Pitchfork's 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017
From Arca’s operatic insanity to Klein’s thrashed R&B, these are the year’s most urgent experimental records.
Published: December 15, 2017 06:00
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arca | Arca | Apr-07-2017, Art Pop |
| #2 | The Kid | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Oct-06-2017, Art Pop |
| #4 | async | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Apr-28-2017, Ambient |
| #5 | Narkopop | GAS | Apr-21-2017, Ambient |
| #6 | World Eater | Blanck Mass | Mar-03-2017, Electro-Industrial |
| #7 | A Shadow in Time | William Basinski | Jan-20-2017, Ambient |
| #8 | Selfless | Joni Void | May-05-2017, Sound Collage |
| #9 | Asking/Bearing | Lushloss | Jul-28-2017, Slacker Rock |
| #10 | Fantasii | MHYSA | Jul-21-2017, Deconstructed Club |
| #11 | Compassion | Forest Swords | May-05-2017, Ambient Dub |
| #12 | Luciferian Towers | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Sep-22-2017, Post-Rock |
| #13 | On the Echoing Green | Jefre Cantu-Ledesma | Jun-16-2017, Shoegaze |
| #14 | The Centre Cannot Hold | Ben Frost | Sep-29-2017, Post-Industrial |
| #16 | Shuffle Drones | Eluvium | Nov-10-2017, Ambient |
| #17 | L'Rain | L'Rain | Sep-15-2017, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #18 | AS Truth | Amnesia Scanner | Dec-13-2016, |
| #19 | Tommy | Klein | Sep-29-2017, Sound Collage |
| #20 | Contact | Pharmakon | Mar-31-2017, Death Industrial |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arca | Arca | Album, Apr-07-2017, Art Pop |
| #2 | The Kid | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Album, Oct-06-2017, Art Pop |
| #4 | async | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Album, Apr-28-2017, Ambient |
| #5 | Narkopop | GAS | Album, Apr-21-2017, Ambient |
| #6 | World Eater | Blanck Mass | Album, Mar-03-2017, Electro-Industrial |
| #7 | A Shadow in Time | William Basinski | Album, Jan-20-2017, Ambient |
| #8 | Selfless | Joni Void | Album, May-05-2017, Sound Collage |
| #9 | Asking/Bearing | Lushloss | Album, Jul-28-2017, Slacker Rock |
| #10 | Fantasii | MHYSA | Album, Jul-21-2017, Deconstructed Club |
| #11 | Compassion | Forest Swords | Album, May-05-2017, Ambient Dub |
| #12 | Luciferian Towers | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Album, Sep-22-2017, Post-Rock |
| #13 | On the Echoing Green | Jefre Cantu-Ledesma | Album, Jun-16-2017, Shoegaze |
| #14 | The Centre Cannot Hold | Ben Frost | Album, Sep-29-2017, Post-Industrial |
| #16 | Shuffle Drones | Eluvium | Album, Nov-10-2017, Ambient |
| #17 | L'Rain | L'Rain | Album, Sep-15-2017, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #18 | AS Truth | Amnesia Scanner | Single, Dec-13-2016, |
| #19 | Tommy | Klein | EP, Sep-29-2017, Sound Collage |
| #20 | Contact | Pharmakon | Album, Mar-31-2017, Death Industrial |