re: Your top 10 albums of 2017 (as of September)

I'll update this more when I have a chance to look through what I've listened to thus far this year, but off the top of my head, here are the standout albums:

1. Portugal. Tha man.
2. Haim

Both of those albums are focking amazeballs start to finish.

Albums that are in my top ten, but I'm not exactly sure where:
- Spoon
- Bishop Briggs

Sorry, I thought the Kendrick album was a bit overrated, but i'm also just not a huge huge Kendrick guy.

I liked the mancester orchestra, but not on the level that many on here did.

I almost actively disliked the newest offerings from John Mayer, Calvin Harris, and Passion Pit, which is notable in that those are all acts I used to dig. Especially, Passion Pit. The Passion Pit albums makes me some combination of sad and pissed. It's just an obvious throwaway album. The only purpose to fulfill a contractual obligation. Just way way worse than any of their previous offerings. It makes me mad that they mailed it in. It makes me sad that Passion Pit -- formerly one of my favorite bands -- is dead to me, and will likely never be revived.

Lot's of good ones already listed so I'll just add:

Tall Ships - Impressions

Way too many good albums this year. I made my full list yesterday. Updated from my post on page one.


Top 25:

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Kendrick Lamara - Damn
Lorde - Melodrama
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
SZA - Ctrl
Fleet Foxes - Crack Up
Sampha - Process
Spoon - Hot Thoughts
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Tyler Childers - Purgatory
The National - Sleep Well Beast
Elder - Perfections of a Floating World
Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
Vince Staples - Fish Theory
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
All Them Witches - Sleeping Through the War
Brand New - Science Fiction
Perfume Genius - No Shape
Vagabon- Infinite Worlds
Vulfpeck- Mr. Finish Line
Thundercat - Drunk
John Moreland - Big Bad Luv
Paramore - After Laughter
Christ Stapleton - In the Room Vol. 1 and vol. 2

Honorable mentions:

Jay-Z - 4:44
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
Margo Price - All American Made
Algiers - The Underside of Power

Here’s my 10 in no particular order:

Slowdive
Milk Music - Mystic 100’s
Bully - Losing
White Reaper - The World’s Best American Band
Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent
Metz - Strange Peace
War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
B Boys - Dada
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural