The Best Albums of 2017

After all of the countless hours of listening, we've finally arrived at our annual Best Albums of the Year list. We've been at it for several years now, but this is our biggest feature yet - with 13 contributors from across the globe. Each person selected & ranked their 10 favorite albums, and then we've compiled a track from each in a HUGE Spotify playlist (it's all the way at the bottom of this post). As always, we look forward to hearing your thoughts and opinions. Let us know whose list you relate to the most and please share your own Top Ten with us. We have some good discussions going on at the Life On This Planet Facebook Page so head on over there too! Okay here we go - The Best Albums of 2017 - Bret & sarahQ

Bret Helm

Life on this Planet | Audra

10. The Church - Man Woman Life Death Infinity

09. Margo Price - All American Made

08. Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle

07. Ryan Adams - Prisoner

06. Slowdive - s/t

05. Gary Numan - Savage (Songs from a Broken World)

04. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - The Punishment of Luxury

03. U2 - Songs of Experience

02. Zola Jesus - Okovi

01. Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm

Sarah Quarrie
Life on this Planet

10. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - The Punishment of Luxury
09. Perfume Genius - No Shape
08. Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
07. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
06. The Horrors - V
05. Gary Numan - Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
04. Zola Jesus - Okovi
03. Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
02. Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
01. Alvvays - Antisocialites

Mike Keddy

Western Massachusetts

10. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

09. The National - Sleep Well Beast

08. Blameful Isles - This Heart of Our Heart

07. Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Simultonality

06. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana

05. Colin Stetson - All This I Do for Glory

04. Mako Sica - Mako Sica Plays 'Invocation'

03. Zola Jesus - Okovi

02. Slowdive - s/t

01. Drab Majesty - The Demonstration

Rob Clark

Rockford, Illinois

10. Columbia Mills - A Safe Distance to Watch

09. Ride - Weather Diaries

08. Pronto Mama - Any Joy

07. Desperate Journalist - Grow Up

06. St. Vincent - Masseduction

05. The National - Sleep Well Beast

04. The Clientele - Music for the Age of Miracles

03. Fever Ray - Plunge

02. Gary Numan - Savage (Songs from a Broken World)

01. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound

Jason Jones
Okinawa, Japan

10. Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

09. Molly Burch - Please Be Mine

08. Hoops - Routines

07. Drab Majesty - The Demonstration

06. Depeche Mode - Spirit

05. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life

04. Lorde - Melodrama

03. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet

02. Alvvays - Antisocialites

01. Slowdive - s/t

Sierra Anna Jones
Okinawa, Japan

10. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life

09. TOPS - Sugar at the Gate

08. Beach Fossils - Somersault

07. Jay Som - Everybody Works

06. Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

05. Drab Majesty - The Demonstration

04. Hoops - Routines

03. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet

02. Alvvays - Antisocialites

01. Slowdive - s/t

Ron Marrs
New Orleans, Louisiana

10. EMA - Exile in the Outer Ring

09. Arcade Fire - Everything Now

08. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

07. Sleep Party People - Lingering

06. Boy Harsher - Country Girl EP

05. L.A. Witch - s/t

04. Tori Amos - Native Invader

03. Zola Jesus - Okovi

02. Shannon Wright - Division

01. The Discussion - The European Tour EP

Jason DeWolfe Barton

Audra

10. Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble - Find Me Finding You

09. Fen - Winter

08. Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained

07. Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child

06. Godflesh - Post Self

05. Grave Pleasures - Motherblood

04. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers

03. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Async

02. Richard H. Kirk - Dasein

01. Enslaved - E

Jesse Deitermann

Saturday Night Music Club

10. Jay Som - Everybody Works

09. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet

08. Mew - Visuals

07. Froth - Outside (Briefly)

06. Ride - Weather Diaries

05. U2 - Songs of Experience

04. Alvvays - Antisocialites

03. Slowdive - s/t

02. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Echo of Pleasure

01. The Charlatans - Different Days

Thalia Williams

Saturday Night Music Club

05. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Echo of Pleasure

04. The Charlatans - Different Days

03. Alvvays - Antisocialites

02. Ride - Weather Diaries

01. Mew - Visuals

John Magness

Uttoxeter, England

10. Steve Hackett - The Night Siren

09. St. Vincent - Masseduction

08. Morrissey - Low in High School

07. Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie - s/t

06. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

05. U2 - Songs of Experience

04. The xx - I See You

03. Future Islands - The Far Field

02. Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle

01. Weezer - Pacific Daydream

Todd "Opie" Kelley

Englewood, Colorado

10. Khalid - American Teen

09. Steven Wilson - To the Bone

08. Daniel Romano - Modern Pressure

07. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder

06. Harry Styles - s/t

05. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface

04. Ryan Adams - Prisoner

03. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

02. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

01. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound

Jaymz Todd

Saturday Night Music Club

10. UNKLE - The Road Part 1

09. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

08. Tei Shi - Crawl Space

07. Sextile - Albeit Living

06. Miguel - War & Leisure

05. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins

04. Sinkane - Life & Livin' It

03. Mura Masa - s/t

02. The Afghan Whigs - In Spades

01. The Prids - Do I Look Like I'm in Love

STATS

86 different albums appeared in this feature

Which ones made it onto the most lists?

Alvvays (5) Slowdive (5), Zola Jesus (4)

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