Consequence of Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2017

These are the albums we leaned on most during a year we're eager to forget.

Published: December 26, 2017 05:00 Source

# 1

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 2

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 3

Prisoner by Ryan Adams

Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Heartland Rock

# 4

Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

Album • Jun 23 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 5

Slowdive by Slowdive

Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 6

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 7

Ctrl by SZA

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul

# 8

A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 9

Hot Thoughts by Spoon

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 10

blkswn by Smino

Album • Mar 14 / 2017 Alternative R&B Pop Rap

# 11

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Alternative R&B UK Bass

# 12

Aromanticism by Moses Sumney

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Turn Out the Lights by Julien Baker

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

# 14

Life Without Sound by Cloud Nothings

Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 15

HNDRXX by Future

Album • Jul 27 / 2017 Pop Rap Trap Contemporary R&B

# 16

Arca by Arca

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 17

No Shape by Perfume Genius

Album • May 05 / 2017 Art Pop

# 18

Heartless by Pallbearer

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 19

Mental Illness by Aimee Mann

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 20

A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Heartland Rock Indie Rock

# 21

Harmony of Difference by Kamasi Washington

EP • Sep 29 / 2017 Spiritual Jazz

# 22

Stranger in the Alps by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 23

Black Origami by Jlin

Album • May 19 / 2017 Footwork IDM

# 24

Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various Artists

Album • Jul 21 / 2017

# 25

4:44 by JAY-Z

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop

# 26

Rocket by Alex G

Album • May 19 / 2017 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 27

Semper Femina by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 28

Weddings & Funerals by The Kickback

Album • Jul 14 / 2017

# 29

Grey by Kweku Collins

EP • Apr 28 / 2017 Pop Rap Abstract Hip Hop Hip Hop

# 30

Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Progressive Folk Chamber Folk

# 31

The OOZ by King Krule

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Rock

# 32

Native Invader by Tori Amos

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 33

Drunk by Thundercat

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul

# 34

SATURATION II by BROCKHAMPTON

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 35

Process by Sampha

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Alternative R&B

# 36

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 37

Not Even Happiness by Julie Byrne

Album • Jan 12 / 2017 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 38

The Autobiography by VIC MENSA

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Conscious Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 39

Nightmare Logic by Power Trip

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Thrash Metal

# 40

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 41

Stranger Things 2 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series) by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

Album • Oct 20 / 2017

# 42

Culture by Migos

Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 43

Ti Amo by Phoenix

Album • May 09 / 2017 Synthpop New Wave

# 44

American Teen by Khalid

Album • Apr 27 / 2017 Alternative R&B Alt-Pop

# 45

After Laughter by Paramore

Album • May 12 / 2017 New Wave Pop Rock Alternative Dance

# 46

Blade Runner 2049 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer + Benjamin Wallfisch

Album • Oct 05 / 2017 Film Score Space Ambient Progressive Electronic Dark Ambient

# 47

Exchange by The JuJu Exchange

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Nu Jazz

# 48

Everybody Works by Jay Som

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 49

Good Time Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Aug 11 / 2017

# 50

Windswept by Johnny Jewel

Album • May 10 / 2017 Ambient Synthwave