Year-End Lists

Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2017

1. Whitney Rose
   Rule 62
1. Whitney Rose
   South Texas Suite
2. The Regrettes
   Feel Your Feelings Fool!
3. Angaleena Presley
   Wrangled
4. Lorde
   Melodrama
5. Turnpike Troubadours
   A Long Way from Your Heart
6. Charlie Worsham
   Beginning of Things
7. Kip Moore
   Slowheart
8. Margo Price
   All American Made
9. St. Vincent
   MASSEDUCTION
10. Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
    Way Out West
11. Lee Ann Womack
    The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
12. Walker Hayes
    Boom
13. Robert Plant
    Carry Fire
14. John Mayer
    The Search for Everything
15. Willie Nelson
    God's Problem Child
16. Chris Robinson Brotherhood
    Barefoot in the Head
17. Midland
    On the Rocks
18. Carly Pearce
    Every Little Thing
19. J.D. McPherson
    UNDIVIDED HEART & SOUL
20. Zephaniah OHora with The 18 Wheelers
    This Highway
21. The Strypes
    Spitting Image
22. Chuck Berry
    Chuck
23. Thomas Rhett
    Life Changes
24. Kendrick Lamar
    Damn
25. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    The Nashville Sound
26. Old Dominion
    Happy Endings
27. Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
    Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie
28. Liam Gallagher
    As You Were
29. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
    Who Built the Moon?
30. Low Cut Connie
    Dirty Pictures, Pt. 1
31. Luke Combs
    This One's for You
32. Rhiannon Giddens
    Freedom Highway
33. Ke$ha
    Rainbow
34. Chris Stapleton
    From A Room: Volume 1
34. Chris Stapleton
    From A Room: Volume 2
35. Dan Auerbach
    Waiting on a Song
36. Paramore
    After Laughter
37. Spoon
    Hot Thoughts
38. Benjamin Booker
    Witness
39. Neil Finn
    Out of Silence
40. Aimee Mann
    Mental Illness
41. Filthy Friends
    Invitation
42. Chris Hillman
    Bidin' My Time
43. Nikki Lane
    Highway Queen
44. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
    Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
45. Cait Brennan
    Third
46. Ray Davies
    Americana
47. Demi Lovato
    Tell Me You Love Me
48. Ryan Adams
    Prisoner
49. Natalie Hemby
    Puxico
50. Hurray for the Riff Raff
    The Navigator
51. Ray Scott
    Guitar for Sale
52. The Cash Box Kings
    Royal Mint
53. Lilly Hiatt
    Trinity Lane
54. Randy Newman
    Dark Matter
55. Queens of the Stone Age
    Villains
56. Squeeze
    The Knowledge
57. Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
    Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
58. Juliana Hatfield
    Pussycat
59. Paul Weller
    A Kind Revolution
60. Bash & Pop
    Anything Could Happen
61. Jessie James Decker
    Southern Girl City Lights
62. Torres
    Three Futures
63. The Cadillac Three
    Legacy
64. Dustbowl Revival
    Dustbowl Revival
65. Bob Dylan
    Triplicate
66. LCD Soundsystem
    American Dream
67. Ty Segall
    Ty Segall
68. Alex Williams
    Better Than Myself
69. Spiral Stairs
    Doris and the Daggers
70. Los Straitjackets
    What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets
71. Kim Wilson
    Blues and Boogie, Vol. 1
72. Brett Eldredge
    Brett Eldredge
73. Joe Nichols
    Never Gets Old
74. Alison Krauss
    Windy City
75. Little Big Town
    The Breaker
76. Old Crow Medicine Show
    50 Years of Blonde on Blonde
77. Jim Lauderdale
    London Southern
78. Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker
    Room 29
79. Sunny Sweeney
    Trophy
80. SZA
    Ctrl
81. Travis Meadows
    First Cigarette
82. Gorillaz
    Humanz
83. Colin Hay
    Fierce Mercy
84. Kelly Clarkson
    Meaning of Life
85. Aaron Watson
    Vaquero
86. Sheryl Crow
    Be Myself
87. Tyler Childers
    Purgatory
88. Conor Oberst
    Salutations
89. Bobby Bare
    Things Change
90. Michael Cavanaugh
    The Way I Hear It
91. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
92. Royal Blood
    How Did We Get So Dark?
93. Nine Inch Nails
    Add Violence
94. Toby Keith
    The Bus Songs
95. Brantley Gilbert
    The Devil Don't Sleep
96. Bob Seger
    I Knew You When
97. Chris Shiflett
    West Coast Town
98. Chris Young
    Losing Sleep
99. The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
    Front Porch Sessions
100. Beck
     Colors
101. Taylor Swift
     Reputation
102. The Killers
     Wonderful Wonderful
103. Weezer
     Pacific Daydream
104. Lana Del Rey
     Lust for Life
105. Jimmie Vaughan Trio feat. Mike Flanigin
     Live at C-Boy's
106. Styx
     The Mission