Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2017
Yesterday, Pitchfork published their list of the 100 best songs of 2017, and today they published their 50 best albums of 2017. As usual, you can make some guesses about what their list will be based on which albums get Best New Music or an 8.0+ score throughout the year, but more goes into it than that. A few albums that got BNM didn’t make the cut, and some albums are here that got below an 8, like Drake‘s More Life, Lana Del Rey‘s Lust for Life, and St. Vincent‘s MASSEDUCTION. The ranking of the list doesn’t necessarily match up with scores either. For example, Fleet Foxes‘ Crack-Up got an 8.7 and comes in at #39, while LCD Soundsystem‘s American Dream got an 8.5 and comes in at #12.
The top 5 is mostly what you’d expect — but maybe a surprise or two — with Lorde, Kelela, Kendrick Lamar, King Krule and SZA. As for what order they come in, we’ll let you see for yourself. The full list is below and you can read P4k’s commentary on each pick HERE.
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Pitchfork’s 50 Best Albums of 2017
50. Yaeji – EP/EP2
49. Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
48. (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
47. Kehlani – SweetSexySavage
46. Laurel Halo – Dust
45. Girlpool – Powerplant
44. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Kid
43. Lil B – Black Ken
42. Vagabon – Infinite Worlds
41. Zola Jesus – Okovi
40. The xx – I See You
39. Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up
38. Drake – More Life
37. Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
36. Syd – Fin
35. Playboi Carti – Playboi Carti
34. Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives
33. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
32. Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life
31. Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference EP
30. Slowdive – Slowdive
29. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 3
28. Ibeyi – Ash
27. Future – HNDRXX
26. Jay Som – Everybody Works
25. Priests – Nothing Feels Natural
24. Thundercat – Drunk
23. Big Thief – Capacity
22. St. Vincent – MASSEDUCTION
21. Arca – Arca
20. Bjork – Utopia
19. Migos – Culture
18. Julien Baker – Turn Out the Lights
17. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest
16. Perfume Genius – No Shape
15. Sampha – Process
14. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me
13. JAY-Z – 4:44
12. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
11. The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
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.