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Best albums of 2017

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Liars
25 August 2017Experimental, experimental rock, rock
7.9
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Big Thief
9 June 2017Indie rock, rock
7.9

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53

9 June 2017Alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, experimental

7.9

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54

24 March 2017Metalcore, progressive metal, rock

7.9

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55

Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

15 September 2017Dream pop, indie pop, indie rock

7.8

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56

Turn Out the Lights

27 October 2017Folk, indie folk, indie rock

7.8

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57

Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora

17 February 2017Melodic death metal, metalcore, rock

7.8

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58

Visions of a Life

29 September 2017

7.8

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59

All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell

25 August 2017Alternative pop, alternative rock, electronic

7.8

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60

16 June 2017Hip hop

7.8

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61

5 May 2017Indie rock, psychedelic rock, rock

7.8

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62

2 June 2017Indie pop, pop, rock

7.8

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63

A Black Mile to the Surface

Manchester Orchestra

28 July 2017Alternative rock, folk rock, indie rock

7.8

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64

NO ONE EVER REALLY DIES

15 December 2017Funk, hip hop, rap rock

7.8

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65

8 September 2017Dream pop, indie pop, indie rock

7.8

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66

From A Room, Volume 2

Chris Stapleton

1 December 2017Country, southern rock, southern soul

7.8

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67

Love in the 4th Dimension

7 April 2017Indie pop, indie rock, pop

7.8

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68

21 July 2017Alternative pop, downtempo, dream pop

7.7

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69

16 June 2017Folk rock, indie rock, rock

7.7

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70

3 March 2017Alternative hip hop, hip hop, indie pop

7.7

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71

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile

13 October 2017Indie rock, rock

7.7

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72

Music for the Age of Miracles

22 September 2017Indie rock, pop, rock

7.7

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73

Sketches of Brunswick East

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

18 August 2017Jazz, jazz-funk, jazz pop

7.7

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74

Moonshine Freeze

This Is the Kit

7 July 2017Folk, folk rock, indie pop

7.7

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75

24 February 2017Acid jazz, alternative r&b, downtempo

7.7

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76

5 May 2017Bedroom pop, folk pop, indie pop

7.7

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77

I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone

2 June 2017Indie rock, pop, rock

7.7

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78

31 March 2017Electronic, post-punk, rock

7.7

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79

10 March 2017Indie rock

7.7

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80

Roll With the Punches

22 September 2017Blues, blues rock, rock

7.7

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81

30 October 2017K-pop, pop

7.7

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82

6 October 2017Electronic, indie pop, pop

7.7

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83

Acoustic Classics II

Richard Thompson

10 August 2017Folk, folk rock

7.7

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84

Machine Messiah

13 January 2017Heavy metal, metal, rock

7.7

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85

13 October 2017Rock

7.7

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86

All-Amerikkkan Bada$$

7 April 2017Boom bap, conscious hip hop, hip hop

7.7

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87

Wolves in the Throne Room

19 September 2017Atmospheric black metal, black metal, electronic

7.7

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88

Who Built the Moon?

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

22 November 2017Alternative rock, britpop, indie rock

7.6

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89

Life Without Sound

27 January 2017Indie rock, noise rock, post-hardcore

7.6

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90

Broken Social Scene

7 July 2017Indie rock, rock

7.6

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91

28 April 2017Alternative dance, conscious hip hop, electronic

7.6

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92

18 August 2017Art rock, experimental rock, indie rock

7.6

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93

24 March 2017Hip hop

7.5

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94

13 January 2017Downtempo, electronic, house

7.5

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95

Cigarettes After Sex

Cigarettes After Sex

9 June 2017Ambient pop, dream pop, indie rock

7.5

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96

29 September 2017Folk, folk pop, jazz fusion

7.5

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97

21 July 2017Electronic, grime, hip hop

7.5

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98

3 February 2017Electronic, pop, rock

7.5

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99

17 November 2017Hip hop

7.5

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100

24 February 2017

7.4

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