial Music, Post-Punk
The Weather Station The Weather Station Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Oxbow Thin Black Duke Art Rock, Experimental Rock
Mac DeMarco This Old Dog Folk Pop, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Torres Three Futures Art Pop
Phoenix Ti Amo New Wave, Synthpop
32
2652
 Julien Baker Turn Out the Lights Singer/Songwriter
Ty Segall Ty Segall Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
25
2007
 Björk Utopia Art Pop, Glitch Pop
The Horrors V Neo-Psychedelia
Queens of the Stone Age Villains Alternative Rock
Wolf Alice Visions of a Life Dream Pop, Indie Rock
Miguel War & Leisure Alternative R&B
Sylvan Esso What Now Electropop, Indietronica
Noel Gallager's High Flying Birds Who Built the Moon? Pop Rock
Blanck Mass World Eater Electro-Industrial
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda Kirtan, New Age
Loyle Carner Yesterday's Gone Jazz Rap, UK Hip Hop
Los Planetas Zona Temporalmente Autónoma Dream Pop, Indie Rock