Top 40 albums of 2017
because there aren't enough of these |
| 40 |  | The Mountain Goats
Goths
8/10
"Rain In Soho" |
| 39 |  | Canadian Softball
Awkward and Depressed
8.3/10
"Great Again" |
| 38 |  | I the Mighty
Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let it Go
8.3/10
"Sleepwalker" |
| 37 |  | The National
Sleep Well Beast
8.3/10
"The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness" |
| 36 |  | Deafcult
Auras
8.3/10
"Sparkle" |
| 35 |  | Nothing But Thieves
Broken Machine
8.3/10
"Live Like Animals" |
| 34 |  | Turnover
Good Nature
A massive disappointment after the perfect Peripheral Vision. Surprisingly though, this album has grown on me quite a bit. The choruses might not be immediate, but all songs are definitely pleasant to listen to with Living Small and Curiosity being slow burn-catchy. If that makes any sense.
8.3/10
"Curiosity" |
| 33 |  | Citizen
As You Please
8.3/10
"In The Middle Of It All" |
| 32 |  | Enter Shikari
The Spark
8.3/10
"The Sights" |
| 31 |  | Sorority Noise
You're Not As ____ As You Think
8.3/10
"No Halo" |
| 30 |  | Lorde
Melodrama
8.3/10
"Homemade Dynamite" |
| 29 |  | Deaf Havana
All These Countless Nights
8.3/10
"Pensacola, 2013" |
| 28 |  | Japanese Breakfast
Soft Sounds From Another Planet
8.3/10
"Diving Woman" |
| 27 |  | Waxahatchee
Out in the Storm
8.3/10
"No Questen" |
| 26 |  | Creeper
Eternity, In Your Arms
8.3/10
"Black Rain" |
| 25 |  | In Hearts Wake
Ark
I'm a sucker for their catchy, watered down aussiecore.
8.3/10
"Passage" |
| 24 |  | Beach Fossils
Somersault
8.3/10
"Sugar" |
| 23 |  | As It Is
Okay
This is actually a really good pop punk record. Despite some standard songs at the start and end of this album, the middle section is quite brilliant. Songs like 'Austen' and 'Soap' show the band's heavier side and it pays off well.
8.5/10
"Austen" |
| 22 |  | PVRIS
All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
8.5/10
"What's Wrong" |
| 21 |  | Knuckle Puck
Shapeshifter
8.5/10
"Wait" |
| 20 |  | Gleemer
Anymore
8.5/10
"Dryness" |
| 19 |  | Tigers Jaw
spin
8.5/10
"June" |
| 18 |  | Mount Eerie
A Crow Looked At Me
8.5/10
"that one really sad song" |
| 17 |  | '68
Two Parts Viper
8.5/10
"No Montage" |
| 16 |  | Day Wave
The Days We Had
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/73732/Day-Wave-The-Days-We-Had/
8.5/10
"Wasting Time" |
| 15 |  | Blood Command
Cult Drugs
8.8/10
"Ctrl + Alt + Del" |
| 14 |  | The Maine
Lovely Little Lonely
Underappreciated album that is just pure fun.
8.8/10
"How Do You Feel?" |
| 13 |  | Julien Baker
Turn Out The Lights
8.8/10
"Turn Out The Lights" |
| 12 |  | Slowdive
Slowdive
8.8/10
"Falling Ashes" |
| 11 |  | A Will Away
Here Again
Here Again is subtly unique. At its core this is a standard indie rock/ppp punk record, yet it's the small bits of experimentation that make this album great. The twinkly mathrock in Agoraphobia or the oddly structured Pay Raise are some examples. Besides this, the lyrics to Well Adjusted are deeply relatable.
8.8/10
"Agoraphobia" |
| 10 |  | Movements
Feel Something
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/75160/Movements-Feel-Something/
8.8/10
"Full Circle" |
| 9 |  | Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex
8.8/10
"Each Time You Fall In Love" |
| 8 |  | Counterparts
You're Not You Anymore
8.8/10
"Fragile Limbs" |
| 7 |  | Fazerdaze
Morningside
My favourite dreampop record of this year. Morningside makes me think of places that feel like 'home' to me.
8.8/10
"Last To Sleep" |
| 6 |  | Manchester Orchestra
A Black Mile to the Surface
9/10
"The Silence" |
| 5 |  | The Menzingers
After the Party
9/10
"Your Wild Years" |
| 4 |  | Gang of Youths
Go Farther in Lightness
Thanks for introducing me to this, sputnik.
9/10
"Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane" |
| 3 |  | Fleet Foxes
Crack-Up
Possibly my favourite Fleet Foxes album since it takes the brilliant Foxes-formula and makes it way more complex than it needs to be. I love that.
9/10
"Crack Up" |
| 2 |  | Brand New
Science Fiction
Pieces of shit shouldn't be allowed to have musical talent.
9.3/10
"137" |
| 1 |  | Hundredth
Rare
Not a very obvious pick for an AOTY, but there is nothing I don't love about Rare. It takes the shoegaze genre and shakes it up with intense drumming, rewarding build-ups and gorgeous melodies.
9.3/10
"Hole" |
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