Newsweek's Best Albums of 2017

These were the albums that provided clarity and comfort in a profoundly turbulent year.

Published: December 15, 2017 11:00 Source

# 1

Capacity by Big Thief

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 2

Guppy by Charly Bliss

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 3

Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1 by Calvin Harris

Album • Jun 30 / 2017 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco Funktronica

# 4

Everybody Works by Jay Som

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 5

4:44 by JAY-Z

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop

# 6

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 7

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 8

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 9

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 10

Nothing Feels Natural by Priests

Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Post-Punk

# 11

Relatives In Descent by Protomartyr

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Post-Punk

# 12

Slowdive by Slowdive

Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 13

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 14

Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

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

# 15

Ctrl by SZA

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

# 16

Three Futures by TORRES

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Art Pop

# 17

Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul