OK folks - it's time for the annual Best of the year album lists. Let's hear what you've been digging.

Here's mine and in no particular order:


Dhani Harrison - In///Parallel

Jesus And Mary Chain - Damage And Joy

Arcade Fire - Everything Now

Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Psychic Temple - IV

Sparks - Hippopotamus

Cindy Wilson - Change

The Church - Man Woman Life Death Infinity

Beck - Colors



Bubbling under:

Jason Isbell And The 400 - The Nashville Sound

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon?

Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won

Ray Davies - Americana

Foo Fighters-Concrete and gold

The Rolling Stones – On Air
Motorpsycho – The Tower
Motorpsycho – The California EP
Status Quo – The Last Night Of The Electrics (live)
Taj Mahal & Keb Mo – TajMo
Black Country Communion – BCCIV
Deep Purple – Infinite
Susanne Sundfør – Music For People In Trouble
Ola Kvernberg – Steamdome
Ray Davies – Americana



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This thread will be an absolute who’s who of Dad Rock. Anyway...

Bonobo - Migration
LCD Soundystem - American Dream
Little Barrie - Death Express
King Krule - The Ooz
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Thundercat - Drunk
Baxter Dury - Prince of Tears
Arca - Arca
The xx - I See You
Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder

I do envy you who persists with these lists. I must admit I don't even buy albums anymore. Strange days indeed...

Mick Harvey - Intoxicated Women
Wild Billy Childish - Brand New Cage
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - Fall (EP)
Aldous Harding - Party
Hugo Race and Michelangelo Russo - John Lee Hooker's World Today
Ray Davies - Americana
Jesus and Mary Chain - Damage and Joy
Angel Olsen - Phases
P. P. Arnold - The Turning Tide

Special mention for this excellent album from 2016 that I only discovered some days ago: Kyle Craft - Dolls of Highland



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Thievery Corporation - The Temple Of I & I
Thundercat - Drunk
Morrissey - Low In High School
Destroyer - Ken
Luke Haines - Is Alive And Well And Living In Buenos Aires
David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town 1977-1982
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (2017 Remaster) (Deluxe-Edition)
Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü
Can - The Singles
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More - The Bootleg Series Vol. 13

plus:

Blancmange - The Blanc Tapes (Amazon Exclusive Edition)
Grateful Dead - Long Strange Trip Soundtrack
The Fall - The Fontana Years

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Thievery Corporation - The Temple Of I & I
Thundercat - Drunk
Morrissey - Low In High School
Destroyer - Ken
Luke Haines - Is Alive And Well And Living In Buenos Aires
David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town 1977-1982
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (2017 Remaster) (Deluxe-Edition)
Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü
Can - The Singles
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More - The Bootleg Series Vol. 13

plus:

Blancmange - The Blanc Tapes (Amazon Exclusive Edition)
Grateful Dead - Long Strange Trip Soundtrack
The Fall - The Fontana Years

I have 7 of those django. Good stuff.

The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Sinkane - Life an Livin' It
Buckingham_McVie - Buckingham McVie
Curtis Harding - Face Your Fear
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
Liam Gallagher - As You Were (Deluxe Edition)
Matthew E. White and Flo Morrissey - Gentlewoman Ruby Man
The Barr Brothers - Queens Of The Breakers
Sheryl Crow - Be Myself
LP - Lost On You

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Thievery Corporation - The Temple Of I & I
Thundercat - Drunk
Morrissey - Low In High School
Destroyer - Ken
Luke Haines - Is Alive And Well And Living In Buenos Aires
David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town 1977-1982
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (2017 Remaster) (Deluxe-Edition)
Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü
Can - The Singles
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More - The Bootleg Series Vol. 13

plus:

Blancmange - The Blanc Tapes (Amazon Exclusive Edition)
Grateful Dead - Long Strange Trip Soundtrack
The Fall - The Fontana Years

I have 7 of those django. Good stuff.

I see that you're a man of good taste

(no particular order)

Twin Peaks: Sweet '17
Andrew Savage: Thawing Dawn
Daniele Luppi w/Parquet Courts: Milano
Spoon: Hot Thoughts
Protomartyr: Relatives In Descent
LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
*Arcade Fire: Everything Now
Grace Vanderwaal: Just The Beginning
Bootsy Collins: World Wide Funk
Chuck Berry: Chuck



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Buckingham McVie
Cheap Trick--We're All Alright!
Foo Fighters--Concrete and Gold
Jonny Lang--Signs
Ronnie Montrose--10 x 10
Royal Blood--How Did We get So Dark?
Bob Seger--I Knew You When
Kenny Wayne Shepherd--Lay It on Down
Styx--The Mission

Released this year:

Steve Winwood -Live
Stones - On Air
Bob Dylan- Trouble No More
Neil Young - Hitchhiker
Roger Waters - Is The The Life We Really Want?
Charlatans (UK) - Different Days
Lloyd Parks - Time A Go Dread compilation
Various - Got Blues If You Want It compilation

Released in the past, but purchased this year:

Johnny Winter/Dr. John - Live in Sweden 1987 (unofficial?)
Blur - Parklive - Live In Hyde Park 2012
Lee Perry - Arkology compilation (replacement for original I bought in '97)

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

I didn't hear much new stuff this year, though one thing that really stuck in my mind was Marty Stuart's Way Out West. Fantastic album.

For the german Edition of the Rolling Stone these are the 50 best Albums of 2017:

1 KING KRULE - "The Ooz"
2 FATHER JOHN MISTY - "Pure Comedy"
3 ST. VINCENT - "Masseduction"
4 SPOON - "Hot Thoughts"
5 KENDRICK LAMAR - "Damn"
6 LAURA MARLING - "Semper Femina"
7 RONSEXSMITH - "The Last Rider"
8 THE WAR ON DRUGS - "A Deeper Understanding"
9 THE NATIONAL - "Sleep Well Beast"
10 KELELA - "Take Me Apart"
11 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - "American Dream"
12 JLIN - "Black Origami"
13 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - "The Navigator"
14 CONOR OBERST - "Salutations"
15 GISBERT ZU KNYPHAUSEN - "Das Licht dieser Welt"
16 THUNDERCAT - "Drunk"
17 SIMON JOYNER - "Step Into The Earthquake"
18 ARCA - "Arca"
19 FLEET FOXES - "Crack-Up"
20 ALGIERS - "The Underside of Power"
21 THE XX - "I See You"
22 THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - "50 Song Memoir"
23 SUN KIL MOON - "Common As Light ..."
24 ROBERT PLANT - "Carry Fire"
25 DIE REGIERUNG - "Raus"
26 MOUNT KIMBIE - "Love What Survives"
27 NADIA REID - "Preservation"
28 AIMEE MANN - "Mental Illness"
29 SAMPHA - "Process"
30 NIKKI LANE - "Highway Queen"
31 JASON ISBELL - "The Nashville Sound"
32 JESU & SUN KIL MOON - "30 Seconds To The ..."
33 BJÖRK - "Utopia"
34 MARK EITZEL - "Hey Mr. Ferryman"
35 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - "Villains"
36 MOUNT EERIE - "A Crow Looked At Me"
37 SOPHIA KENNEDY - "Sophia Kennedy"
38 GAS - "Narkopop"
39 JOHN MAUS - "Screen Memories"
40 DESTROYER - "Ken"
41 DAVID RAWLINGS - "Poor David’s Almanack"
42 ROBERT ROTIFER - "Über uns"
43 BECK - "Colors"
44 KOZELEK/BOYE/WHITE - "Mark Kozelek With ..."
45 CHRISTIANE RÖSINGER - "Lieder ohne Leiden"
46 SAINT ETIENNE - "Home Counties"
47 JOE HENRY - "Thrum"
48 BOB DYLAN - "Triplicate"
49 U2 - "Songs Of Experience"
50 MARIKA HACKMAN - "I’m Not Your Man"

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20 best Albums of 2017 by the Readers of the german Rolling Stone (Readers' Poll):

01. THE NATIONAL - „Sleep Well Beast“
02. THE WAR ON DRUGS - „A Deeper Understanding“
03. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - „Villains“
04. KETTCAR - „Ich vs. Wir“
05. DIE TOTEN HOSEN - „Laune der Natur“
06. WANDA - „Niente“
07. ST. VINCENT - „Masseduction“
08. SPOON - „Hot Thoughts“
09. NEIL YOUNG - „Hitchhiker“
10. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - „American Dream“
11. DEPECHE MODE - „Spirit“
12. BOB DYLAN - „Triplicate“
13. ROBERT PLANT - „Carry Fire“
14. MOTORPSYCHO - „The Tower“
15. LITTLE STEVEN - „Soulfire“
16. ARCADE FIRE - „Everything Now“
17. VAN MORRISON - „Roll With The Punches“
18. STEVEN WILSON - „To The Bone“
19. RYAN ADAMS - „Prisoner“
20. LORDE - „Melodrama“

