From festival headliners like Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Depeche Mode to rising acts such as Whitney Rose, Sheer Mag and Angaleena Presley, 2017 delivered outstanding releases from musicians of all recognition levels and font sizes. We're happy to unveil our editors' top 70 albums of the year, followed by another genre-specific list every weekday until the new year. https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2017
Holy crap! I separate out my playlists by years as well! The problem is that I only have about 10% of my collection uploaded online. It's going to be an ongoing project for a long time.
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I thought 2017 was a great year for music. Good enough, that I had trouble listing 10, so I went for 25 instead.
My personal favourites:
1) LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
2) Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts
3) Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
4) The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
5) Slowdive - Slowdive
6) Deerhoof - Mountain Moves
7) Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
8) Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
9) Brand New - Science Fiction
10 Big Thief - Capacity
11) Mister Heavenly - Boxing the Moonlight
12) The National - Sleep Well Beast
13) The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
14) Beck - Colors
15) Alvvays - Antisocialites
16) London Grammar - Truth is a Beautiful Thing
17) Stars - There is No Love In Fluorescent Light
18) The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
19) The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Wild
20) The xx - I See You
21) Susanne Sundfor - Music For People In Trouble
22) The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
23) Austra - Future Politics
24) Future Islands - The Far Field
25) Feist - Pleasure
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10. Charli XCX – Boys
9. Kelela – Frontline
8. Future – Mask Off
7. King Krule – Dum Surfer
6. Frank Ocean – Chanel
5. Lil Uzi Vert – XO TOUR Llif3
4. SZA – Love Galore [ft. Travis Scott]
3. Lorde – Green Light
2. Kendrick Lamar – DNA.
1. Cardi B – Bodak Yellow
I've heard none of these top 10. And only 13 out of 100.
Based on what I can guess about your tastes, you're gonna have a bad time. Kudos for maintaining this thread and having an open mind.
I don't typically agree with Pitchfork's lists (or have listened to enough music to have a real opinion), but this year's top 10 is bang on what I would expect from them.
10. Charli XCX – Boys
9. Kelela – Frontline
8. Future – Mask Off
7. King Krule – Dum Surfer
6. Frank Ocean – Chanel
5. Lil Uzi Vert – XO TOUR Llif3
4. SZA – Love Galore [ft. Travis Scott]
3. Lorde – Green Light
2. Kendrick Lamar – DNA.
1. Cardi B – Bodak Yellow
I've heard none of these top 10. And only 13 out of 100.
This list in general isn't really to my taste but this one really sticks out as it is one of my most hated songs of 2017. It is an auto-tuned lowest common denominator piece of ear cancer pop music crap.
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This list in general isn't really to my taste but this one really sticks out as it is one of my most hated songs of 2017. It is an auto-tuned lowest common denominator piece of ear cancer pop music crap.
Pitchfork was responsible for exposing Charli XCX to North American audiences and turning her into a breakout star so I think Pitchfork will always be partial to Charli XCX and vice versa. And Charli XCX has bonafide DIY indie cred, so that's another reason why I'm not surprised to find her on this list. And I can understand why people may not like Boys, but I find it really catchy with a great accompanying video.
10. Jlin – Black Origami
9. Fever Ray – Plunge
8. Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
7. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
6. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
5. Lorde – Melodrama
4. Kelela – Take Me Apart
3. King Krule – The OOZ
2. SZA – Ctrl
1. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Jesus, I just listened to that Jason Isbell album despite the fact that it came out months ago and I'm a big fan but it might be his best work yet. He's on quite the hot streak at the moment. Three really good albums all in a row.
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Anyone listen to the new Eminem album? I took a first spin, and it's probably his most disappointing effort. I know he has a cult following, including me, but the guy has no political credibility considering his music is all in jest and for shock value. Why he chose to make a political album is ridiculous and just a bad business move. There are some creative beats on there, but not enough Dr Dre as the production on first listen has been pretty mediocre.
Kudos for maintaining this thread and having an open mind. 
