Best Albums of 2017...So Far
There are still six months of 2017 left, but there are already lots of contenders for album of the year. Jim and Greg share some of their favorites of the year...so far. Plus, we hear picks from Sound Opinions listeners.
Top Albums of 2017... So Far
We're halfway through 2017, which means it's time to get a jump on the Best-Of Lists. Here are Jim and Greg's mid-year best Top 10 lists.
Greg
- 1 Run the Jewels, 3
- 2 Priests, Nothing Feels Natural
- 3 Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
- 4 Sir the Baptist, Saint or Sinner
- 5 Low Cut Connie, Dirty Pictures (part 1)
- 6 She-Devils, She-Devils
- 7 Ty Segall, Ty Segall
- 8 Regrettes, Feel Your Feelings Fool!
- 9 Aimee Mann, Mental Illness
- 10 The Feelies, In Between
Jim
- 1 Regrettes, Feel Your Feelings Fool!
- 2 Rips, Rips
- 3 Sneaks, It’s a Myth
- 4 The Feelies, In Between
- 5 Wire, Silver/Lead
- 6 Danger Mouse, Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album
- 7 Priests, Nothing Feels Natural
- 8 R. Stevie Moore & Jason Faulkner, Make it Be
- 9 Sir the Baptist, Saint or Sinner
- 10 Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
...and an honorable mention
- Low Cut Connie, Dirty Pictures (part 1)
Some of our listeners weighed in with their picks of the Best of 2017 So Far, too:
- Megan - Kendrick Lamar, "DAMN."
- Ryan - Spoon, "Hot Thoughts"
- Chris - Somi, "Petite Afrique"
- Jeremy - Father John Misty, "Pure Comedy"
Featured Songs
- Wire, "Short Elevated Period," Silver/Lead, Pinkflag, 2017
- The Feelies, "In Between (Reprise)," In Between, Bar/None, 2017
- R. Stevie Moore and Jason Faulkner, "Another Day Slips Away," Make It Be, Bar/None, 2017
- Kendrick Lamar, "DNA.," DAMN., Interscope, 2017
- Kendrick Lamar, "LUST.," DAMN., Interscope, 2017
- Spoon, "Shotgun," Hot Thoughts, Matador, 2017
- Aimee Mann, "Poor Judge," Mental Illness, SuperEgo, 2017
- Michael Kiwanuka, "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," Resistance Radio: The Man in The High Castle, Columbia, 2017
- Somi feat. Aloe Blacc, "The Gentry," Petite Afrique, OKeh, 2017
- Somi, "Black Enough," Petite Afrique, OKeh, 2017
- Father John Misty, "Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution," Pure Comedy, Sub Pop, 2017
- Father John Misty, "Leaving LA," Pure Comedy, Sub Pop, 2017
- Ty Segall, "Freedom," Ty Segall, Drag City, 2017
- Ty Segall, "Orange Color Queen," Ty Segall, Drag City, 2017
- Sneaks, "Hair Slick Back," It's a Myth, Merge, 2017
- She-Devils, "Make You Pay," She-Devils, Secretly Canadian, 2017
- Rips, "Delay," Rips, Faux Discx, 2017
- Priests, "Puff," Nothing Feels Natural, Sister Polygon, 2017
- The Regrettes, "A Living Human Girl," Feel Your Feelings Fool!, Warner Bros., 2017
- Run the Jewels, "Talk to Me," Run the Jewels 3, Run the Jewels, 2016
- Roger McGuinn, "Car Phone," Back From Rio, Arista, 1991
- Bobbie Gentry, "Ode to Billy Joe," Ode to Billie Joe, Capitol, 1967
- Local-H, "California Songs," What Ever Happened to P.J. Soles?, Studio E/Only Music, 2004
- Luna, "Speedbumps," Rendezvous, Jetset, 2004
- Waylon Jennings, "Speedbumps," Rendezvous, Jetset, 2004
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