Year-End Lists

Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017

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1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Capacity
   Big Thief
3. Ctrl
   SZA
4. Melodrama
   Lorde
5. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
6. Black Origami
   Jlin
7. World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane
   Alice Coltrane
8. After Laughter
   Paramore
9. Not Even Happiness
   Julie Byrne
10. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
11. Culture
    Migos
12. Drunk
    Thundercat
13. SweetSexySavage
    Kehlani
14. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
15. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
16. ken
    Destroyer
17. Plunge
    Fever Ray
18. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
19. The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
20. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
21. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
22. BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS
    Young Thug
23. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
24. Process
    Sampha
25. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
26. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
27. HNDRXX
    Future
28. The OOZ
    King Krule
29. Utopia
    Björk
30. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
31. Glasshouse
    Jessie Ware
32. AZD
    Actress
33. 4:44
    JAY-Z
34. Beach House 3
    Ty Dolla $ign
35. Ex Eye
    Ex Eye
36. Playboi Carti
    Playboi Carti
37. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
38. This Old Dog
    Mac DeMarco
39. War & Leisure
    Miguel
40. The Weather Station
    The Weather Station
41. Slowdive
    Slowdive
42. Pleasure
    Feist
43. Dark Matter
    Randy Newman
44. A Hairshirt of Purpose
    Pile
45. Fin
    Syd
46. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
47. Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
    Japandroids
48. reputation
    Taylor Swift
49. More Life
    Drake
50. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle