Top 50 Albums, 2017 – 40 to 31

end of year / music / review / Top Albums 2017 / top lists

As 2017 wraps up, I’m once again looking back at the music that came out and organizing it as a list. The following albums are ones that I feel are most significant. This means an un-scientific combination of: groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.

The exercise of looking back to see if there were musical trends or styles that stood out is fun by itself. But even more so I look forward to sharing it out, and hoping that people find something new to listen to.

  • Strange Words and Weird Wars

    40. Marnie

    Strange Words and Weird Wars

    electronic

  • Agent Blue

    39. Agent Blå

    Agent Blue

    alternative

  • Heavy Meta

    38. Ron Gallo

    Heavy Meta

    alternative

  • Black Origami

    37. Jlin

    Black Origami

    dance

  • Sleep Well Beast

    36. The National

    Sleep Well Beast

    alternative

  • Strange Peace

    35. Metz

    Strange Peace

    alternative

  • The Two of Us

    34. Chloe x Halle

    The Two of Us

    R&B

  • Pure Comedy

    33. Father John Misty

    Pure Comedy

    alternative

  • Every Valley

    32. Public Service Broadcasting

    Every Valley

    alternative

  • Freedom Highway

    31. Rhiannon Giddens

    Freedom Highway

    singer/songwriter

Top 50 Albums, 2017 – 50 to 41

end of year / list start / music / review / Top Albums 2017 / top lists
As 2017 wraps up, I’m once again looking back at the music that came out and organizing it as a list. The following albums are ones that I feel are most significant. This means an un-scientific combination of: groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.

The exercise of looking back to see if there were musical trends or styles that stood out is fun by itself. But even more so I look forward to sharing it out, and hoping that people find something new to listen to.

  • All This I Do for Glory

    50. Colin Stetson

    All This I Do for Glory

    jazz

  • Las Caras Lindas

    49. Flor de Toloache

    Las Caras Lindas

    dance

  • II

    48. Tuxedo

    II

    R&B

  • Cubafornia

    47. Daymé Arocena

    Cubafornia

    jazz

  • Way Out West

    46. Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Suprelatives

    Way Out West

    Country

  • Hallelujah Anyhow

    45. Hiss Golden Messenger

    Hallelujah Anyhow

    alternative, folk

  • City of No Reply

    44. Amber Coffman

    City of No Reply

    alternative

  • Universal Favorite

    43. Noam Pikelny

    Universal Favorite

    folk

  • Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

    42. Ariel Pink

    Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

    alternative

  • Echo in the Valley

    41. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

    Echo in the Valley

    folk

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