Album of The Year - Endgame

RowBearToe said:
2017:

1. SZA - Ctrl
2. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
3. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
4. Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All
5. Daniel Caesar - Freudian
6. Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
7. Thomas Rhett - Life Changes
8. Jade Bird - Something American EP
9. Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee
10. Jay-Z - 4:44

Honorable Mentions:
11. Harry Styles - Harry Styles
12. Portugal. The Man - Woodstock
13. Nick Grant - Return of the Cool
14. Taylor Swift - Reputation
15. The Greatest Showman Soundtrack
16. Soul Scratch - Pushing Fire
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Updated to add Nicole. I didn't know about it until 2019 so it wasn't on my original list which is what I started from. Fixed!
 
2017 for me was the year I started getting into vinyl collecting. 😍 For me that year had so many amazing great albums that it was a bit difficult for me to put them into some order and Top 10. So I ended up with some Top 25 plus some. Thanks very much to all, who have provided lists, I really enjoy to explore the records on your lists and already have found some gems. 🙂🍻

1. Royal Blood "How did we get so dark?"
2. Clouds Nothing "Life without sound"
3. Idles "Brutalism"
4. Cigarettes after sex "Cigarettes after sex"
5. Sharon Jones & the Dap- Kings "Soul of a woman"
6. Kendrick Lamar "Damn"
7. Temples "Volcano"
8. Foster the people "Sacred hearts club"
9. The National "Sleep well beast"
10. LCD Soundsystem "American dream"

11. Liam Gallagher "As you were"
12. The Big Moon "Love in the 4th dimension"
13. Loyle Carner "Yesterday's gone"
14. Spoon "Hot thoughts"
15. Lana del Rey "Lust for life"
16. Nicole Atkins "Goodnight Rhonda Lee"
17. Lorde "Melodrama"
18. Gang of Youths "Go farther in lightness"
19. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard "Flying microtonal banana"
20. Morrissey "Low in high school"
21. Beck "Colors"
22. Tyler The Creator "Flower boy"
23. SZA "CTRL"
24. Aldous Harding "Party"
25. Noga Erez "Off the Radar"

Some more honorable mentions
Mount Eerie "A crow looked at me"
49 Swimming Pools "How the wild calls to me"
Björk "Utopia"
Star Tropics "Lost world"
Jamiroquai "Automaton"
Protomartyr "Relatives in descent"
Sinkane "Life & Livin it"
St. Vincent "Masseduction"
Portugal the Man "Woodstock"
J. Bernardt "Running days"


So sorry it's so much, but I think these all are amazing records and felt like mentioning them ❤
 
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1. Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
2. milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?!
3. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
4. billy woods - Known Unknowns
5. Thee Oh Sees - Orc
6. Idles - Brutalism
7. Richard Dawson - Peasant
8. Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
9. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
10. Algiers - The Underside of Power
11. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
12. Quelle Chris - Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often
13. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
14. Armand Hammer - Rome
15. Fleet Foxes - Crack Up

Such a great year for me. Many of these are so close that I would easily make a different list another week. I wanted to spend some more time with albums I wasn't as familiar with or didn't love as much back then, but I didn't have a ton of time to dedicate to it.
 
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This was a really great, deep year for me, with probably 30+ records I still spin regularly. My top 10 has probably changed a lot in the years since.

1. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
2. Alvvays - Antisocialites
3. A. Savage - Thawing Dawn
4. Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference
5. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
6. Bedouine - Bedouine
7. Feist - Pleasure
8. Rosalia - Los Angeles
9. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
10. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

HMs:
  • Tinariwen - Elwan
  • Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
  • The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
  • Leif Vollebekk - Twin Solitude
  • Kacy & Clayton - The Siren's Song
  • Kevin Morby - City Music
  • Weaves - Wide Open
  • Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
  • Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
 
Wicked Dreamer said:
My Top 10 Albums of 2017:
  1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
  2. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
  3. Lorde - Melodrama
  4. Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
  5. St. Vincent - Masseduction
  6. Kelela - Take Me Apart
  7. Harry Styles - s/t
  8. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
  9. Jay-Z - 4:44
  10. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
  11. SZA - CTRL
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I'm really hoping it's not too late to update my list, because for some reason I'd forgotten that Joey Badass album was from 2017!
 
Here's a 2017 list.

SZA - CTRL
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Kelela - Take Me Apart
Kamasi Washington - Harmony Of Difference EP
Jay-Z - 4:44
Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 2wice
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard / Mild High Club - Sketches of Brunswick East
Ride - Weather Diaries
Thundercat - Drunk


Not sure if EPs are ok but Kamasi's EP was fire that year so it belongs on the list.
Yes I ranked SZA ahead of Kendrick. I listened to her album so much that year & honestly it's probably one of the best Alt R&B albums in the past few years. Kelela has an honorable mention on that title too.
 
The N+G Top 20 Albums of 2017

  1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
  2. Sza - Cntrl
  3. Lorde - Melodrama
  4. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
  5. The National - Sleep Well Beast
  6. Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
  7. Phoebe Bridgers - Strangers In The Alps
  8. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
  9. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
  10. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
  11. Milo - Who Told You to Think?!?!?
  12. Kelela - Take Me Apart (tie 12)
  13. Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (tie 12)
  14. Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex (tie 12)
  15. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman (tie 15)
  16. Alvvays - Antisocialites(tie 15)
  17. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
  18. Four Tet - New Energy(tie 18)
  19. Thundercat - “Drunk” (tie 18)
  20. Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee (tie 18)
  21. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (tie 18)
 
1972. Solid year!

1. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
2. Lou Reed - Transformer
3. Deep Purple - Machine Head
4. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
5. Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
6. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
7. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
8. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
9. Elton John - Honky Chateau
10. Neil Young - Harvest
 
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Wow, some gold came out in 1972, where I’ve placed Ziggy is an absolute shock, even to me!

1. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
2. Van Morrison - St. Dominic’s Preview
3. Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
4. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
5. Neil Young - Harvest
6. Paul Simon
7. Lou Reed - Transformer
8. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
9. Al Green - Let‘s Stay Together
10. Elton John - Honky Chateau
 
  1. Bowie- Ziggy
  2. Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Roforofo Fight
  3. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
  4. Can - Ege Bamyasi
  5. Ornette Coleman- Science Fiction
  6. Neil Young - Harvest
  7. Lou Reed - Transformer
  8. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
  9. Neu - Neu
  10. Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
 
1972

I definitely have some gaps in my listening history with early 1970's music

  1. Big Star - #1 Record
  2. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
  3. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
  4. Neil Young - Harvest
  5. Van Morrison - St. Dominic’s Preview
  6. Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
  7. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
  8. Al Green - Let‘s Stay Together
  9. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
  10. Paul Simon - Paul Simon
 
Here goes:

1. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
2. Big Star - #1 Record
3. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
4. Grateful Dead - Europe '72
5. Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
6. Miles Davis - On The Corner
7. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
8. Lou Reed - Transformer
9. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
10. Neil Young - Harvest
 
1. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
2. Tim Buckley - Greetings From LA
3. Townes van Zandt - The Late Great Townes van Zandt
4. Neil Young - Harvest
5. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
6. Miles Davis - On the Corner
7. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
8. JJ Cale - Really
9. Lou Reed - Transformer
10. War - The World is a Ghetto

sneaky good year
 
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