Wales Arts Review’s critics have come together, argued, scrapped, cried, and hugged, to bring you our rundown of the best 50 albums of 2017. So here we go…
Best Albums of 2017:
50.
Masseduction – St Vincent
49.
The Great Distraction – Vessels
48.
Confidently Lost – Sabrina Claudio
47.
Sketches of Brunswick East – King Gizzard
46.
Brutalism – Idles
45.
Dust – Laurel Halo
44.
Bedouine – Bedouine
43.
Utopia – Björk
42.
Colours – Beck
41.
I Tell a Fly – Benjamin Clementine
40.
Face Your Fear – Curtis Harding
39.
Donde Estas Maria? – The Meridian Brothers
38.
Hippopotamus – Sparks
37.
Painted Ruins – Grizzly Bear
36.
Out in the Storm – Waxahatchee
35.
Halo – Juana Molina
34.
Guppy – Charley Bliss
33.
Relaxer – Alt-J
32.
Antisocialite – Alvvays
31.
Plunge – Fever Ray
30.
Black Origami – Jlin
29.
Stranger Things Volume 2 OST – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
28.
Visions of a Life – Wolf Alice
27.
Makanda at the End of Space – Pierre Kwenders
26.
CTRL – SZA
25.
Flying Microtonal Banana – King Gizzard
24.
I’m not your man – Maricka Hackman
23.
Off the Radar – Noga Erez
22.
Life and Living It – Sinkane
21.
Rest – Charlotte Gainsbourg
20.
Every Valley – Public Service Broadcasting
19.
Flower Boy – Tyler, The Creator
18.
Love You Really – Elli Ingram
17.
I – Niia
16.
DAMN – Kendrick Lamar
15.
Drunk – Thundercat
14.
HEAVN – Jamila Woods
13.
Music for People in Trouble – Susanne Sandfør
12.
American Dream – LCD Soundsystem
11.
Anchovies – Apollo Brown
10.
Luciferian Towers – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
9.
New Energy – Four Tet
8.
Memories Are Now – Jessica Hoop
7.
Ooz – King Krule
6.
Room 29 – Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales
5.
A Hairshirt of Purpose – Pile
4.
All This I Do For Glory – Colin Stetson
3.
Party – Aldous Harding
2.
From Deewee – Soulwax
1.
Aromanticism – Moses Sumney
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