Year-End Lists

Nate Chinen: Top 21 Albums of 2017, as published by NPR

[see also 2025 • 2022 • 2011]

1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. I Am a Man
   Ron Miles
3. Far from Over
   Vijay Iyer Sextet
4. BANGS
   Jason Moran
4. New American Songbooks, Volume 1
   Greg Saunier/Mary Halvorson/Ron Miles
5. Fly or Die
   Jaimie Branch
6. The Nashville Sound
   Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
7. Tipico
   Miguel Zenón
8. Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds
   Nicole Mitchell
9. Ctrl
   SZA
10. Forage
    Matt Mitchell & Tim Berne

Honorable Mention

• Gnosis
  David Virelles
• Dreams and Daggers
  Cécile McLorin Salvant
• Freedom Highway
  Rhiannon Giddens
• Verisimilitude
  Tyshawn Sorey
• Melodrama
  Lorde
• KINFOLK: Postcards from Everywhere
  Nate Smith
• MASSEDUCTION
  St. Vincent
• Passin’ Thru
  Charles Lloyd New Quartet
• Arise
  Zara McFarlane
• Headnod Suite
  Karriem Riggins