NME's Albums of the Year 2017

2017's been mega for music and these 50 top albums have defined the year in music. Find out NME's albums of the year

Published: December 27, 2017 11:00 Source

# 1

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 2

Visions Of A Life by Wolf Alice

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 3

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 4

Pure Comedy by Father John Misty

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

# 5

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 6

Common Sense by J Hus

Album • May 12 / 2017 UK Hip Hop Afroswing Pop Rap

# 7

Ctrl by SZA

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

# 8

Lust For Life by Lana Del Rey

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 Alt-Pop Art Pop

# 9

Godfather by Wiley

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Grime

# 10

As You Were (Deluxe Edition) by Liam Gallagher

Album • Oct 06 / 2017

# 11

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 12

Yesterdays Gone by Loyle Carner

Album • Jan 20 / 2017

# 13

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 14

Gang Signs & Prayer by Stormzy

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 UK Hip Hop Grime

# 15

Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

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

# 16

The OOZ by King Krule

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Rock

# 17

Antisocialites by Alvvays

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 18

Humanz (Deluxe) by Gorillaz

Album • Apr 28 / 2017

# 19

Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator

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

# 20

After Laughter by Paramore

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

# 21

Need to Feel Your Love by Sheer Mag

Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Power Pop Garage Rock

# 22

City Music by Kevin Morby

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock Folk Rock

# 23

Process by Sampha

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Alternative R&B

# 24

No Shape by Perfume Genius

Album • May 05 / 2017 Art Pop

# 25

Kelly Lee Owens by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Ambient Pop Tech House

# 26

Gone Now by Bleachers

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Synthpop Pop Rock Alt-Pop

# 27

Concrete and Gold by Foo Fighters

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 28

Everything Is Forgotten by Methyl Ethel

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 29

Everything Now by Arcade Fire

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Alternative Dance Synthpop

# 30

Colors by Beck

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Pop Rock Alternative Dance

# 31

reputation by Taylor Swift

Album • Nov 10 / 2017 Electropop

# 32

1992 Deluxe by Princess Nokia

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 33

For Crying Out Loud (Deluxe) by Kasabian

Album • May 05 / 2017

# 34

Mura Masa by Mura Masa

Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Alternative R&B Electronic Dance Music Future Bass

# 35

Villains by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 36

Eternity, In Your Arms by Creeper

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Pop Punk

# 37

4:44 by JAY-Z

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop

# 38

RELAXER by alt-J

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Art Pop Progressive Pop Indietronica

# 39

A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Heartland Rock Indie Rock

# 40

Rocket by Alex G

Album • May 19 / 2017 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 41

Plunge by Fever Ray

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Electropop Art Pop Post-Industrial

# 42

Relatives In Descent by Protomartyr

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Post-Punk

# 43

Ti Amo by Phoenix

Album • May 09 / 2017 Synthpop New Wave

# 44

Love in the 4th Dimension by The Big Moon

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 45

Interplanetary Class Classics by The Moonlandingz

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Neo-Psychedelia Noise Pop

# 46

I See You by The xx

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Indietronica Alt-Pop

# 47

Derevaun Seraun by Kiran Leonard

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 48

The Kid by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Progressive Electronic Ambient Pop

# 49

Semper Femina by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 50

Drunk by Thundercat

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul