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Best Albums of 2022
“Farm to Table,” Bartees Strange.
“Kingmaker,” Tami Neilson.
“River Fools & Mountain Saints,” Ian Noe.
“Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You,” Big Thief.
“Be-Bop!” Pasquale Grasso + "Linger Awhile," Samara Joy.
“Topical Dancer,” Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul.
“SOS," SZA.
“Lucifer on the Sofa,” Spoon.
“Un Verano Sin Ti,” Bad Bunny.
“Angel in Realtime,” Gang of Youths.
“A Beautiful Time,” Willie Nelson.
“Big Time,” Angel Olsen.
“Crooked Tree,” Molly Tuttle & the Golden Highway.
“One Day,” The Cactus Blossoms.
“White Trash Revelry,” Adeem the Artist.
“Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville,” Ashley McBryde.
“Teeth Marks,” S.G. Goodman.
“Bummer Year,” Good Looks.
“I Walked with You a Ways,” Plains.
“MOTOMAMI,” Rosalía.
“Renaissance,” Beyoncé.
“Once Twice Melody,” Beach House.
“A Light for Attracting Attention,” The Smile.
“Sometimes, Forever,” Soccer Mommy.
“Blue Rev,” Alvvays.
“Blue Skies,” Dehd.
“ILYSM,” Wild Pink.
“And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow,” Weyes Blood.
“View with a Room,” Julian Lage.
“Preacher’s Daughter,” Ethel Cain.
“Carry Me Home,” Mavis Staples & Levon Helm.
“Feel Like Going Home,” Miko Marks & the Resurrectors.
“It Was a Home,” Kaina.
“Dripfield,” Goose.
“Painless,” Nilüfer Yanya.
“Natural Brown Prom Queen,” Sudan Archives.
“Warm Chris,” Aldous Harding.
“Humble Quest,” Maren Morris.
“Weather Alive,” Beth Orton.
“Bell Bottom Country,” Lainey Wilson.
“Multitude,” Stromae.
“Fossora,” Bjork.
“We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong,” Sharon Van Etten.
“Just Like That,” Bonnie Raitt.
“Dawn FM,” The Weeknd.
“This Is a Photograph,” Kevin Morby.
“Pink Moon,” Pink Sweat$.
"Born Pink,” Blackpink.
“Gifted,” Koffee.
“Kumoyo Island,” Kikagaku Moyo + “Gung Ho,” KOLUMBO.
“Optimism,” Jana Horn + “Classic Objects,” Jenny Hval.
“Pompeii,” Cate Le Bon.
“Wild Loneliness,” Superchunk.
“Scalping the Guru,” Guided by Voices.
“Palomino,” Miranda Lambert.
“Summer at Land’s End,” The Reds, Pinks & Purples.
“The Last Thing Left,” Say Sue Me.
“God Save the Animals,” Alex G.
“The Tipping Point,” Tears for Fears.
“Labyrinthitis,” Destroyer.
“Special,” Lizzo.
“The New Faith,” Jake Blount.
"In These Times," Makaya McCraven.
“Ugly Season,” Perfume Genius.
“Emotional Creature,” Beach Bunny.
“Present Tense,” Yumi Zouma.
"Hypnos," Ravyn Levae.
“Stumpwork,” Dry Cleaning.
“Me/and/Dad,” Billy Strings.
“MUNA,” Muna.
"CAZIMI,” Caitlin Rose.
“SPARK,” Whitney.
“Midnights,” Taylor Swift.
“Stress Dreams,” Greensky Bluegrass.
“Only the Strong Survive,” Bruce Springsteen.
“Wet Leg,” Wet Leg.
“Three Dimensions Deep,” Amber Mark.
“Experts in a Dying Field,” The Beths.
“Laurel Hell,” Mitski.
“The Parts I Dread,” Pictoria Vark.
"Take It Like a Man,” Amanda Shires.
“God’s Work,” LeAnn Rimes.
