Slate's Best Albums of 2017

From Kendrick Lamar to Lorde to Randy Newman.

Published: December 26, 2017 12:30 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Country
# 3
Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Art Pop MPB
# 4
Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Indie Rock Indie Folk
# 5
Album • Nov 24 / 2017 Art Pop Glitch Pop
# 6
Album • Aug 06 / 2017 Dark Ambient Television Music
# 7
Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Art Pop Synthpop Sophisti-Pop
# 8
Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Contemporary Folk
# 9
Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Deep Soul Southern Soul
# 11
Album • May 10 / 2017 Ambient Synthwave
# 12
Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Ambient Nu Jazz
# 13
Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Progressive Electronic Ambient Pop
# 14
Album • Apr 14 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 15
Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave
# 16
Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 17
Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Neo-Traditionalist Country Contemporary Country
# 18
Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter
# 19
Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 20
Album • May 05 / 2017 Avant-Garde Jazz Spiritual Jazz Conducted Improvisation
# 21
Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Poetry Spoken Word
# 22
Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Aug 04 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 24
Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Latin Rap Art Pop Experimental Hip Hop
# 25
Album • Feb 13 / 2017 Indie Pop
# 26
Album • May 19 / 2017 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 27
Album • Jun 23 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter