Spectrum Culture's Top 20 Albums of 2017

These are the 20 best albums of the year.

Published: December 20, 2017 06:05 Source

# 1

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 2

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 3

Peasant by Richard Dawson

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Progressive Folk Avant-Folk

# 4

Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

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

# 5

Slowdive by Slowdive

Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 6

Ctrl by SZA

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

# 7

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 8

Life Will See You Now by Jens Lekman

Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 9

The OOZ by King Krule

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Rock

# 10

I See You by The xx

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Indietronica Alt-Pop

# 11

Hot Thoughts by Spoon

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 12

A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 13

Turn Out the Lights by Julien Baker

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Slowcore Contemporary Folk

# 14

Black Origami by Jlin

Album • May 19 / 2017 Footwork IDM

# 15

Pure Comedy by Father John Misty

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

# 16

No Shape by Perfume Genius

Album • May 05 / 2017 Art Pop

# 17

The Underside of Power by Algiers

Album • Jun 23 / 2017 Post-Punk Post-Industrial

# 18

Take Me Apart by Kelela

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Alternative R&B UK Bass

# 19

Okovi by Zola Jesus

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Darkwave Art Pop

# 20

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop