FACT's 50 Best Albums of 2017

The best records from another astounding year for new music.

Published: December 20, 2017 12:54 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 28 / 2017 Ambient
# 2
Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Ambient Pop
# 3
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Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul
# 4
Album • Sep 25 / 2017 Ambient House Deep House
# 5
Album • Jul 27 / 2017 Pop Rap Trap Contemporary R&B
# 6
Album • Jun 23 / 2017 Electronic Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop
# 7
Album • May 12 / 2017 UK Hip Hop Afroswing Pop Rap
# 8
Album • Nov 07 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 9
Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Bleep Techno
# 10
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Album • Mar 17 / 2017 UK Garage Bassline
# 11
Album • May 19 / 2017 Footwork IDM
# 12
Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Ambient Progressive Electronic
# 13
EP • Jul 14 / 2017 Folktronica Art Pop
# 14
Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 15
Album • Nov 24 / 2017 Dancehall Juke
# 16
Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Electropop Art Pop Post-Industrial
# 17
Album • Nov 10 / 2017 UK Bass Deconstructed Club IDM
# 18
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Album • Jul 07 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop
# 19
Album • Jul 21 / 2017 Wonky Techno Tech House Ambient Techno Electro
# 20
Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Progressive Electronic Ambient Pop
# 21
Album • Jan 27 / 2017
# 22
Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Detroit Techno Techno
# 23
Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 24
Album • Jul 21 / 2017 Deconstructed Club Ambient Pop
# 25
Album • Apr 14 / 2017 Trap Cloud Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Alternative R&B UK Bass
# 27
Album • Jun 30 / 2017 Batida Kizomba
# 28
Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Alternative R&B
# 29
Album • Dec 01 / 2017 Dream Pop
# 30
Album • Apr 14 / 2017 Microhouse Outsider House
# 31
Album • Feb 24 / 2017 UK Hip Hop Grime
# 32
Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Ambient Dub
# 33
Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 34
Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop
# 35
Album • May 19 / 2017 Progressive Electronic Post-Minimalism
# 36
Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Hypnagogic Pop Psychedelic Pop
# 37
Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Minimal Techno
# 39
Album • Aug 17 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 40
Album • Nov 24 / 2017 Art Pop Glitch Pop
# 41
Album • Apr 14 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 42
Album • Sep 15 / 2017 IDM Techno
# 43
Album • Feb 20 / 2017 East African Music Electronic Dance Music
# 44
Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Dream Pop Indie Rock
# 45
Album • Apr 28 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 46
Album • Apr 28 / 2017 Tape Music Noise Industrial
# 47
Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave
# 48
Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Post-Punk
# 49
Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Hypnagogic Pop Synthpop
# 50
Album • Mar 10 / 2017 IDM