The Vinyl Factory's 20 Best Albums of 2017 So Far

Your guide to the 20 best new vinyl releases from the last six months, featuring the year's biggest albums and several under-the-radar gems.

Published: June 30, 2017 14:27 Source

# 1

Arca by Arca

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 2

Poulo Warali by Awa Poulo

Album • Jan 20 / 2017 Fula Music

# 3

Journey to the Mountain of Forever by Binker and Moses

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Post-Bop Avant-Garde Jazz

# 5

Tempo Dos Mestres by Fabiano do Nascimento

Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Samba-jazz

# 6

Black Origami by Jlin

Album • May 19 / 2017 Footwork IDM

# 7

Astral Progressions by Josef Leimberg

Album • Oct 07 / 2016 Jazz Fusion Spiritual Jazz

# 8

Halo by Juana Molina

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Folktronica Art Pop

# 9

Kelly Lee Owens by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Ambient Pop Tech House

# 10

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 11

Who Me? by LAPS

EP • Oct 19 / 2018 Tech House

# 12

Dust by Laurel Halo

Album • Jun 23 / 2017 Electronic Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop

# 13

République Amazone by Les Amazones d'Afrique

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Mande Music Downtempo

# 14

Fasokan by Luka Productions

Album • Jan 23 / 2017 Mande Music New Age

# 15

Jackie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Mica Levi

Album • Dec 02 / 2016 Film Score Modern Classical Cinematic Classical

# 16

Process by Sampha

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Alternative R&B

# 17

If Not Now When by Vangelis Katsoulis

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 New Age Ambient

# 18

Reassemblage by Visible Cloaks

Album • Feb 17 / 2017 Ambient Progressive Electronic

# 19

La Saboteuse by Yazz Ahmed

Album • May 12 / 2017 Arabic Jazz

# 20

async by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Album • Apr 28 / 2017 Ambient