Honorable Mention
Tirzah – Devotion
BROCKHAMPTON – Iridescence
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris – Everything’s Fine
Nicki Minaj – Queen
GAIKA – Basic Volume
Daniel Avery – Song For Alpha
The Internet – Have Mind
Julia Holter – Aviary
Hookworms – Microshift
Jeff Rosenstock – POST-
SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES
Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman
Shame – Songs of Praise
Nils Frahm – All Melody
Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus
Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
Serpentwithfeet – Soil
50. SABA – CARE FOR ME
49. Anna Calvi – Hunter
48. Years & Years – Palo Santo
47. Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
46. Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want
45. Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
44. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
43. BEAK> – >>>
42. Iceage – Beyondless
41. MGMT – Little Dark Age
40. Lucy Dacus – Historian
39. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
38. Rival Consoles – Persona
37. Mount Eerie – Now Only
36. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
35. Kanye West – ye
34. Soccer Mommy – Clean
33. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile
32. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
31. Noname – Room 25
30. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
29. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
28. The Carters – Everything Is Love
27. A.A.L. – 2012-2017
26. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
25. DJ Koze – Knock Knock
24. Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love
23. Travis Scott – Astroworld
22. U.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited
21. Christine and the Queens – Chris
20. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
19. Troye Sivan – Bloom
18. Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts
17. The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
16. Snail Mail – Lush
15. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
14. Amen Dunes – Freedom
13. Blood Orange – Negro Swan
12. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
11. Beach House – 7
10. Pusha T – Daytona
9. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
8. Robyn – Honey
7. Idles – Joy as an Act of Resistance
6. Kali Uchis – Isolation
5. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
4. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
3. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
2. Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy
1. Low – Double Negative