Dylan - Trouble No More
Stones - On Air
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Way Out West
Nikki Lane - Highway Queen
Margo Price - All American Made
Chris Stapleton - From A Room Vol. 1 & 2
Little Steven - Soulfire
Neil Young - Hitchhiker
Ryan Adams - Prisoner
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
Jade Jackson - Gilded
Chuck Berry - Chuck
Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child

Alice Cooper's Paranormal

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For the german Edition of the Rolling Stone these are the 50 best Albums of 2017:

1 KING KRULE - "The Ooz"
2 FATHER JOHN MISTY - "Pure Comedy"
3 ST. VINCENT - "Masseduction"
4 SPOON - "Hot Thoughts"
5 KENDRICK LAMAR - "Damn"
6 LAURA MARLING - "Semper Femina"
7 RONSEXSMITH - "The Last Rider"
8 THE WAR ON DRUGS - "A Deeper Understanding"
9 THE NATIONAL - "Sleep Well Beast"
10 KELELA - "Take Me Apart"
11 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - "American Dream"
12 JLIN - "Black Origami"
13 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - "The Navigator"
14 CONOR OBERST - "Salutations"
15 GISBERT ZU KNYPHAUSEN - "Das Licht dieser Welt"
16 THUNDERCAT - "Drunk"
17 SIMON JOYNER - "Step Into The Earthquake"
18 ARCA - "Arca"
19 FLEET FOXES - "Crack-Up"
20 ALGIERS - "The Underside of Power"
21 THE XX - "I See You"
22 THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - "50 Song Memoir"
23 SUN KIL MOON - "Common As Light ..."
24 ROBERT PLANT - "Carry Fire"
25 DIE REGIERUNG - "Raus"
26 MOUNT KIMBIE - "Love What Survives"
27 NADIA REID - "Preservation"
28 AIMEE MANN - "Mental Illness"
29 SAMPHA - "Process"
30 NIKKI LANE - "Highway Queen"
31 JASON ISBELL - "The Nashville Sound"
32 JESU & SUN KIL MOON - "30 Seconds To The ..."
33 BJÖRK - "Utopia"
34 MARK EITZEL - "Hey Mr. Ferryman"
35 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - "Villains"
36 MOUNT EERIE - "A Crow Looked At Me"
37 SOPHIA KENNEDY - "Sophia Kennedy"
38 GAS - "Narkopop"
39 JOHN MAUS - "Screen Memories"
40 DESTROYER - "Ken"
41 DAVID RAWLINGS - "Poor David’s Almanack"
42 ROBERT ROTIFER - "Über uns"
43 BECK - "Colors"
44 KOZELEK/BOYE/WHITE - "Mark Kozelek With ..."
45 CHRISTIANE RÖSINGER - "Lieder ohne Leiden"
46 SAINT ETIENNE - "Home Counties"
47 JOE HENRY - "Thrum"
48 BOB DYLAN - "Triplicate"
49 U2 - "Songs Of Experience"
50 MARIKA HACKMAN - "I’m Not Your Man"

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20 best Albums of 2017 by the Readers of the german Rolling Stone (Readers' Poll):

01. THE NATIONAL - „Sleep Well Beast“
02. THE WAR ON DRUGS - „A Deeper Understanding“
03. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - „Villains“
04. KETTCAR - „Ich vs. Wir“
05. DIE TOTEN HOSEN - „Laune der Natur“
06. WANDA - „Niente“
07. ST. VINCENT - „Masseduction“
08. SPOON - „Hot Thoughts“
09. NEIL YOUNG - „Hitchhiker“
10. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - „American Dream“
11. DEPECHE MODE - „Spirit“
12. BOB DYLAN - „Triplicate“
13. ROBERT PLANT - „Carry Fire“
14. MOTORPSYCHO - „The Tower“
15. LITTLE STEVEN - „Soulfire“
16. ARCADE FIRE - „Everything Now“
17. VAN MORRISON - „Roll With The Punches“
18. STEVEN WILSON - „To The Bone“
19. RYAN ADAMS - „Prisoner“
20. LORDE - „Melodrama“

Nice to see Motorpsycho on that list

Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere

No live or archive releases included.