“Loose Future,” Courtney Marie Andrews.
“12th of June,” Lyle Lovett.
“Few Good Things,” Saba.
“The Hometown Kid,” Gabe Lee.
“Give or Take,” Giveon.
"Life on Earth," Hurray for the Riff Raff.
"Earthlings," Eddie Vedder.
“Giving the World Away,” Hatchie.
“The Man from Waco,” Charley Crockett.
“Mr. Sun,” Little Big Town.
“Gemini Rights,” Steve Lacy.
“Married in a Honky Tonk,” Jenny Tolman.
“Pigments,” Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn.
“Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?” Tyler Childers.
“Dance Fever,” Florence and the Machine.
“It’s Almost Dry,” Pusha T.
“Going Places,” Josh Rouse + “Heartmind,” Cass McCombs.
"100 Proof Neon," Ronnie Dunn.
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Best Albums of 2022: January–June
“River Fools & Mountain Saints,” Ian Noe.
“Angel in Real Time,” Gang of Youths.
“Crooked Tree,” Molly Tuttle & the Golden Highway.
“Farm to Table,” Bartees Strange.
“Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You,” Big Thief.
“Blue Skies,” Dehd.
“Sometimes, Forever,” Soccer Mommy.
“Be-Bop!” Pasquale Grasso.
“One Day,” The Cactus Blossoms.
“Gifted,” Koffee.
“Palomino,” Miranda Lambert.
“Carry Me Home,” Mavis Staples & Levon Helm.
“It Was a Home,” Kaina.
“Big Time,” Angel Olsen.
“Labyrinthitis,” Destroyer.
“Endless Rooms,” Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.
“Pink Moon,” Pink Sweat$.
“Summer at Land’s End,” The Reds, Pinks & Purples.
“Once Twice Melody,” Beach House.
“Topical Dancer,” Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul.
“Three Dimensions Deep,” Amber Mark.
“Wild Loneliness,” Superchunk + “Lucifer on the Sofa,” Spoon.
“Teeth Marks,” S.G. Goodman.
“A Beautiful Time,” Willie Nelson.
“Painless,” Nilüfer Yanya.
“Present Tense,” Yumi Zouma.
“Dance Fever,” Florence and the Machine.
“Preacher’s Daughter,” Ethel Cain.
“Stress Dreams,” Greensky Bluegrass.
“Pompeii,” Cate Le Bon.
“Optimism,” Jana Horn.
“Ants from Up There,” Black Country, New Road.
“Dropout Boogie,” The Black Keys.
“Wet Tennis,” Sofi Tukker.
“Wet Leg,” Wet Leg.
“Giving the World Away,” Hatchie.
“Humble Quest,” Maren Morris.
“12th of June,” Lyle Lovett.
“Earthling,” Eddie Vedder.
“Dawn FM,” The Weeknd.
“Night Call,” Years & Years.
“MOTOMAMI,” Rosalía.
“Laurel Hell,” Mitski.
“Warm Chris,” Aldous Harding.
“Crystal Nuns Cathedral,” Guided by Voices.
“Classic Objects,” Jenny Hval.
“Dripfield,” Goose.
“The Tipping Point,” Tears for Fears.
“High School,” Tim Heidecker.
“Just Like That,” Bonnie Raitt.
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Beyoncé
Lizzo
Giveon
Tami Neilson
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Jenny Tolman
Foxes
Toro y Moi
Perfume Genius
Joshua Hedley
John Moreland
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Best Albums of 2021
"Due North," Liam Kazar.
"Ignorance," The Weather Station.
"I Don’t Live Here Anymore," The War on Drugs.
"HEY WHAT," Low.
"Stand for Myself," Yola.
"Promises," Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
"Home Video," Lucy Dacus.
"Jubilee," Japanese Breakfast.
"Wary + Strange," Amythyst Kiah.
"A Billion Little Lights," Wild Pink.
"WE ARE," Jon Batiste.
"Little Oblivions," Julien Baker.
"Pink Noise," Laura Mvula.
"Black to the Future," Sons of Kemet.
"Earth Man Blues," Guided by Voices.
"Blue Weekend," Wolf Alice.
"In Heaven," Strand of Oaks.
"Gold-Diggers Sound," Leon Bridges.
"29: Written in Stone," Carly Pearce.
"As the Love Continues," Mogwai.
"GLOW ON," Turnstile.
"DEACON," serpentwithfeet.
"Far In," Helado Negro.
"Raise the Roof," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
"Sling," Clairo.
"Queens of the Summer Hotel," Aimee Mann + "No Medium," Rosali.
"Long Lost," Lord Huron.
"The Shadow I Remember," Cloud Nothings.
"The Ballad of Dood & Juanita," Sturgill Simpson.
"Sympathy for Life," Parquet Courts.
"Petunia," Tonstartssbandht.
"Magic Mirror," Pearl Charles.
"Thirstier," Torres.
"Heaux Tales," Jazmine Sullivan.
"Urban Driftwood," Yasmin Williams + "Afrique Victime," Mdou Moctar.
"In These Silent Days," Brandi Carlile.
"In Defense of My Own Happiness," Joy Oladokun + "Skin," Joy Crookes.
"The Marfa Tapes," Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram & Jon Randall.
"Vincent Neil Emerson," Vincent Neil Emerson.
"Outside Child," Allison Russell.
"Private Space," Durand Jones & the Indications.
"Quietly Blowing It," Hiss Golden Messenger.
"Cool Dry Place," Katy Kirby.
"Uncommon Weather," The Reds, Pinks & Purples.
"Reckless," Morgan Wade.
"Native Sons," Los Lobos.
"Kids," Noga Erez.
"Mother Nature," Angélique Kidjo + "Mother," Cleo Sol.
"Dawn," Yebba.
"Pohorylle," Margo Cilker + "Ramble On," Charlie Marie.
"Head of Roses," Flock of Dimes.
"An Overview on Phenomenal Nature," Cassandra Jenkins.
"Quivering in Time," Eris Drew + "-io," Circuit des Yeux.
"Polydans," Roosevelt + "There Will Be Tears," Vincint.
"They're Calling Me Home," Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi.
"Be Here Instead," Parker Millsap.
"Always Smilin'," Oliver Wood.
"New Long Leg," Dry Cleaning.
"Farmer Dave & the Wizards of the West," Farmer Dave & the Wizards of the West.
"A Southern Gothic," Adia Victoria.
"Southern Curiosity," Fancy Hagood.
"An Evening with Silk Sonic," Silk Sonic.
"9," Pond.
"One to Grow On," Mike & the Moonpies.
"The Servant," Shelby Lynne + "You Get It All," Hayes Carll.
"The Cry of the Heart," Connie Smith.
"My Bluegrass Heart," Béla Fleck + "Renewal," Billy Strings.
"Palais d'argile," Feu! Chatterton.
"30," Adele.
"A Few Stars Apart," Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
"Mercurial World," Magdalena Bay.
"Sweep It into Space," Dinosaur Jr.
"Don't Know What I Am," Alien Boy.
"Sympathetic Magic," Typhoon.
"A Color of the Sky," Lightning Bug.
"Our Country," Miko Marks & The Resurrectors.
"American Siren," Emily Scott Robinson.
"Sensational," Erika de Casier.
"Pins and Needles," Natalie Hemby.
"Notes with Attachments," Pino Palladino and Blake Mills.
"Friends That Break Your Heart," James Blake.
"Squint," Julian Lage.
"Wink," Chai.
"I Know I'm Funny haha," Faye Webster.
"Vulture Prince," Arooj Aftab.
"Second Line," Dawn Richard.
"Believer," Smerz.
"Star-Crossed," Kacey Musgraves.
"I Hope You Are Well," Lionmilk + "The Quiet Drift," Hollie Kenniff.
