2017 end of the year lists

This feature is pretty cool either way.

!!tardigrade alert!!

The Prog Report - Best Prog Albums of 2017
http://progreport.com/new-best-prog-albums-of-2017/

Big Big Train - Grimspound
Caligula's Horse - In Contact
The Dear Hunter - All Is as All Should Be
Leprous - Malina
Lifesigns - Cardington
The Mute Gods - tardigrades will inherit the earth
Nad Sylvan - The Bride Said No
Nova Collective - The Further Side
Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day
PFM - Emotional Tattoos
Sons of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony
Steven Wilson - To the Bone
Styx - The Mission
Threshold - Legends of the Shire
Tim Bowness - Lost in the Ghost Light

Crack Magazine - top 25 tracks of 2017
https://crackmagazine.net/article/feature-lists/tracks-year-2017/#number25

^ not a bad list btw

Laut.de - Die 50 Alben des Jahres
http://www.laut.de/News/Best-Of-2017-Die-50-Alben-des-Jahres-15-12-2017-14247/Seite-1

50 Converge - The Dusk in us
49 Judith Holofernes - Ich bin das Chaos
48 Feist - Pleasure
47 LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
46 Faber - Sei ein Faber im Wind
45 Goldfrapp - Silver Eye
44 The War on Drugs - A deeper understanding
43 Spoon - Hot Toughts
42 Dexter - Haare nice Socken fly
41 Pro - Tru.
40 Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe
39 Idles - Brutalism
38 Run the Jewels - RTJ3
37 Dead Cross - Dead Cross
36 SZA - Ctrl
35 S O H N - Rennen
34 Ho99o9 - United States of Horror
33 Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
32 The National - Sleep well Beast
31 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
30 Anna Ternheim - All the way to Rio
29 Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
28 Sampha - Process
27 Phoenix - Ti Amo
26 Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
25 Jay-Z - 4:44
24 Jarvis Cocler & Chilly Gonzales - Room 29
23 King Krule - The Ooz
22 Manchester Orchestra - A black mile to the surface
21 Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
20 Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
19 Jamiroquai - Automaton
18 St. Vincent - Masseduction
17 The XX - I see you
16 Future - HNDRXX
15 Liam Gallagher - As you were
14 Antilopen Gang - Anarchie und Alltag
13 Steven Wilson - To the bone
12 Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
11 Baxter Dury - Prince of Tears
10 Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
09 Lorde - Melodrama
08 Mastodon - Emperir of Sand
07 Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
06 Mark Lanegan - Gargoyle
05 Bilderbuch - Magic Life
04 Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
03 Trettmann - #DIY
02 Zugezogen Maskulin - Alle gegen Alle
01 Sleaford Mods - English Tapes

wahnsinn oder?

for a moment i thought that sleaford mods album was called english tapas and i think i would have preferred that tbh

I thought that was the name!

https://www.discogs.com/Sleaford-Mods-English-Tapas/master/1142161

haha it's not just me going mad then

yeah, whoever transcribed the list just made a typo. clicked through to check and laut.de did get it right

top comment is otm imo:

Mirja E. Gahl Vor 4 Tagen

frescher east midländs aktzent und nich dumme texte aba das gesammtwerk ist doch eha monothon und ermüdent langweilich

oh they have these guys in germany too:

bigfoofightersfan Vor 3 Tagen

Satire, pure Satire Ihr "Musikprofis"

The Crack list is pretty good.

That aquarium drunkard is an embarassment of riches. Which it was a bit more organized in sections though (reissues and compilations, albums, eps, etc)

Personally I'm looking forward to FACT's album list

never even heard of AD before.
so for that alone this thread has delivered.

it’s been around for more than a decade and is run by a very good dude

Anti-Gravity Bunny - Top 15 Drone Records Of 2017

http://www.antigravitybunny.com/?p=11317

A Closer Listen have got a few different lists covering electronics, ambient, drone, soundtracks etc

https://acloserlisten.com/

Best Albums will probably go up in the next day or so iirc

that AD list is the best

The AD highlighted The Feelies too, perhaps tides are turning. Or not. Also cool that they liked Elkhorn, Chris Forsyth, Gunn Truscinski Duo, Bitchin Bajas, Circuit Des Yeux, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society . . . there's a good bit in common with my lists. Except that I do not think LCD S a "phenomenal record" and there are many better psych and post-punk options than OCS, The Myrrors and Omni.

http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-17/#breakdown

FACT Magazine - The 50 Best Albums of 2017

http://www.factmag.com/2017/12/20/best-albums-2017/

It only came out in the last couple of weeks but I think a lot of people here would enjoy that Nabihah Iqbal - a bit New Order, a bit shoegazey, maybe a bit like early Lush

here's the fact list in full:

