Fopp's Best Albums of 2017

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Published: November 23, 2017 16:14 Source

# 1

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 2

I See You by The xx

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Indietronica Alt-Pop

# 3

Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett + Kurt Vile

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Folk Rock Indie Rock

# 4

Pure Comedy by Father John Misty

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

# 5

Peasant by Richard Dawson

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Progressive Folk Avant-Folk

# 6

Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Progressive Folk Chamber Folk

# 7

The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Americana Alt-Country

# 8

Elwan by Tinariwen

Album • Feb 10 / 2017 Tishoumaren

# 9

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 10

Painted Ruins by Grizzly Bear

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 11

Everything Now by Arcade Fire

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Alternative Dance Synthpop

# 12

A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Heartland Rock Indie Rock

# 13

V by The Horrors

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Neo-Psychedelia

# 14

Weather Diaries by Ride

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Alternative Rock Shoegaze

# 15

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 16

Visions Of A Life by Wolf Alice

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 17

Slowdive by Slowdive

Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 18

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 19

Every Valley by Public Service Broadcasting

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 Post-Rock Indietronica

# 20

Every Country's Sun by Mogwai

Album • Sep 01 / 2017 Post-Rock

# 21

Brutalism by IDLES

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Post-Hardcore Post-Punk

# 22

Orc by Thee Oh Sees

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Psychedelic Rock Garage Rock

# 23

Semper Femina by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 24

Hug Of Thunder by Broken Social Scene

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 25

Silver Eye by Goldfrapp

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Electropop Art Pop Synthpop

# 26

RELAXER by alt-J

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Art Pop Progressive Pop Indietronica

# 27

Holiday Destination by Nadine Shah

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Art Rock Art Pop

# 28

Drunk by Thundercat

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul

# 29

Truth Is a Beautiful Thing (Deluxe) by London Grammar

Album • Jun 09 / 2017

# 30

Spirit by Depeche Mode

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Synthpop

# 31

Run the Jewels 3 by Run The Jewels

Album • Dec 25 / 2016 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 32

Gang Signs & Prayer by Stormzy

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 UK Hip Hop Grime

# 33

Bicep by Bicep

Album • Sep 01 / 2017 Ambient House Ambient Techno Progressive House

# 34

Migration by Bonobo

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Downtempo Future Garage

# 36

World Eater by Blanck Mass

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Electro-Industrial Post-Industrial

# 37

Process by Sampha

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Alternative R&B

# 38

Humanz (Deluxe) by Gorillaz

Album • Apr 28 / 2017

# 39

Dark Days + Canapés by Ghostpoet

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Art Pop

# 40

Freedom Highway by Rhiannon Giddens

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 American Folk Music

# 41

Is This the Life We Really Want? by Roger Waters

Album • May 26 / 2017 Art Rock

# 42

Americana by Ray Davies

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 43

A Kind Revolution (Deluxe) by Paul Weller

Album • May 12 / 2017

# 44

Hitchhiker by Neil Young

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 45

Damage and Joy (Deluxe) by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Album • Jan 19 / 2022

# 46

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Album • May 19 / 2017 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 47

Mental Illness by Aimee Mann

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 48

To The Bone by Steven Wilson

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Art Rock Pop Rock

# 49

The Punishment of Luxury by Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark

Album • Sep 01 / 2017 Synthpop

# 50

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 51

The Weather Station by The Weather Station

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk