Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017

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1. Dark Matter
   Randy Newman
2. American Epic: The Best of Blues
   various artists
3. A Crow Looked at Me
   Mount Eerie
4. Whiteout Conditions
   The New Pornographers
5. American Epic: The Soundtrack
   various artists
6. 1992 Deluxe
   Princess Nokia
7. Love and War
   Brad Paisley
8. Tackle Box
   Hamell On Trial
9. Out in the Storm
   Waxahatchee
10. Nothing Rhymes with Orange
    Dawn Oberg
11. Trophy
    Sunny Sweeney
12. The Nashville Sound
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
13. Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa
    various artists
14. Chuck
    Chuck Berry
15. Life Will See You Now
    Jens Lekman
16. American Epic: The Collection
    various artists
17. Talk Tight
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
18. Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues
    various artists
19. American Teen
    Khalid
20. Step Brothers THREE
    Starlito & Don Trip
21. Andalusia of Love
    Marcel Khalife & Mahmoud Darwish
22. La Voz Indómita
    Mariem Hassan
23. Triple Fat Lice
    Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman
24. The Night Took Us in Like Family
    L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae
25. République Amazone
    Les Amazones d’Afrique
26. 50 Song Memoir
    The Magnetic Fields
27. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
28. Ladilikan
    Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
29. Oversleepers International
    Emperor X
30. Electric Trim
    Lee Ranaldo
31. 1999
    Joey Bada$$
32. The Bob's Burgers Music Album
    various artists
33. Key To The Kuffs
    JJ DOOM
34. Veins
    Homeboy Sandman
35. City of No Reply
    Amber Coffman
36. Fake Sugar
    Beth Ditto
37. 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo
    Pere Ubu
38. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
39. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
40. Celebrate Ornette
    Ornette Coleman
41. Bloodlust
    Body Count
42. Cashmere
    Swet Shop Boys
43. Recitative
    Robt Sarazin Blake
44. The World of Captain Beefheart
    Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas
45. Seekers and Finders
    Gogol Bordello
46. 4:44
    JAY-Z
47. The Iceberg
    Oddisee
48. Resolution
    The Perceptionists
49. Thawing Dawn
    A Savage
50. Under Cöver
    Motörhead
51. Above Ground Fools
    Matt North
52. Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
    Orchestra Baobab
53. You Want It Darker
    Leonard Cohen
54. War Surplus
    Becky Warren
55. Culture
    Migos
56. Home Counties
    Saint Etienne
57. Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams
    various artists
58. Ad Out
    Dylan Hicks
59. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
60. Macgregor Park
    Fat Tony
61. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
62. Zonkey
    Umphrey's McGee
63. Fin
    Syd
64. Pollinator
    Blondie
65. Made in the Manor
    Kano
66. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
67. Can We Still Hang
    Daddy Issues
68. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
69. Deer Tick, Vol. 2
    Deer Tick
70. Life Without Sound
    Cloud Nothings
71. Rock & Roll Music: Songs Of Chuck Berry
    various artists
72. Devil Is Fine
    Zeal & Ardor
73. So You Wannabe an Outlaw
    Steve Earle & The Dukes
74. NOW That's What I Call 90s Pop
    various artists
75. Wrangled
    Angaleena Presley
76. Underworld USA
    The Paranoid Style
77. Playboi Carti
    Playboi Carti
78. Sufi La
    Swet Shop Boys
79. American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
    Kevin Abstract
80. Changer
    Fred Thomas
81. NOW That's What I Call Tailgate Anthems
    various artists
82. 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's: Vol. 15
    various artists
83. We're All in This Together
    Hard Working Americans
84. Salutations
    Conor Oberst
85. Around Félicité (Original Soundtrack)
    Kasai All Stars
86. Battle Hymns
    various artists
87. Deep Dream
    Daddy Issues
88. Drool
    Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
89. Up to Anything
    The Goon Sax
90. South Texas Suite
    Whitney Rose