1. Ryuichi Sakamoto - async
2. Colleen - A flame my love, a frequency
3. SZA - CTRL
4. DJ Python - Dulce Compañia
5. Future - HNDRXX
6. Laurel Halo - Dust
7. J Hus - Common Sense
8. Kamaiyah - Before I Wake
9. Errorsmith - Superlative Fatigue
10. TQD - UKG
11. Jlin - Black Origami
12. Visible Cloaks - Reassemblage
13. Sudan Archives - Sudan Archives
14. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
15. Equiknoxx - Colón Man
16. Fever Ray - Plunge
17. M.E.S.H. - Hesaitix
18. Jay-Z - 4:44
19. Karen Gwyer - Rembo
20. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid
21. Kehlani - SweetSexySavage
22. Differ-Ent - It's Good to Be Differ-Ent
23. Migos - Culture
24. Mhysa - fantasii
25. Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
26. Kelela - Take Me Apart
27. Nidia Minaj - Nídia é Má, Nídia é Fudida
28. Sampha - Process
29. Nabihah Iqbal - Weighing of the Heart
30. Actress - AZD
31. Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
32. Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Ambient Black Magic
33. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
34. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
35. Caterina Barbieri - Patterns of Consciousness
36. Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
37. UMFANG - Symbolic Use of Light
38. Yves Tumor - Experiencing the Deposit of Faith
39. Lil B - Black Ken
40. Björk - Utopia
41. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
42. Lee Gamble - Mnestic Pressure
43. Otim Alpha - Gulu City Anthems
44. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet
45. G Perico - All Blue
46. Aaron Dilloway - The Gag File
47. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
48. Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
49. John Maus - Screen Memories
50. Nathan Fake - Providence

Good list.

RA: 2017's Best Tracks

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3133

ah really glad RA is still doing a tracks list, just unranked

NPR - Jazz Albums Of 2017

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/12/20/571717856/the-jazz-albums-of-2017-and-the-power-of-gatekeepers

lol that URL

i didn't really "lol," more like "haha that URL"

spin tracks list: https://www.spin.com/featured/101-best-songs-of-2017/

Link to the NPR jazz poll results (the link above goes to the essay)

list of lists:

https://redef.com/set/music-set-1511197610788

oh hell yeah, Slide #1 on Spin, that's cool!

kinda like the layout too, should make it possible to analyze how many blurbs readers will click/read on average - any insiders with info about this? (just curious)

Prog Magazine - Best Albums
http://teamrock.com/feature/2017-12-20/2017-the-prog-critics-choice

20) Soen - Lykaia (UDR)
19) KOYO - Koyo (88 Watt)
18) Bent Knee - Land Animal (InsideOut)
17) Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun (Rock Action)
16) Paul Draper - Spooky Action (KSCOPE)
15) Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar (House Of Mythology)
14) Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns (Easy Life)
13) Von Hertzen Brothers - War Is Over (Music Theories/Mascot)
12) Enslaved - E (Nuclear Blast)
11) Amplifier - Trippin With Dr Faustus (Rockosmos)
10) Motorpsycho - The Tower (Rune Grammofon)
9) Leprous - Malina (InsideOut)
8) Steve Hackett - The Night Siren (InsideOut)
7) Big Big Train - Grimspound (English Electric)
6) Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand (Reprise)
5) Peter Hammill - From The Trees (Fie!)
4) Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? (Columbia)
3) Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley (PIAS)
2) Anathema - The Optimist (KSCOPE)
1) Steven Wilson - To The Bone (Caroline International)

Drab Majesty #81 on the Spin list!

not a list but a round up of 2017 in namibian music:

https://www.namibian.com.na/62796/read/Rocking-the-Charts-in-2017

Eitzel at 15 in the Slant tracks list is a lovely thing

*Spin

Prog Magazine list is extremely embarrassing. Paul Draper though! Hahaha

9. Errorsmith - Superlative Fatigue
10. TQD - UKG

Dunno what's happened to the FACT team over the last couple of years but this confirms they've finally discovered smiling.

DJ Mag - Top 50 tracks of 2017

https://djmag.com/content/top-50-tracks-2017

22. Differ-Ent - It's Good to Be Differ-Ent

This is amazing by the way - full length albums from Detroit techno legends (this is DJ Bone fwiw) don't often do it for me but this one bangs and bangs and bangs.

Boomkat lists: https://boomkat.com/charts/2017

it's probably not the best look to put a boomkat editions-released record as #1, but it's my aoty so i don't really mind

Is this the first year the 'overlooked' lists are so omnipresent? I like it, but can't remember those being around as much as they are right now.

I noticed that too.

perhaps you overlooked the overlooked lists

Might be! :)

What are the best overlooked lists I may have missed?