1 Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 2 The Menzingers - After the Party 3 NF - Perception 4 Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface 5 Day at the Fair - The Epilogue 6 Anti Flag - American Fall 7 Head North - The Last Living Man Alive Ever in the History of the World 8 Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 9 BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION 1/2/3 10 Thousand Below - The Love You Let Too Close 11 Grayscale - Adornment 12 Chris Stapleton - From a Room 1 & 2 13 Mighty Oaks - Dreamers 14 Movements - Feel Something 15 Tyler Childers - Purgatory 16 Silverstein - Dead Reflection 17 Allout Helter - The Notion of Control 18 Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms 19 Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 20 Story of the Year - Wolves 21 Bully - Losing 22 Chris Bathgate - Dizzy Seas 23 Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life 24 White Reaper - The World's Best American Band 25 The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 26 Turmpike Troupadours - A Long Way From Your Heart 27 Hundred Suns - The Prestalis 28 Milky Chance - Blossom 29 Kota the Friend - Paloma Beach 30 Citizen - As You Please 31 Wage War - Deadweight 32 Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold 33 Susto - & I'm Fine Today 34 A Will Away - Here Again 35 Slaughter, Beach Dog - Birdie 36 Daisyhead - In Case You Missed It 37 Remo Drive - Greatest Hits 38 Quicksand - Interiors 39 The Wooden Sky - Swimming in Strange Waters 40 Dead Leaves - Vultures 41 Modern Chemistry - Everything in Gold 42 Circa Survive - The Amulet 43 The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 44 Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN Bada$$ 45 Glassjaw - Material Control 46 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Zombies On Broadway 47 New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick 48 Paramore - After Laughter 49 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 50 Post Malone - Stoney EP's 1 Milk Teeth – Be Nice/Go Away 2 Heavy Hearts – On a Chain 3 The Japanese House – Saw You In a Dream 4 Unturned – Pituitary 5 Pictures of Vernon – Self Titled 6 Lindi Ortega – Til the Goin’ Gets Gone 7 Aly & AJ – Ten Years 8 Mighty Oaks – Storm 9 Good Old War – Part of Me 10 Night Shop – Night Shop
10. Paramore - After Laughter 9. The National - Sleep Well Beast 8. Alvvays - Antisocialites 7. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 6. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 5. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream 4. Lorde - Melodrama 3. Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder 2. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface 1. [Vacated]
After reading through every page of this... I guess I should submit my own. Pretty sure the top five is solid, rest is probably interchangeable. 01. Souvenirs - Posture of Apology 02. Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now 03. Sza - Ctrl 04. Paramore - After Laughter 05. Acceptance - Colliding by Design 06. Tigers Jaw - Spin 07. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 08. LANY - LANY 09. Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun 10. Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life 5 Non-2017 records that hit me: Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings Boston Manor – Be Nothing. The Growlers – Chinese Fountain Turnover – Magnolia The Van Pelt – Sultans of Sentiment
I think this was maybe my favorite year of music since 2012. So many great albums, especially from new or (newer) artists. 1. Bleachers - Gone Now 2. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps 3. Aquilo - Silhouettes 4. Richard Edwards - Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset 5. Paramore - After Laughter 6. Movements - Feel Something 7. Overcoats - Young 8. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 9. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 10. The Gospel Youth - Always Lose 11. Conor Oberst - Salutations 12. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 13. COIN - How Will You Know If You Never Try 14. John Mayer - The Search For Everything 15. Lorde - Melodrama 16. ’68 - Two Parts Viper 17. Tyler, The Creator - Scum Fuck Flower Boy 18. Violents & Monica Martin - Awake And Pretty Much Sober 19. Lucy Rose - Something’s Changing 20. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 21. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade 22. American Opera - Small Victories 23. Beck - Colors 24. The Front Bottoms - Going Grey 25. Walk The Moon - What If Nothing 26. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 27. The Menzingers - After The Party 28. Adult Mom - Soft Spots 29. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - Zombies On Broadway 30. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 31. Drake - More Life 32. HAIM - Something To Tell You 33. Cayetana - New Kind Of Normal 34. Have Mercy - Make The Best Of It 35. Ed Sheeran - Divide 36. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 37. Weezer - Pacific Daydream 38. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 39. Aminé - Good For You 40. Ghost Atlas - All Is In Sync, And There’s Nothing Left To Sing About 41. I The Mighty - Where The Mind Wants To Go/Where You Let It Go 42. PVRIS - All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell 43. Passion Pit - Tremendous Sea Of Love 44. Sam Smith - The Thrill Of It All 45. Circa Survive - The Amulet 46. Code Orange - Forever 47. Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape 48. Jay-Z - 4:44 49. Linkin Park - One More Light 50. A Story Told - Good Looks
