The Ringer's Best Albums of 2017

Feist, Vince Staples, Margo Price, and more—these are the albums that stayed with us

Published: December 06, 2017 15:00 Source

# 1

4:44 by JAY-Z

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop

# 2

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 3

Antisocialites by Alvvays

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 4

Hot Thoughts by Spoon

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 5

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Americana Alt-Country

# 6

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 7

Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

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

# 8

All American Made by Margo Price

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Neo-Traditionalist Country Contemporary Country

# 9

Guppy by Charly Bliss

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 10

Pleasure by Feist

Album • Apr 28 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock