# The best albums of 2017 according to Pitchfork

The top 15 of Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2017, published on 12 December 2017 and led by Kendrick Lamar's DAMN.

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- Feb 5, 2022 · Rodrigo Fernandes Souza
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## Top 15

1. **Plunge — Fever Ray** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — No. 9. The second solo album by The Knife's Karin Dreijer.
2. **DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 1. The Compton rapper's fourth studio album.
3. **Take Me Apart — Kelela** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 4. The American singer's first album.
4. **Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 8. Tyler's most intimate record to that point.
5. **4:44 — JAY-Z** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 13. His most confessional album.
6. **A Crow Looked at Me — Mount Eerie** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 14. Phil Elverum sings of grief after his wife's death.
7. **Process — Sampha** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 15. The Briton's debut, winner of the 2017 Mercury Prize.
8. **Ctrl — SZA** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — No. 2. The R&B singer's debut album.
9. **The OOZ — King Krule** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — No. 3. Archy Marshall's second album under that name.
10. **Melodrama — Lorde** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — No. 5. The New Zealander's second album.
11. **Aromanticism — Moses Sumney** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 6. The singer's debut, about the absence of romantic love.
12. **Big Fish Theory — Vince Staples** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7. Rap over electronic beats.
13. **Black Origami — Jlin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 10. Experimental footwork from the Indiana producer.
14. **A Deeper Understanding — The War on Drugs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 11.
15. **American Dream — LCD Soundsystem** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 12. Their comeback record, seven years after the last one.

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