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Check out 88Nine Radio Milwaukee's Top 100 Albums of 2017

Top 100 Albums of 2017

On Dec. 29, we counted down the top 100 albums of 2017 as voted by our listeners.  There were a lot of amazing records released last year from Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN" to St. Vincent's St's  "MASSEDUCTION."

You can check out the list below and let us know if there were albums that you think you should have been in the countdown.


  1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
  2. Sylvan Esso - What Now
  3. The National - Sleep Well Beast
  4. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
  5. Arcade Fire - Everything Now
  6. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
  7. LCD Soundsystem - american dream
  8. SZA - Ctrl
  9. Lorde - Melodrama
  10. The xx - I See You
  11. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
  12. Beck - Colors
  13. Alt-J - Relaxer
  14. Spoon - Hot Thoughts
  15. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
  16. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
  17. Mac Demarco - This Old Dog
  18. Big Thief - Capacity
  19. Portugal. The Man - Woodstock
  20. Alvvays - Antisocialites
  21. Haim - Something To Tell You
  22. Phoenix - Ti Amo
  23. Ryan Adams - Prisoner
  24. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
  25. Electric Guest - Plural
  26. Kesha - Rainbow
  27. Gorillaz - Humanz
  28. Abby Jeanne - Rebel Love
  29. BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION II
  30. Future Islands - The Far Field
  31. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic
  32. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
  33. Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
  34. Bonobo - Migration
  35. Jay-Z - 4:44
  36. Thundercat - Drunk
  37. Trapper Schoepp - Bay Beach Amusement Park
  38. Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a Song
  39. Kamasi Washington - Truth
  40. Odesza - A Moment Apart
  41. Strand of Oaks - Hard Love
  42. Bash & Pop - Anything Could Happen
  43. Chicano Batman - Freedom Is Free
  44. Jamila Woods - HEAVN
  45. P.O.S. - Chill, Dummy
  46. Morrissey - Low In High School
  47. Queens of the Stone Age - Villians
  48. Perfume Genius - No Shape
  49. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins
  50. Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm
  51. Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life
  52. Rostam - Half-Light
  53. Jay Som - Everybody Works
  54. Khalid - American Teen
  55. The Growlers - City Club
  56. Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black
  57. Valerie June - The Order of Time
  58. The Shins - Heartworms
  59. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
  60. Soul Low - Cheer Up
  61. Old 97s - Graveyard Whistling
  62. (Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
  63. Ibeyi - Ash
  64. Oh Wonder - Ultralife
  65. Hippo Campus - Landmark
  66. Bully - Losing
  67. Cold War Kids - L.A. Divine
  68. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Condition
  69. Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things
  70. milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?!
  71. The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
  72. Fast Romantics - American Love
  73. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother
  74. Blitzen Trapper - Wild And Reckless
  75. Violents and Monica Martin - Awake and Pretty Much Sober
  76. Asgeir - Afterglow
  77. Diet Cig - I Swear I'm Good At This
  78. San Fermin - Belong
  79. Jidenna - The Chief
  80. Whips - The Ride
  81. Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder
  82. The Afghan Whigs - In Spades
  83. WebsterX - Daymares
  84. Josh Ritter - Gathering
  85. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me
  86. The Weeks - Easy
  87. Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
  88. Brett Newski - The Worst of Brett Newski
  89. Real Estate - In Mind
  90. Foxygen - Hang
  91. Midnight Reruns - Spectator Sports
  92. Son Little - New Magic
  93. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
  94. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
  95. Platnium Boys - Buzz
  96. Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
  97. Oddisee - The Iceburg
  98. Liam Gallagher - As You Were
  99. Deer Tick - Deer Tick, Vol. 2
  100. Brother Ali - All The Beauty In This Whole Life

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