Criteria: These music albums from the year 2017 were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, and acclaim from critics and musicians. This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' albums.
Edited By: Ryan
1. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar 2. 4:44 - Jay-Z 3. A Crow Looked at Me - Mount Eerie 4. Melodrama - Lorde 5. CTRL - SZA 6. Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples 7. More Life - Drake 8. Divide - Ed Sheeran 9. Reputation - Taylor Swift 10. MASSEDUCTION - St. Vincent 11. A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs 12. Lust for Life - Lana Del Rey 13. Rainbow - Kesha 14. Flower Boy - Tyler the Creator 15. Utopia - Björk 16. Take Me Apart - Kelela 17. Pure Comedy - Father John Misty 18. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 19. American Dream - LCD Soundsystem 20. Process - Sampha 21. Culture - Migos 22. Sleep Well Beast - The National 23. HNDRXX - Future 24. Capacity - Big Thief 25. American Teen - Khalid 26. The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 27. Plunge - Fever Ray 28. After Laughter - Paramore 29. The Ooz - King Krule 30. I See You - The xx 31. Freedom Highway - Rhiannon Giddens 32. Slowdive - Slowdive 33. Drunk - Thundercat 34. From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton 35. Crack-Up - Fleet Foxes 36. Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris 37. No Shape - Perfume Genius 38. Turn Out the Lights - Julien Baker 39. All American Made - Margo Price 40. Black Origami - Jlin 41. Villians - Queens of the Stone Age 42. Carry Fire - Robert Plant 43. The Thrill of It All - Sam Smith 44. Introduce Yerself - Gord Downie 45. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream - Open Mike Eagle 46. Antisocialites - Alvvays 47. SweetSexySavage - Kehlani 48. Mental Illness - Aimee Mann 49. Soft Sounds from Another Planet - Japanese Breakfast 50. This Old Dog - Mac DeMarco 51. Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie - Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 52. Beautiful Trauma - Pink 53. Semper Femina - Laura Marling 54. Is This the Life We Really Want? - Roger Waters 55. As You Were - Liam Gallagher 56. Fin - Syd 57. Science Fiction - Brand New 58. Everybody - Logic 59. Life Will See You Now - Jens Lekman 60. Wonderful Wonderful - The Killers 61. Pleasure - Feist 62. War & Leisure - Miguel 63. Relaxer - Alt-J 64. Hopeless Fountain Kingdom - Halsey 65. A Black Mile to the Surface - Manchester Orchestra 66. Native Invader - Tori Amos 67. Hot Thoughts - Spoon 68. Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens 69. Flicker - Niall Horan 70. Dark Matter - Randy Newman 71. Woodstock - Portugal. The Man 72. Evolve - Imagine Dragons 73. Soul of a Woman - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 74. Out in the Storm - Waxahatchee 75. Lotta Sea Lice - Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile 76. Goths - The Mountain Goats 77. Fruedian - Daniel Ceasar 78. Ken - Destroyer 79. Colors - Beck 80. Ti Amo - Phoenix 81. 50 Song Memoir - The Magnetic Fields 82. One More Light - Linkin Park 83. Murder of the Universe - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 84. Mirror Reaper - Bell Witch 85. About U - MUNA 86. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 87. Near to the Wild Heart of Life - Japandroids 88. Rest - Charlotte Gainsbourg 89. Saturation II - Brockhampton 90. Concrete & Gold - Foo Fighters 91. Stranger in the Alps - Phoebe Bridgers 92. Aromanticism - Moses Sumney 93. Memories... Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers 94. Who Built the Moon? - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 95. Need to Feel Your Love - Sheer Mag 96. Emperor of Sand - Mastodon 97. Cost of Living - Downtown Boys 98. Guppy - Charly Bliss 99. Weather Diaries - Ride 100. Humanz - Gorillaz
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2017
Ryan's choice - An unheralded great album from 2017
• Supercalifragile - Game Theory
Lew's choice:
• My Spirit Sister - Joshua James
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
