Esquire's (UK) 50 Best Albums of 2017

The best new albums released across the last month from grime to pop to hip-hop to rock.

Published: December 07, 2017 17:56 Source

# 1

RELAXER by alt-J

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Art Pop Progressive Pop Indietronica

# 2

Phases by Angel Olsen

Album • Nov 10 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 3

Paradise by ANOHNI

EP • Mar 17 / 2017 Art Pop Electropop

# 4

Dedicated to Bobby Jameson by Ariel Pink

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Hypnagogic Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 5

Future Politics by Austra

Album • Jan 20 / 2017 Synthpop Electropop

# 6

Migration by Bonobo

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Downtempo Future Garage

# 7

Arpo by Call Super

Album • Nov 10 / 2017 IDM

# 8

Versus by Carl Craig

Album • May 12 / 2017 Detroit Techno

# 9

The Tourist by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Album • Feb 15 / 2017 Indie Pop Indietronica

# 10

Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett + Kurt Vile

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Folk Rock Indie Rock

# 11

Joli Mai by Daphni

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Tech House

# 12

Raskit by Dizzee Rascal

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 UK Hip Hop Grime

# 13

More Life by Drake

Album • Mar 18 / 2017 Contemporary R&B Pop Rap

# 14

Pure Comedy by Father John Misty

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Piano Rock Chamber Pop

# 15

HNDRXX by Future

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

# 16

The Far Field by Future Islands

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Synthpop

# 17

Dark Days + Canapés by Ghostpoet

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Art Pop

# 18

Humanz (Deluxe) by Gorillaz

Album • Apr 28 / 2017

# 19

Painted Ruins by Grizzly Bear

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 20

Droptopwop by Gucci Mane

Album • May 26 / 2017 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 21

Mr. Davis by Gucci Mane

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 22

Something to Tell You by HAIM

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 Pop Rock

# 23

Harry Styles by Harry Styles

Album • May 12 / 2017 Pop Rock

# 24

Omnion by Hercules & Love Affair

Album • Sep 01 / 2017 Electropop Nu-Disco

# 25

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 26

The OOZ by King Krule

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Rock

# 27

Lust For Life by Lana Del Rey

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 Alt-Pop Art Pop

# 28

Semper Femina by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 29

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 30

Season High by Little Dragon

Album • Apr 14 / 2017 Synthpop Electropop

# 31

Truth Is a Beautiful Thing (Deluxe) by London Grammar

Album • Jun 09 / 2017

# 32

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 33

A Black Mile To The Surface by Manchester Orchestra

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 34

No Shape by Perfume Genius

Album • May 05 / 2017 Art Pop

# 35

Ti Amo by Phoenix

Album • May 09 / 2017 Synthpop New Wave

# 36

Art in the Age of Automation by Portico Quartet

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Nu Jazz

# 37

Prisoner by Ryan Adams

Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Heartland Rock

# 38

Process by Sampha

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Alternative R&B

# 39

Slowdive by Slowdive

Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 40

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 41

Gang Signs & Prayer by Stormzy

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 UK Hip Hop Grime

# 42

Volcano by Temples

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 43

Oczy Mlody by The Flaming Lips

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Neo-Psychedelia

# 44

V by The Horrors

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Neo-Psychedelia

# 45

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 46

Heartworms by The Shins

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Indie Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 47

I See You by The xx

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Indietronica Alt-Pop

# 48

The Road, Pt. 1 by UNKLE

Album • Aug 18 / 2017

# 49

The Autobiography by VIC MENSA

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Conscious Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 50

Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

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