"The Pet Parade," Fruit Bats.
"Starting Now," Toad the Wet Sprocket.
"sketchy," Tune-Yards.
"From Dreams to Dust," The Felice Brothers.
"Sour," Olivia Rodrigo.
"True Love," Hovvdy.
"Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!" Aaron Lee Tasjan + "Montero," Lil Nas X.
"Collapsed in Sunbeams," Arlo Parks.
"Tobacco City," Tobacco City USA.
"Valentine," Snail Mail.
"Back of My Mind," H.E.R.
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Best Albums of 2020
Albums:
“Saint Cloud,” Waxahatchee.
“græ,” Moses Sumney.
“What’s Your Pleasure?” Jessie Ware.
“RTJ4,” Run the Jewels.
“Shore,” Fleet Foxes.
“Color Theory,” Soccer Mommy.
“Never Will,” Ashley McBryde.
“Punisher,” Phoebe Bridgers.
“The Ascension,” Sufjan Stevens.
“Live Forever,” Bartees Strange.
“Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” Fiona Apple.
“Rough and Rowdy Ways,” Bob Dylan.
“Folklore,” Taylor Swift.
“Honeymoon,” Beach Bunny.
“The Slow Rush,” Tame Impala.
“Róisín Machine,” Róisín Murphy.
“It Is What It Is,” Thundercat.
“Your Life Is a Record,” Brandy Clark.
“Old Flowers,” Courtney Marie Andrews.
“Flower of Devotion,” Dehd.
“Have We Met,” Destroyer.
“CHICKABOOM!” Tami Neilson.
“SAWAYAMA,” Rina Sawayama.
“Nightfall,” Little Big Town.
“Future Nostalgia,” Dua Lipa.
“Lianne La Havas,” Lianne La Havas.
“Cuttin’ Grass (Vols. 1 & 2),” Sturgill Simpson + “Boots No. 1”/“Boots No. 2,” Gillian Welch & David Rawlings.
“Untitled (Black Is)” and “Untitled (Rise),” SAULT.
“Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me,” Waylon Payne.
“Listening to the Music,” Zephaniah OHora.
“As Long As You Are,” Future Islands + “Teamwork,” Futurebirds.
“Starting Over,” Chris Stapleton.
“Shiver,” Jónsi.
“Mama, You Can Bet!” Jyoti.
“Reunions,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
“Fun City,” Bright Light Bright Light.
“Hearts Town,” The War and Treaty.
“Shelby Lynne,” Shelby Lynne.
“Set My Heart on Fire Immediately,” Perfume Genius + “Private Lives,” Low Cut Connie.
“On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment,” Ambrose Akinmusire.
“LP5,” John Moreland.
“Letter to You,” Bruce Springsteen.
“Skeletons,” Brothers Osborne.
“Good Days,” Chicago Underground Quartet.
“Gaslighter,” The Chicks.
“Shamir,” Shamir.
“Swimmer,” Tennis.
“Ungodly Hour,” Chloe x Halle.
“Petals for Armor,” Hayley Williams.
“Printer’s Devil,” Ratboys.
Songs:
“1985,” Jeremy Cunningham.
“35,” Bill Callahan.
“4 American Dollars,” U.S. Girls.
“The Adults Are Talking,” The Strokes.
“American Hearts,” Annie.
“The Bigger Picture,” Lil Baby.
“Blow Up,” Aiofe Nessa Frances.
“Care,” beabadoobee.
“Cool for a Second,” Yumi Zouma.
“Damage,” H.E.R.
“Deep in Love,” Bonny Light Horseman.
“Emmylou,” Gabe Lee.
“Eye 2 Eye,” Sam Sparro.
“Getting into Knives,” The Mountain Goats.
“How Long?” Fantastic Negrito.
“I Know Alone,” HAIM.
“I Would Die for You,” Margo Price.
“It Don’t Hinder Me,” Angelica Garcia.
“Listen,” Kyshona Armstrong.
“Motion,” Emotional Oranges.
“My High,” Disclosure ft. Aminé.
“My Mind’s a Ship (That’s Going Down),” Katie Pruitt.
“Night,” Kelly Lee Owens.
“Patron Saints,” Ka.
“People, I’ve Been Sad,” Christine and the Queens.
“Picture in a Frame,” Jen Starsinic.
“Plans,” Kate NV.
“Say Something,” Kylie Minogue.
“Settling Down,” Miranda Lambert.
“Shoes Too Tight,” Liam Kazar.
“Sister,” Caribou.
“Small Town Hypocrite,” Caylee Hammack.
“Song 33,” Noname.
“Strange,” Celeste.
“What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” Mickey Guyton.
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Best Albums of 2019
Top 10:
"Jaime," Brittany Howard.
"In the Morse Code of Brake Lights," The New Pornographers.
"Between the Country," Ian Noe.
"Mint Condition," Caroline Spence.
"While I'm Livin'," Tanya Tucker.
"Father of the Bride," Vampire Weekend.
"Remind Me Tomorrow," Sharon Van Etten.
"Titanic Rising," Weyes Blood.
"Legacy! Legacy!" Jamila Woods.
"Walk Through Fire," Yola.
Honorable mention:
"U.F.O.F." Big Thief.
"Assume Form," James Blake.
"Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest," Bill Callahan.
"This Land," Gary Clark, Jr.
"In Search of the Miraculous," Desperate Journalist.
"Magdalene," FKA Twigs.
"thank u, next," Ariana Grande.
"Terms of Surrender," Hiss Golden Messenger.
"On the Line," Jenny Lewis.
"Cuz I Love You," Lizzo.
"Stronger Than the Truth," Reba McEntire.
"Blood," Allison Moorer.
"Saves the World," MUNA.
"Songs of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters.
"Pony," Orville Peck."
Jimmy Lee," Raphael Saadiq.
"Dépaysé," Sinkane.
"Sound & Fury," Sturgill Simpson.
"Eraserland," Strand of Oaks.
"Miss Universe," Nilüfer Yanya.
Songs:
"Almeda," Solange.
"Ain't Got No Money," Justin Townes Earle.
"Bad Case," Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
"Bags," Clairo.
“Bible and a .44," Trisha Yearwood.
"Black Patch," Kelsey Waldon.
"Blazing Highway Home," Josh Ritter.
"Blume," Nerija.
"The Bones," Maren Morris.
"A Boy Is a Gun," Tyler, the Creator.
"Burning," Maggie Rogers.
"Bus Route," Tyler Childers.
"Calliope," Cassius.
"Caught on the Inside," Ten Fé.
"Cheap Silver," Mike & the Moonpies.
"Cheatin' Songs," Midland.
"Circle Game," Pink.
"Count on Me," The Lone Bellow.
"Cruel Summer," Taylor Swift.
"Dark and Handsome," Blood Orange.
"Dark Places," Beck.
"The Daughters," Little Big Town.
"Delta Line," Emily Scott Robinson.
"Desert Man," Bat for Lashes.
"Don't Feel Like Crying," Sigrid.
"Estrella," Cass McCombs.
"Far from Home," Aubrie Sellers.
"Father," Robert Ellis.
"Fixture Picture," Aldous Harding.
"Freelance," Toro y Moi.
"Ghost," Kaina.
"Gone," Charli XCX.
"Gonna Write Me a Letter," Rhiannon Giddens/Francesco Turisi.
"Good Scare," TORRES.
"The Greatest," Lana Del Rey.
"Hallelujah," HAIM.
"He," Jai Paul.
"Heavy on My Mind," Mavis Staples.
"Hello Sunshine," Bruce Springsteen.
"Hey, Bus Driver!" Tami Nielsen.
"Hey, Ma," Bon Iver.
"Hold On," Aimee Mann.
"Hot Air Balloons," Tank and the Bangas.
"Hot Girl Summer," Megan Thee Stallion.
"Human Question," The Yawpers.
"Hungry Child," Hot Chip.
"Hurry on Home," Sleater-Kinney.
"Hurt," Gallant.
"I Don't Wanna Ride the Rails (No More)," Vince Gill.
"In the Capital," Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.
"Incapable," Roisin Murphy.
"It's Time," Leonard Cohen.
"Jesus & Elvis," Hayes Carll.
"Lark," Angel Olsen.
"Light Years," The National.
"Lonely As You Are," Charles Bradley.
"Loose Change," Highwomen.
"Lovestained," Hope Tala.
"Lying Down," Celine Dion.
"Messed with My Mind," Molly Tuttle.
"Midnight Sun," Calexico/Iron & Wine.
"Mirage," Jessie Ware.
"Mirror in the Sky," Peaking Lights.
"Mother's Mother's Magazines," Cate le Bon.
"Nighttime Drive," Jay Som.
"No Bullets Spent," Spoon.
"On the Edge of Time," Jens Lekman.
"One More Song to Write," Willie Nelson.
"One Night Standards," Ashley McBryde.
"Open Book," Kalie Shorr.
"Patience," Tame Impala.
"A Perfect Wife," Frank Turner.
"Runner," Tennis.
"The Seduction of Kansas," Priests.
"Send Me a Postcard," Bob Mould.
"Shine a Little Light," The Black Keys.
"Sisyphus," Andrew Bird.
“Solid Ground," Michael Kiwanuka.
"Someone Else," Emotional Oranges.
"Sparrow," Emeli Sandé.
"Starry Night," Peggy Gou.
"Stay with Me," Hatchie.
"Suge," daBaby.
"Talk," Khalid/Disclosure.
"Tell the World I Do," Dee White."
That's Just the Way I Feel," Purple Mountains.
"The Thing That Wrecks You," Lady Antebellum w/ Little Big Town.
"Track Record," Miranda Lambert.
"Used to Be Lonely," Whitney.
"Virile," Moses Sumney.
"Want You in My Room," Carly Rae Jepsen.
"War in My Mind," Beth Hart.
"Water Me Down," Vagabon.
"Weeping Willow," Ruston Kelly.
"Where I Come From," Patty Griffin.
"Working on a Song," Todd Snider.
"Xanny," Billie Eilish.
"Yellow Cloud," Trixie Mattel.
"You've Got Other Girls for That," Lillie Mae.
"Young Enough," Charly Bliss.
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Highest honors:
"May Your Kindness Remain," Courtney Marie Andrews.
"Negro Swan," Blood Orange.
"boygenius," boygenius.
"Good Thing," Leon Bridges.
"Port Saint Joe," Brothers Osborne.
"By the Way, I Forgive You," Brandi Carlile.
"Hell-On," Neko Case.
"Chris," Christine and the Queens.
"Freedom," Amen Dunes.
"Double Negative," Low.
"Be the Cowboy," Mitski.
"Dirty Computer," Janelle Monae.
"Sparrow," Ashley Monroe & "Interstate Gospel," Pistol Annies.
"Golden Hour," Kacey Musgraves.
"Ventriloquism," Meshell Ndegeocello.
"SASSAFRASS!" Tami Nielson.
"Hope Downs," Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.
"Soil," serpentwithfeet.
"Clean," Soccer Mommy.
"What a Time to Be Alive," Superchunk.
High honors:
"Invasion of Privacy," Cardi B.
"Head Over Heels," Chromeo.
"Last Building Burning," Cloud Nothings.
"Look Now," Elvis Costello & the Imposters.
"Passwords," Dawes.
"God's Favorite Customer," Father John Misty.
"Sweetener," Ariana Grande.
"See You Around," I'm with Her.
"Dying Star," Ruston Kelly.
"Vide Noir," Lord Huron.
"Dirty Pictures (Part 2)," Low Cut Connie.
"Girl Going Nowhere," Ashley McBryde.
"Room 25," Noname.
"Wide Awake!" Parquet Courts.
"Honey," Robyn.
"Young Romance," Roosevelt.
"The Window," Cecile McLorin Salvant.
"Devotion," Tirzah.
"Isolation," Kali Uchis.
Honors:
"A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships," The 1975.
"Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino," Arctic Monkeys.
"Tell Me How You Really Feel," Courtney Barnett.
"Hollywood Africans," Jon Batiste.
"7," Beach House.
"The Mountain," Dierks Bentley.
"Find a Light," Blackberry Smoke.
"Sex & Cigarettes," Toni Braxton.
"Black Velvet," Charles Bradley.
"All Nerve," The Breeders.
"Camila," Camila Cabello.
"The Thread That Keeps Us," Calexico.
"Caution," Mariah Carey.
"Twin Fantasy," Car Seat Headrest.
"Everything Is Love," The Carters.
"She Remembers Everything," Rosanne Cash.
"Wanderer," Cat Power.
"Desperate Man," Eric Church.
"Providence Canyon," Brent Cobb.
"Historian," Lucy Dacus.
"Cactus," Elise Davis.
"Scorpion," Drake.
"Encore," Anderson East.
"The Crossing," Alejandro Escovedo.
"Ruins," First Aid Kit.
"High As Hope," Florence & the Machine.
"Nearer My God," Foxing.
"The Now Now," Gorillaz.
"Anthem of the Peaceful Army," Greta Van Fleet.
"Mr. Jukebox," Joshua Hedley.
"My American Dream," Will Hoge.
"Hive Mind," The Internet.
"Primal Heart," Kimbra.
"Go to School," The Lemon Twigs.
"I'm All Ears," Let's Eat Grandma.
"Wouldn't It Be Great," Loretta Lynn.
"Among the Ghosts," Lucero.
"One Stone," Trixie Mattel.
"The Tree," Lori McKenna.
"All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do,” The Milk Carton Kids.
"Other Arrangements," Parker Millsap.
"Golden," Kylie Minogue.
"Kin," Mogwai.
"Tearing at the Seams," Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.
"Last Man Standing," Willie Nelson.
"Volunteer," Old Crow Medicine Show.
"Liberty," Lindi Ortega.
"Oxnard," Anderson .Paak.
"C'est La Vie," Phosphorescent.
"The Tree of Forgiveness," John Prine.
"All Aboard," Punch Brothers."Daytona," Pusha T.
"Loner," Caroline Rose."Care for Me," Saba.
"Sunset," Amanda Shires.
"Years," Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.
"Route One," Sigur Ros.
"E.G.O.," Lucie Silvas.
"Bloom," Troy Sivan.
"Lush," Snail Mail.
"FM!" Vince Staples.
"Karma for Cheap," Aaron Lee Tasjan.
"13 Rivers," Richard Thompson.
"Record," Tracey Thorn.
"Life Is Good on the Open Road," Trampled by Turtles.
"Western Movies," Traveller.
"WARM," Jeff Tweedy."Offerings," Typhoon.
"In a Poem Unlimited," U.S. Girls.
"Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin," Various.
"Bottle It In," Kurt Vile.
"Healing Tide," The War and Treaty.
"Heaven and Earth," Kamasi Washington.
"My Dear Melancholy," The Weeknd.
"Greetings from the Wild Frontier," Wild Feathers.
"Yolk in the Fur," Wild Pink.
"One Drop of Truth," The Wood Brothers.
"The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs," Wye Oak.
"There's a Riot Going On," Yo La Tengo.
"Suspiria," Thom Yorke.
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Best Albums of 2017
The best:
Julien Baker—"Turn Out the Lights"
Big Thief—"Capacity"
Fever Ray—"Plunge"
Rhiannon Giddens—"Freedom Highway"
Hiss Golden Messenger—"Hallelujah Anyhow"
HAIM—"Something to Tell You"
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit—"The Nashville Sound"
Kendrick Lamar—"DAMN."
Jens Lekman—"Life Will See You Now"
Lorde—"Melodrama"
Aimee Mann—"Mental Illness"
Miguel—"War & Leisure"
John Moreland—"Big Bad Luv"
The National—"Sleep Well Beast"
Queens of the Stone Age—“Villains"
Sampha—"Process"/Sinkane—"Life & Livin' It"
Slowdive—"Slowdive"
Spoon—"Hot Thoughts"
Chris Stapleton—"From a Room: Vols. 1 & 2"
Moses Sumney—"Aromanticism"
Sylvan Esso—"What Now"
SZA—"CTRL"
The War on Drugs—"A Deeper Understanding"
The Weather Station—"The Weather Station"
Lee Ann Womack—"The Lonely, the Lonesome and the Gone"
The rest:
Tori Amos—"Native Invader"
Arcade Fire—"Everything Now"
Dan Auerbach—"Waiting on a Song"
Kelsea Ballerini—"Unapologetically"
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile—"Lotta Sea Lice"
Bjork—"Utopia"
Benjamin Booker—"Witness"
Phoebe Bridgers—"Stranger in the Alps"
Broken Social Scene—"Hug of Thunder"
Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie—"Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie"
Bully—"Losing"
Kelly Clarkson—"The Meaning of Life"
Cloud Nothings—"Life Without Sound"
Dirty Projectors—"Dirty Projectors"
Beth Ditto—"Fake Sugar"
Drake—"More Life"
Craig Finn—"We All Want the Same Things" Fleet Foxes—"Crack-Up"
Nelly Furtado—"The Ride"
Future—"HNDRXX"
Future Islands—"The Far Field"
Joe Goddard—"Electric Lines"
Grizzly Bear—"Painted Ruins"
Hurray for the Riff Raff—"The Navigator"
Japandroids—"Near to the Wild Heart of Life"
Jay Som—"Everybody Works"
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings—"Soul of a Woman"
Valerie June—"The Order of Time"
Ruston Kelly—"Halloween"
Kesha—"Rainbow"
Khalid—"American Teen"
Alison Krauss—"Windy City"
LCD Soundsystem—"American Dream"
Sondre Lerche—"Pleasure"
Little Big Town—"The Breaker"
The Lone Bellow—"Walk into a Storm"
Demi Lovato—"Tell Me You Love Me"
Low Cut Connie—"Dirty Pictures (Part 1)"
Laura Marling—"Semper Femina"
John Mayer—"The Search for Everything"
Midland—"On the Rocks"
Mogwai—"Every Country's Sun"
MUNA—"About U"
Willie Nelson—"God's Problem Child"
New Pornographers—"Whiteout Conditions"
Angel Olsen—"Phases"
Pallbearer—"Heartless"
Paramore—"After Laughter"
Perfume Genius—"No Shape"
Phoenix—"Ti Amo"
Pink—"Beautiful Trauma"
Angaleena Presley—"Wrangled"
Margo Price—"All American Made"
Real Estate—"In Mind"
Shinyribs—"I Got Your Medicine"
Sam Smith—"The Thrill of It All"
Mavis Staples—"If All I Was Was Black"
Vince Staples—"Big Fish Theory"
Stars—"There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light"
St. Vincent—"Masseduction"
Strand of Oaks—"Hard Love"
Taylor Swift—"reputation"
Temples—"Volcano"
Ten Fé—"Hit the Light”
Torres—"Three Futures"
Tristen—"Sneaker Waves"
Turnpike Troubadours—"A Long Way from Your Heart"
U2—"Songs of Experience"
The Used—"The Canyon"
Vagabon—"Infinite Worlds"
Jessie Ware—"Glasshouse"
Waxahatchee—"Out in the Storm"
Charlie Worsham—"The Beginning of Things"
The xx—"I See You"
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