Slate's Best Albums of 2017
From Kendrick Lamar to Lorde to Randy Newman.
Published: December 26, 2017 12:30
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wrangled | Angaleena Presley | Apr-21-2017, Country |
| #3 | Cuidado Madame | Arto Lindsay | Apr-21-2017, Art Pop |
| #4 | Capacity | Big Thief | Jun-09-2017, Indie Rock |
| #5 | Utopia | Björk | Nov-24-2017, Art Pop |
| #6 | Anthology Resource Vol. I: △△ | Dean Hurley | Aug-06-2017, Dark Ambient |
| #7 | ken | Destroyer | Oct-20-2017, Art Pop |
| #8 | Audible Songs From Rockwood | Fiver | Apr-21-2017, Contemporary Folk |
| #9 | Any Other Way | Jackie Shane | Oct-20-2017, Deep Soul |
| #11 | Windswept | Johnny Jewel | May-10-2017, Ambient |
| #12 | Aytche | Joseph Shabason | Aug-25-2017, Ambient |
| #13 | The Kid | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Oct-06-2017, Art Pop |
| #14 | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar | Apr-14-2017, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #15 | american dream | LCD Soundsystem | Oct-06-2017, Dance-Punk |
| #16 | Melodrama | Lorde | Jun-16-2017, Synthpop |
| #17 | All American Made | Margo Price | Oct-20-2017, Neo-Traditionalist Country |
| #18 | Hey Mr Ferryman | Mark Eitzel | Jan-27-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #19 | A Crow Looked at Me | Mount Eerie | Mar-24-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #20 | Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds | Nicole Mitchell | May-05-2017, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #21 | Liberation Narratives | Nicole Mitchell | Sep-29-2017, Spiritual Jazz |
| #22 | Brick Body Kids Still Daydream | Open Mike Eagle | Sep-15-2017, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #23 | Dark Matter | Randy Newman | Aug-04-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #24 | Residente | Residente | Mar-31-2017, Latin Rap |
| #25 | 50 Song Memoir | The Magnetic Fields | Feb-13-2017, Indie Pop |
| #26 | Goths | The Mountain Goats | May-19-2017, Indie Pop |
| #27 | Big Fish Theory | Vince Staples | Jun-23-2017, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #28 | Out in the Storm | Waxahatchee | Jul-14-2017, Indie Rock |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wrangled | Angaleena Presley | Album, Apr-21-2017, Country |
| #3 | Cuidado Madame | Arto Lindsay | Album, Apr-21-2017, Art Pop |
| #4 | Capacity | Big Thief | Album, Jun-09-2017, Indie Rock |
| #5 | Utopia | Björk | Album, Nov-24-2017, Art Pop |
| #6 | Anthology Resource Vol. I: △△ | Dean Hurley | Album, Aug-06-2017, Dark Ambient |
| #7 | ken | Destroyer | Album, Oct-20-2017, Art Pop |
| #8 | Audible Songs From Rockwood | Fiver | Album, Apr-21-2017, Contemporary Folk |
| #9 | Any Other Way | Jackie Shane | Album, Oct-20-2017, Deep Soul |
| #11 | Windswept | Johnny Jewel | Album, May-10-2017, Ambient |
| #12 | Aytche | Joseph Shabason | Album, Aug-25-2017, Ambient |
| #13 | The Kid | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Album, Oct-06-2017, Art Pop |
| #14 | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar | Album, Apr-14-2017, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #15 | american dream | LCD Soundsystem | Album, Oct-06-2017, Dance-Punk |
| #16 | Melodrama | Lorde | Album, Jun-16-2017, Synthpop |
| #17 | All American Made | Margo Price | Album, Oct-20-2017, Neo-Traditionalist Country |
| #18 | Hey Mr Ferryman | Mark Eitzel | Album, Jan-27-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #19 | A Crow Looked at Me | Mount Eerie | Album, Mar-24-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #20 | Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds | Nicole Mitchell | Album, May-05-2017, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #21 | Liberation Narratives | Nicole Mitchell | Album, Sep-29-2017, Spiritual Jazz |
| #22 | Brick Body Kids Still Daydream | Open Mike Eagle | Album, Sep-15-2017, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #23 | Dark Matter | Randy Newman | Album, Aug-04-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #24 | Residente | Residente | Album, Mar-31-2017, Latin Rap |
| #25 | 50 Song Memoir | The Magnetic Fields | Album, Feb-13-2017, Indie Pop |
| #26 | Goths | The Mountain Goats | Album, May-19-2017, Indie Pop |
| #27 | Big Fish Theory | Vince Staples | Album, Jun-23-2017, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #28 | Out in the Storm | Waxahatchee | Album, Jul-14-2017, Indie Rock |