Treble's Top 50 Albums of 2017

Published: December 08, 2017 05:00 Source

# 1

Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

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

# 2

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 3

A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 4

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 5

Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Progressive Folk Chamber Folk

# 6

The OOZ by King Krule

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Rock

# 7

The Underside of Power by Algiers

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

# 8

Rocket by Alex G

Album • May 19 / 2017 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Slowdive by Slowdive

Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 10

Hiss Spun by Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Doom Metal Gothic Rock Post-Metal

# 11

Capacity by Big Thief

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 12

Pure Comedy by Father John Misty

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

# 13

Relatives In Descent by Protomartyr

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Post-Punk

# 14

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Dance-Punk New Wave

# 15

Not The Actual Events by Nine Inch Nails

EP • Dec 22 / 2016 Industrial Rock

# 16

Antisocialites by Alvvays

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 17

Drunk by Thundercat

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul

# 18

Time Well by Cloakroom

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Shoegaze Slowcore

# 19

Run the Jewels 3 by Run The Jewels

Album • Dec 25 / 2016 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 20

Nothing Feels Natural by Priests

Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Post-Punk

# 21

Nightmare Logic by Power Trip

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Thrash Metal

# 22

A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Heartland Rock Indie Rock

# 23

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 24

The Dusk In Us by Converge

Album • Nov 03 / 2017 Metalcore

# 25

Everybody Works by Jay Som

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 26

Black Origami by Jlin

Album • May 19 / 2017 Footwork IDM

# 27

Heartless by Pallbearer

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 28

Arca by Arca

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 29

I See You by The xx

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Indietronica Alt-Pop

# 30

Take Me Apart by Kelela

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

# 31

A Black Mile To The Surface by Manchester Orchestra

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 32

Plunge by Fever Ray

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Electropop Art Pop Post-Industrial

# 33

Ctrl by SZA

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

# 34

Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul

# 35

Immersion Trench Reverie by Yellow Eyes

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 36

No Shape by Perfume Genius

Album • May 05 / 2017 Art Pop

# 37

Reflections of a Floating World by Elder

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Heavy Psych Stoner Rock Stoner Metal

# 38

Okovi by Zola Jesus

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Darkwave Art Pop

# 39

Dust by Laurel Halo

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

# 40

Need to Feel Your Love by Sheer Mag

Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Power Pop Garage Rock

# 41

Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Funeral Doom Metal

# 42

Compassion by Forest Swords

Album • May 05 / 2017 Ambient Dub

# 43

Harmony of Difference by Kamasi Washington

EP • Sep 29 / 2017 Spiritual Jazz

# 44

Apocalipstick by Cherry Glazerr

Album • Jan 20 / 2017 Indie Rock Noise Pop

# 45

Semper Femina by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 46

World Eater by Blanck Mass

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Electro-Industrial Post-Industrial

# 47

Aromanticism by Moses Sumney

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 48

City Music by Kevin Morby

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock Folk Rock

# 49

Strangled Light by Less Art

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Post-Hardcore

# 50

Stranger in the Alps by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter