Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2017

1. Jay Som
   Everybody Works
2. Kendrick Lamar
   Damn
3. Father John Misty
   Pure Comedy
4. Run the Jewels
   Run the Jewels 3
5. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
   Lotta Sea Lice
6. Sheer Mag
   Need to Feel Your Love
7. Alvvays
   Antisocialites
8. LCD Soundsystem
   American Dream
9. Mount Eerie
   A Crow Looked at Me
10. Sampha
    Process
11. The New Pornographers
    Whiteout Conditions
12. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
    The Nashville Sound
13. King Krule
    The OOZ
14. White Reaper
    The World’s Best American Band
15. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
    Sketches of Brunswick East (feat. Mild High Club)
16. Slowdive
    Slowdive
17. Aimee Mann
    Mental Illness
18. Waxahatchee
    Out in the Storm
19. Sylvan Esso
    What Now
20. Kevin Morby
    City Music
21. Priests
    Nothing Feels Natural
22. Oh Sees
    Orc
23. The War on Drugs
    A Deeper Understanding
24. Benjamin Booker
    Witness
25. SZA
    Ctrl
26. This Is the Kit
    Moonshine Freeze
27. Julie Byrne
    Not Even Happiness
28. The xx
    I See You
29. Nai Palm
    Needle Paw
30. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    The Kid
31. Laura Marling
    Semper Femina
32. Ty Segall
    Ty Segall
33. Penguin Cafe
    The Imperfect Sea
34. St. Vincent
    MASSEDUCTION
35. Diet Cig
    Swear I’m Good At This
36. Melkbelly
    Nothing Valley
37. Japanese Breakfast
    Soft Sounds from Another Planet
38. Spoon
    Hot Thoughts
39. Bedouine
    Bedouine
40. Fleet Foxes
    Crack-Up
41. Omni
    Multi-Task
42. Molly Burch
    Please Be Mine
43. David Bazan
    Care
44. Sallie Ford
    Soul Sick
45. Wand
    Plum
46. Weaves
    Wide Open
47. Julien Baker
    Turn Out the Lights
48. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
    Soul of a Woman
49. Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer
    Not Dark Yet
50. J.D. McPherson
    UNDIVIDED HEART & SOUL