Uproxx's Best Rock Albums of 2017

From rock legends putting their past behind them to indie bands with one foot still in the DIY scene, here are the best rock albums of 2017.

Published: December 05, 2017 16:16 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Out in the Storm Waxahatchee Jul-14-2017, Indie Rock
#2 New Kind of Normal Cayetana May-05-2017, Indie Rock
#3 Prisoner Ryan Adams Feb-17-2017, Singer-Songwriter
#4 Losing Bully Oct-20-2017, Indie Rock
#5 Hot Thoughts Spoon Mar-17-2017, Indie Rock
#6 Powerplant Girlpool May-12-2017, Indie Pop
#7 Slowdive Slowdive May-05-2017, Dream Pop
#8 Precious Art Rozwell Kid Jun-23-2017, Power Pop
#9 Cost of Living Downtown Boys Aug-11-2017, Post-Hardcore
#10 Somersault Beach Fossils Jun-02-2017, Indie Pop
#11 Villains Queens of the Stone Age Aug-25-2017, Alternative Rock
#12 Thelma Thelma Mar-10-2017, Bossa nova
#13 Life Without Sound Cloud Nothings Jan-27-2017, Indie Rock
#14 More Scared of You Than You Are of Me The Smith Street Band Apr-07-2017, Pop Punk
#15 Cry Cry Cry Wolf Parade Oct-06-2017, Indie Rock
#16 Always Foreign The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die Sep-29-2017, Midwest Emo
#17 A Black Mile To The Surface Manchester Orchestra Jul-28-2017, Indie Rock
#18 Wonderful Wonderful The Killers Sep-22-2017, New Wave
#19 The Dusk In Us Converge Nov-03-2017, Metalcore
#20 Carry Fire Robert Plant Oct-13-2017, Folk Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Out in the Storm | Waxahatchee | Album, Jul-14-2017, Indie Rock |
| #2 | New Kind of Normal | Cayetana | Album, May-05-2017, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Prisoner | Ryan Adams | Album, Feb-17-2017, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Losing | Bully | Album, Oct-20-2017, Indie Rock |
| #5 | Hot Thoughts | Spoon | Album, Mar-17-2017, Indie Rock |
| #6 | Powerplant | Girlpool | Album, May-12-2017, Indie Pop |
| #7 | Slowdive | Slowdive | Album, May-05-2017, Dream Pop |
| #8 | Precious Art | Rozwell Kid | Album, Jun-23-2017, Power Pop |
| #9 | Cost of Living | Downtown Boys | Album, Aug-11-2017, Post-Hardcore |
| #10 | Somersault | Beach Fossils | Album, Jun-02-2017, Indie Pop |
| #11 | Villains | Queens of the Stone Age | Album, Aug-25-2017, Alternative Rock |
| #12 | Thelma | Thelma | Album, Mar-10-2017, Bossa nova |
| #13 | Life Without Sound | Cloud Nothings | Album, Jan-27-2017, Indie Rock |
| #14 | More Scared of You Than You Are of Me | The Smith Street Band | Album, Apr-07-2017, Pop Punk |
| #15 | Cry Cry Cry | Wolf Parade | Album, Oct-06-2017, Indie Rock |
| #16 | Always Foreign | The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die | Album, Sep-29-2017, Midwest Emo |
| #17 | A Black Mile To The Surface | Manchester Orchestra | Album, Jul-28-2017, Indie Rock |
| #18 | Wonderful Wonderful | The Killers | Album, Sep-22-2017, New Wave |
| #19 | The Dusk In Us | Converge | Album, Nov-03-2017, Metalcore |
| #20 | Carry Fire | Robert Plant | Album, Oct-13-2017, Folk Rock |