Didn't listen to a lot of new music this year, unfortunately. 1. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 2. Brand New - Science Fiction 3. Darkest Hour - Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora 4. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps 5. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 6. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 7. Circa Survive - Amulet 8. Paramore - After Laughter 9. Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World 10. Brother Ali - All The Beauty In The Whole World 11. Lorde - Melodrama 12. Silverstein - Dead Reflection 13. PVRIS - All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell 14. Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life 15. Black Thought's freestyle on Hot97
Overdue, but here it is. Top 25: 1. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins 2. Circa Survive - The Amulet 3. John Mark McMillan -Mercury & Lightning 4. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 5. MuteMath - Play Dead 6. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 7. Mac Demarco - This Old Dog 8. Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns 9. Turnover - Good Nature 10. He Is Legend - Few 11. Oh Sees - Orc 12. Mew - Visuals 13. Eisley - I'm Only Dreaming 14. Real Estate - In Mind 15. Will Reagan - Tell All My Friends 16. Mr. Jukes -God First 17. Feist - Pleasure 18. Elder - Reflections of a Floating World 19. Hiss Golden Messenger -Hallelujah Anyhow 20. John Mayer - The Search for Everything 21. The Contortionist - Clairvoyant 22. Tonstartssbandht - Sorcerer 23. Paramore - After Laughter 24. The Mountain Goats - Goths 25. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana Honorable Mentions: Portugal. The Man - Woodstock Souvenirs - Posture of Apology Hearts Like Lions - If I Never Speak Again Stolas - S/T '68 - Two Parts Viper Top EPs: 1. Hippo Campus - Warm Glow 2. gP (Ghost Parade) - Destroy, So as to Build 3. The Dear Hunter - All is As All Should Be 4. Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference 5. Heathered Pearls - Detroit, MI 1997-2001 6. Hail The Sun - Secret Wars Biggest Disappointment: Minus The Bear - VOIDS Favorite Discoveries: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994) Cursive - Domestica (2000) The Graduate - Only Every Time (2010)
The Chorus.fm Staff’s Top Albums of 2017 • chorus.fm Individual Lists: Jason Tate Craig Manning Drew Beringer Ryan Gardner Aaron Mook Kyle Huntington Becky Kovach Craig Ismaili
These write ups seem longer than in year’s past. And that is terrific. Makes my heart sing to see Silverstein make it.
Cool that the Sir Sly record made your list, @Jason Tate. I didn’t see much talk about it anywhere really
My list is here, with writeups, key tracks, a playlist, and some other stuff: Craig Manning’s Top Albums of 2017 • chorus.fm 1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 2. Natalie Hemby - Puxico 3. Travis Meadows - First Cigarette 4. Steve Moakler - Steel Town 5. Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volumes 1 & 2 6. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 7. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway 8. Carly Pearce - Every Little Thing 9 Turnpike Troubadours - A Long Way from Your Heart 10. Joe Latham - Lifers 11. Tyler Childers - Purgatory 12. Noah Gundersen - White Noise 13. Will Hoge - Anchors 14. Kelsea Ballerini - Unapologetically 15. U2 - Songs of Experience 16. David Ramirez - We're Not Going Anywhere 17. Kip Moore - Slowheart 18. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 19. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 20. Colter Wall - Colter Wall 21. Lindsay Ell - The Project 22. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 23. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 24. John Mayer - The Search for Everything 25. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv 26. The Menzingers - After the Party 27. Luke Combs - This One's for You 28. Old Dominion - Happy Endings 29. Thomas Rhett - Life Changes 30. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 31. Taylor Swift - Repuatation 32. Charlie Worsham - The Beginning of Things 33. RaeLynn - WildHorse 34. Christian Lopez - Red Arrow 35. Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real - Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real 36. Sam Outlaw - Tenderheart 37. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 38. Danielle Bradbery - I Don't Believe We've Met 39. Niall Horan - Flicker 40. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
I've really been loving that album the past few months. Perfect for the kind of weather we've been having in Michigan.
I'm really late to posting it here, and much like my facebook friends I know nobody really cares whats in my list - but I do like the exercise of reflecting on my favourite albums every year. 10. '68 "Three Parts Viper" 9. Cloud Nothings "Life Without Sound" 8. The Smith Street Band "More Scared of You Than You Are of Me" 7. And So I Watch You From Afar "The Endless Shimmering" 6. The Menzingers "After the Party" 5. Prawn "Run" 4. Captain, We're Sinking "The King of No Man" 3. Sorority Noise "You're Not As _____ As You Think You Are" 2. P.O.S "Chill, dummy" 1. Manchester Orchestra "A Black Mile to the Surface" Album missing from my list that I know is amazing but just wasn't in the mood to listen to much this year but will surely be listening to a lot for years and years to come: - Julien Baker "Turn Out the Lights"
I enjoyed quite a few of these. And there are some I will check out. Did you listen to Penny and Sparrows album?