I løbet af december har vi her på sitet kåret årets bedste album: Det er sket via en top 25-11 og 10-1 over de bedste udenlandske album og top 20-11 og 10-1 over de bedste danske udgivelser.
I toppen af vores udenlandske liste finder man Kendrick Lamar, Lorde, The War on Drugs, Jay-Z og Charlotte Gainsbourg, og kigger man nærmere på de internationale medier er der bred enighed om, at Kendrick Lamar og Lorde leverede nogle af de bedste album i år.
De fleste medier er også enige om, at Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ og SZA’s gennembrudsalbum ‘Ctrl’ var noget af det mest fortrinlige, der kom ud af 2017.
Her er toplisterne fra nogle af udlandets mest indflydelsesrige musikmedier.
Pitchfork:
1. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
2. SZA ‘Ctrl’
3. King Krule ‘Ooz’
4. Kelela ‘Take Me Apart’
5. Lorde ‘Melodrama’
6. Moses Sumney ‘Aromanticism’
7. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’
8. Tyler, The Creator ‘Flowerboy’
9. Fever Ray ‘Plunge’
10. Jlin ‘Origin’
11. The War On Drugs ‘ A Deeper Understanding’
12. LCD Soundsystem ‘American Dream’
13. Jay-Z ‘4:44’
14. Mount Eeire ‘A Crow Looked At Me’
15. Sampha ‘Process’
16. Perfume Genius ‘No Shape’
17. Charlotte Gainbourg ‘Rest’
18. Julien Baker ‘Turn Out The Lights’
19. Migos ‘Culture’
20. Björk ‘Utopia’
Consequence of Sound:
1. Lorde ‘Melodrama’
2. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
3. Ryan Adams ‘Prisoner’
4. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’
5. Slowdive ‘Slowdive’
6. St. Vincent ‘Masseduction’
7. SZA ‘Ctrl’
8. Mount Eeire ‘A Crow Looked At Me’
9. Spoon ‘Hot Thoughts’
10. Smino ‘Blkswn’
11. Kelela ‘Take Me Apart’
12. Moses Sumney ‘Aromanticism’
13. Julien Baker ‘Turn Out The Lights’
14. Cloud Nothings ‘Life Without Sound’
15. Future ‘Hndrxx’
16. Arca ‘Arca’
17. Perfume Genius ‘No Shape’
18. Pallbearer ‘Heartless’
19. Aimee Mann ‘Mental Illness’
20. The War on Drugs ‘A Deeper Understanding’
Complex:
1. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
2. Jay-Z ‘4:44’
3. SZA ‘Ctrl’
4. Future ‘Hendrxx’
5. Sampha ‘Process’
6. Tyler, The Creator ‘Flowerboy’
7. Migos ‘Culture’
8. Lil Uzi Vert ‘Luv is Rage 2’
9. Daniel Caesar ‘Freudian’
10. Drake ‘More Life’
11. Syd ‘Fin’
12. Charli XCX ‘Number 1 Angel’
13. Rapsody ‘Lailas Wisdom’
14. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’
15. Future ‘Future’
16. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie ‘The Bigger Artist’
17. Kelela ‘Take Me Apart’
18. Joey Badass ‘All-Amerikkkan Badass’
19. Calvin Harris ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1’
20. Rick Ross ‘Rather You Than Me’
Stereogum:
1. Lorde ‘Melodrama’
2. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
3. Priests ‘Nothing Feels Natural’
4. Perfume Genius ‘No Shape’
5. SZA ‘Ctrl’
6. The War On Drugs ‘A Deeper Understanding’
7. Charly Bliss ‘Guppy’
8. Waxahatchee ‘Out in the Storm’
9. LCD Soundsystem ‘American Dream’
10. Mount Eeire ‘A Crow Looked At Me’
11. Brockhampton ‘Saturation 2’