46. Angaleena Presley - Wrangled
45. Luke Combs - This One's For You
44. Zac Brown Band - Welcome Home
43. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - The Rest of Our Life
42. Andrew Combs - Canyons of My Mind
41. Brad Paisley - Love and War
40. RaeLynn - Wildhorse
39. Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage
38. Kelsea Ballerini - Unapologetically
37. Carly Pearce - Every Little Thing
36. Roger Waters - Is The The Life We Really Want?
35. Alice Cooper - Paranormal
34. Public Enemy - Nothing is Quick in the Desert
33. Mr Big - Defying Gravity
32. Haim - Something To Tell You
31. Bob Dylan - Triplicate
30. Lauren Alaina - Road Less Traveled
29. Taylor Swift - Reputation
28. Chuck Berry - Chuck
27. Kip Moore - Slowheart
26. Depeche Mode - Spirit
25. Little Big Town - The Breaker
24. Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel & Pop 2
23. Sunny Sweeney - Trophy
22. Body Count - Bloodlust
21. Whitney Rose - Rule 62 (& South Texas Suite EP)
20. Shania Twain - Now
19. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon?
18. Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Barefoot in the Head
17. Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
16. Liam Gallagher - As You Were
15. Valerie June - The Order of Time
14. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
13. Chris Stapleton - From A Room Vol. I & II
12. Robert Plant - Carry Fire
11. Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone
10. U2 - Songs of Experience
9. Living Colour - Shade
8. Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
7. Charlie Worsham - Beginning of Things
6. Midland - On The Rocks
5. Margo Price - All American Made
4. Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
3. Natalie Hemby - Puxico
2. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
1. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3

Run the Jewels 3 was already released in 2016 on their website, but I noticed it is categorized as a 2017 release.



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Robert Plant - Carry Fire
King Krule - The OOz
St Vincent - Masseduction
Ryan Adams - Prisoner
Depeche Mode - Spirit
Lorde - Melodrama
Future Islands - Far Field
Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
Willie Nelson - God's Problem Child
HAIM - Something To Tell You
Perfume Genius - No Shape
Steve Earle - So You Wanna Be An Outlaw
Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder
Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won
Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark
Secret Sisters - You Don't Own Me Anymore
Strypes [- Spitting Image
British Sea Power - Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
Tinariwen - Elwan
Mark Lanegan - Gargoyle
Afghan Whigs - In Spades
Little Steven - Soulfire
Phoenix - Ti Amo
Temples - Volcano
Alisson Krauss - Windy City
Gregg Allman = Southern Blood
Black Angels - Death Song
Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution

More Like the top 30

I almost added Noel's High Flying Birds' new one, because he finally tries to come out of that well crafted, minor chord, adult tread that his first two were sliding into.

Dylan "Trouble No More " was awesome but my favorite of the year was
Marty Stuart's 'Way Out West " for sure

I have three. Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper and Deep Purple in that order

Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Lay It On Down

Damn good thread, damn good lists. Thank you

This may be the most valuable thing on this website right now, aseptically for old fogies, old grumps, old timers who aint got no time for no new fangled music. I do my best, I need to do better, to not slip down that slippery slope. "If ya keep on dancin you will never get old"... I have my homework cut out for me

I will start with this list- DandelionPowderman December 21, 2017 15:23

The Rolling Stones – On Air
Motorpsycho – The Tower
Motorpsycho – The California EP
Status Quo – The Last Night Of The Electrics (live)
Taj Mahal & Keb Mo – TajMo
Black Country Communion – BCCIV
Deep Purple – Infinite
Susanne Sundfør – Music For People In Trouble
Ola Kvernberg – Steamdome
Ray Davies – Americana


Thanks to everyone who posted lists... I need some new music



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A couple other good ones:

Greg Allmans final recording

Charlotte Gainsbourg "Rest'

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Damn good thread, damn good lists. Thank you

This may be the most valuable thing on this website right now, aseptically for old fogies, old grumps, old timers who aint got no time for no new fangled music. I do my best, I need to do better, to not slip down that slippery slope. "If ya keep on dancin you will never get old"... I have my homework cut out for me

I will start with this list- DandelionPowderman December 21, 2017 15:23

The Rolling Stones – On Air
Motorpsycho – The Tower
Motorpsycho – The California EP
Status Quo – The Last Night Of The Electrics (live)
Taj Mahal & Keb Mo – TajMo
Black Country Communion – BCCIV
Deep Purple – Infinite
Susanne Sundfør – Music For People In Trouble
Ola Kvernberg – Steamdome
Ray Davies – Americana


Thanks to everyone who posted lists... I need some new music

Leonioid, you might enjoy the Strypes.

I bought
- Chuck
- Steve Earle
- Rancid

all are great! Anything else I got, I downloaded free (except some of the special Stones releases)