American Songwriter's Top 25 Albums of 2017

Published: December 04, 2017 16:02 Source

# 1

All American Made by Margo Price

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Neo-Traditionalist Country Contemporary Country

# 2

The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Americana Alt-Country

# 3

Wrangled by Angaleena Presley

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Country

# 4

Soul of a Woman by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Album • Nov 17 / 2017 Southern Soul Deep Soul

# 5

Undivided Heart & Soul by JD McPherson

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Rockabilly Blues Rock Americana

# 6

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 7

Carry Fire by Robert Plant

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Folk Rock

# 8

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 9

Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 American Folk Music

# 10

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Apr 14 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 11

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 12

Big Bad Luv by John Moreland

Album • May 05 / 2017 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country

# 13

Turn Out the Lights by Julien Baker

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Slowcore Contemporary Folk

# 14

The Navigator by Hurray For The Riff Raff

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 15

The Underside of Power by Algiers

Album • Jun 23 / 2017 Post-Punk Post-Industrial

# 16

So You Wannabe an Outlaw by Steve Earle

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Country Rock Alt-Country

# 17

Spades & Roses by Caroline Spence

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Americana

# 18

HEAVY META by Ron Gallo

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Psychedelic Rock

# 19

Goodnight Rhonda Lee by Nicole Atkins

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 Pop Soul

# 20

Wonderful Wonderful by The Killers

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 New Wave Pop Rock

# 21

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone by Lee Ann Womack

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Country

# 22

A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Heartland Rock Indie Rock

# 23

Puxico by Natalie Hemby

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Country

# 24

No Shape by Perfume Genius

Album • May 05 / 2017 Art Pop

# 25

Canyons of my Mind by Andrew Combs

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Americana