12. Fever Ray ‘Plunge’
13. Julien Baker ‘Turn Out The Lights’
14. St. Vincent ‘Masseduction’
15. Slowdive ‘Slowdive’
16. Sorority Noise ‘You’re Not as Good As You Think’
17. Japanese Breakfast ‘Soft Sounds From Another Planet’
18. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’
19. Moses Sumney ‘Aromanticism’
20. Julie Byrne ‘Not Even Happiness’
The A.V. Club:
1. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
2. St. Vincent ‘Masseduction’
3. The War On Drugs ‘A Deeper Understanding’
4. Sylvan Esso ‘What Now’
5. SZA ‘Ctrl’
6. Priests ‘Nothing Feels Natural’
7. Fever Ray ‘Plunge’
8. Julien Baker ‘Turn Out The Lights’
9. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’
10. Waxahatchee ‘Out in the Storm’
11. Pile ‘A Hairshirt of Purpose’
12. Sampha ‘Process’
13. Bell Witch ‘Mirror Reaper’
14. The National ‘Sleep Well Beast’
15. Björk ‘Utopia’
16. Charly Bliss ‘Guppy’
17. Lorde ‘Melodrama’
18. The Horrors ‘V’
19. Iron Chic ‘You Can’t Stay Here’
20. LCD Soundsystem ‘American Dream’
NPR:
1. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
2. SZA ‘Ctrl’
3. Big Thief ‘Capacity’
4. Sampha ‘Process’
5. Lorde ‘Melodrama’
6. Perfume Genius ‘No Shape’
7. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit ‘The Nashville Sound’
8. Kesha ‘Rainbow’
9. Hurray For The Riff Raff ‘The Navigator’
10. Aldous Harding ‘Party’
11. Jay-Z ‘4:44’
12. Vijay Iyer ‘Far From Over’
13. Rhiannon Giddens ‘Freedom Highway’
14. Moses Sumney ‘Aromanticism’
15. Danish String Quartet ‘Last Leaf’
16. Jlin ‘Black Origami’
17. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’
18. ÌFÉ ‘IIII+IIII’
19. Ifriqiyya Electrique ‘Rûwâhîne’
20. The War On Drugs ‘A Deeper Understanding’
Rolling Stone:
1. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
2. Lorde ‘Melodrama’
3. U2 ‘Songs of Experience’
4. Kesha ‘Rainbow’
5. LCD Soundsystem ‘American Dream’
6. Khalid ‘American Teen’
7. Taylor Swift ‘Reputation’
8. Queens of the Stone Age ‘Villains’
9. Migos ‘Culture’
10. Sam Smith ‘The Thrill of It All’
11. The National ‘Sleep Well Beast’
12. Jay-Z ‘4:44’
13. Randy Newman ‘Dark Matter’
14. Waxahatchee ‘Out in the Storm’
15. Courtney Barnett og Kurt Vile ‘Lotta Sea Lice’
16. Margo Price ‘All American Made’
17. Harry Styles ‘Harry Styles’
18. St. Vincent ‘Masseduction’
19. Father John Misty ‘Pure comedy’
20. SZA ‘Ctrl’
NME:
1. Lorde ‘Melodrama’
2. Wolfe Alice ‘Visions of a Life’
3. Kendrick Lamar ‘Damn.’
4. Father John Misty ‘Pure Comedy’
5. LCD Soundsystem ‘American Dream’
6. J Hus ‘Common Sense’
7. SZA ‘Ctrl’
8. Lana del Rey ‘Lust for Life’
9. Wiley ‘Godfather’
10. Liam Gallagher ‘As You Were’
11. St. Vincent ‘Masseduction’
12. Loyle Carner ‘Yesterday’s gone’
13. The National ‘Sleep Well Beast’.
14. Stormzy ‘Gang Signs and Prayer’
15. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’
16. King Krule ‘The Ooz’
17. Alvvays ‘Antisocialities’
18. Gorillaz ‘Humanz’
19. Tyler, The Creator ‘Flower Boy’
20. Paramore ‘After Laughter’
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