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The best albums of 2017 according to Pitchfork

The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: Plunge — Fever Ray · DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar · Take Me Apart — Kelela. (Updated Feb 5, 2022.)

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

Rodrigo Fernandes Souza · · 15 items · 17 votes · 8 comments

Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    Plunge — Fever Ray

    No. 9. The second solo album by The Knife's Karin Dreijer.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar

    No. 1. The Compton rapper's fourth studio album.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  3. 3

    Take Me Apart — Kelela

    No. 4. The American singer's first album.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator

    No. 8. Tyler's most intimate record to that point.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    4:44 — JAY-Z

    No. 13. His most confessional album.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    A Crow Looked at Me — Mount Eerie

    No. 14. Phil Elverum sings of grief after his wife's death.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Process — Sampha

    No. 15. The Briton's debut, winner of the 2017 Mercury Prize.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Ctrl — SZA

    No. 2. The R&B singer's debut album.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  9. 9

    The OOZ — King Krule

    No. 3. Archy Marshall's second album under that name.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  10. 10

    Melodrama — Lorde

    No. 5. The New Zealander's second album.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  11. 11

    Aromanticism — Moses Sumney

    No. 6. The singer's debut, about the absence of romantic love.

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    0
  12. 12

    Big Fish Theory — Vince Staples

    No. 7. Rap over electronic beats.

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    0
  13. 13

    Black Origami — Jlin

    No. 10. Experimental footwork from the Indiana producer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    A Deeper Understanding — The War on Drugs

    No. 11.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    American Dream — LCD Soundsystem

    No. 12. Their comeback record, seven years after the last one.

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    0

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Matheus Ramos · Português

Flower Boy foi a virada do Tyler.

Leonardo R. · Português

Moses Sumney merecia mais atenção.

fortalezaachadinhos · Português

DAMN. em primeiro, justíssimo, ganhou até o Pulitzer.

bassline · Português

Big Fish Theory é muito à frente.

Gabriela A. · Português

Ctrl da SZA, disco perfeito.

Juliana Lopes · Português

Melodrama da Lorde, Green Light é hino.

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