Music of 2017
When I sat down to put this list together I was impressed by just how much great music was released in 2017. I’ve limited this list to 15 albums for the sake of brevity, but I easily could have listed more, and I’m sure there are even more good albums that I don’t know about yet. I’m pretty bad at describing why I like this album or that album, so I’m just going to list them in order and embed a song from each record that I hope you’ll like. Like most years this list does lean towards metal albums, especially near the top end, but I think there’s a pretty good variety of genres here, and a good mix of vocal and instrumental albums. Enjoy!
15. Infinite Worlds by Vagabon
14. Three Worlds by Max Richter
13. Made of Breath Only by sleepmakeswaves
12.The French Press by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
11. Stubborn Persistent Illusions by Do Make Say Think
10. Luciferian Towers by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
9. self-titled by Slowdive
8. The Underside of Power by Algiers
7. Heartless by Pallbearer
6. Thrice Woven by Wolves in the Throne Room
5. The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell
4. Hug of Thunder by Broken Social Scene
3. So Numb by Sannhet
2. Utopioid by Rosetta
1. Hiss Spun by Chelsea Wolfe
OK it’s technically not an album but this is #1 too:
