GirlsAloudFan
Blue Crack Addict
1. Twin Peaks: Music From the Limited Event Series - 15 points (Fuck you, Albert.)
2. U2 - Songs of Experience - 13 points (My favorite band of all-time released a hell of an honest and uplifting album with only a couple of shit tracks.)
3. Paramore - After Laughter - 13 points (Hayley's even more depressed and resigned to fate than usual here but it's hidden beneath the surface of another thrilling collection of songs from one of the best bands of the last decade.)
4. Taylor Swift - reputation - 13 points (Her second consecutive disappointment, but the handful of killer songs on here are still the best songs written by anyone in 2017 and are enough to earn 13 points.)
5. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN - 8 points (Masterful storytelling combined with bangers that sound fucking great blasted out of rolled-down car windows.)
6. Dirty Projectors - self-titled - 7 points (Revealing and bizarre and immaculately crafted. I've always loved Longstreth's voice.)
7. The National - Sleep Well Beast - 7 points (I mean, it's THE NASH! They haven't made an album that isn't great in a really, really long time.)
8. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights - 6 points (One of the most powerful performers in music today. I think she's a world-shattering songwriter. She reminds me a lot of Taylor if Taylor took herself way more seriously.)
9. HAIM - Something To Tell You - 5 points (I had a lot of fun listening to and getting drunk/high to this album in the summer.)
10. Charly Bliss - Guppy - 4 points (A young rock band that actually feels like they're having a good time. And they didn't forget to write songs with real hooks in them!)
11. Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir - 2 points (Consistently inspired by Stephin Merritt and his weird little band.)
12. Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life - 2 points (Thought "Love" was an awesome lead single, and it led to another solid bunch of songs from LDR...although I still think ULTRAVIOLENCE is her best shit.)
13. Thundercat - Drunk - 2 points (This guy is immensely talented and I'm impressed with the way this album was structured.)
14. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural - 2 points (This reminds me, in a good way, of the very best punk bands I've ever seen at cramped, shitty house show venues.)
15. Miley Cyrus - Younger Now - 1 point (I only listened to this once and it didn't make too much of an impression on me but I feel like it's tradition for me to put Miley's album on the list whenever she puts one out.)
There were a few albums released in 2017 by artists I really like that I never got around to listening to (St. Vincent, Kesha, Vince Staples, Lorde) and I feel like they would probably make this list retroactively once I check them out.
2. U2 - Songs of Experience - 13 points (My favorite band of all-time released a hell of an honest and uplifting album with only a couple of shit tracks.)
3. Paramore - After Laughter - 13 points (Hayley's even more depressed and resigned to fate than usual here but it's hidden beneath the surface of another thrilling collection of songs from one of the best bands of the last decade.)
4. Taylor Swift - reputation - 13 points (Her second consecutive disappointment, but the handful of killer songs on here are still the best songs written by anyone in 2017 and are enough to earn 13 points.)
5. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN - 8 points (Masterful storytelling combined with bangers that sound fucking great blasted out of rolled-down car windows.)
6. Dirty Projectors - self-titled - 7 points (Revealing and bizarre and immaculately crafted. I've always loved Longstreth's voice.)
7. The National - Sleep Well Beast - 7 points (I mean, it's THE NASH! They haven't made an album that isn't great in a really, really long time.)
8. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights - 6 points (One of the most powerful performers in music today. I think she's a world-shattering songwriter. She reminds me a lot of Taylor if Taylor took herself way more seriously.)
9. HAIM - Something To Tell You - 5 points (I had a lot of fun listening to and getting drunk/high to this album in the summer.)
10. Charly Bliss - Guppy - 4 points (A young rock band that actually feels like they're having a good time. And they didn't forget to write songs with real hooks in them!)
11. Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir - 2 points (Consistently inspired by Stephin Merritt and his weird little band.)
12. Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life - 2 points (Thought "Love" was an awesome lead single, and it led to another solid bunch of songs from LDR...although I still think ULTRAVIOLENCE is her best shit.)
13. Thundercat - Drunk - 2 points (This guy is immensely talented and I'm impressed with the way this album was structured.)
14. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural - 2 points (This reminds me, in a good way, of the very best punk bands I've ever seen at cramped, shitty house show venues.)
15. Miley Cyrus - Younger Now - 1 point (I only listened to this once and it didn't make too much of an impression on me but I feel like it's tradition for me to put Miley's album on the list whenever she puts one out.)
There were a few albums released in 2017 by artists I really like that I never got around to listening to (St. Vincent, Kesha, Vince Staples, Lorde) and I feel like they would probably make this list retroactively once I check them out.
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