The 40 Best Albums of 2017

40. Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy

39. Waxahatchee: Out in the Storm

38. Turnover: Good Nature

37. Toro y Moi: Boo Boo

36. Perfume Genius: No Shape

35. SZA: Ctrl

34. Kamasi Washington: Harmony of Difference EP

33. Immolation: Atonement

32. Hundred Waters: Currency

31. Kelly Lee Owens: Kelly Lee Owens

30. Lorde: Melodrama

29. Jay Som: Everybody Works

28. Big Thief: Capacity

27. Pharmakon: Contact

26. Jane Weaver: Modern Kosmology

25. Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest

24: Mount Kimbie: Love What Survives

23. Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory

22. Kelela: Take Me Apart

21. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Luciferian Towers

20. Planning For Burial: Below the House

19. Converge: The Dusk in Us

18. Intregrity: Howling, For the Nightmare Shall Consume

17. The xx: I See You

16. Bonobo: Migration

15. Julia Byrne: Not Even Happiness

14. King Woman: Created in the Image of Suffering

13. Forest Swords: Compassion

12. Future Islands: The Far Field

11. Ariel Pink: Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

10. King Krule: The OOZ

9. Alvvays: Antisocialites

8. Amenra: Mass VI

7. Elder: Reflections of a Floating World

6. LCD Soundsystem: American Dream

5. Snail Mail: Habit - EP

4. Arca: Arca

3. Slowdive: Slowdive

2. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.

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