Top Albums of 2017 - post your list

This is from my friend Brad (i know maybe 2 of these, so a lot of research to come!):

  1. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - Sidelong
  2. Jason Isbell - The Nashville Sound
  3. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
  4. Hazel English - Just Give In / Never going home
  5. Alison Krauss - Windy City
  6. Bedouine - Bedouine
  7. Molly Birch - Please Be Mine
  8. Pumarosa - The Witch
  9. Fazerdaze - Morningside
  10. Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
  11. Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhona LeePhoebe Bridges - Strangers in the Alps
  12. The Barr Brothers - Queen of the Breakers
  13. Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
  14. Marika Hackman - I’m Not Your Man
  15. Angus and Julia Stone - Snow
  16. Algiers - The Underside of Power
  17. Ken - Destroyer
  18. Valerie June - The Order of Time
  19. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator
  20. Angel Olsen - Phases
  21. Milano - Daniele Luppi / Parquet Courts
  22. Julien Baker - Turns Out the Lights
  23. Jackie Shane - Any Other Way

ENJOY!

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Rough Trade is a music shop I think in London and one in NYC.

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all genres welcome!

Rob thats 2 more than me :blush: but will be fun to go find these on some streaming service and give them a virtual spin so to speak :wink:

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OK here is mine, in no particular order:

Kip Moore - Slowheart
Jeff Tweedy - Together at last
Triggerfinger - Colossus
The Strypes - Spitting image
Wolf Parade - Cry cry cry
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live from the fox oakland
The War on Drugs - Deeper understanding
Sean Rowe - New Lore
Moss - Strike
Jett Rebel - Super pop
Rag ‘n’ Bone Man - Human
Katy Hurt - Pieces of me (thx @Chrislayeruk)
Molly Burch - Please be mine
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Nits - Angst
Nothing But Thieves - Broken machine
Dan Auerbach - Waiting on a song
Eddie Berman - Before the bridge

As always: this list would be very different, if there was time to listen to everything that was released (in 2017).

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We are going to see Katie Hurt next week with Sonia Leigh.

https://i.imgur.com/OjYnhiN.png

Sonia is great live, real gutsy with attitude. Try the track Alabama…
Katie Hurt and her band don’t hang back much either lol

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I love the button ‘Add to Library’ :grinning:

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Oooo so do I. I admire you putting a list up, I don’t think I can do it. There are so many…

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Hence the disclaimer :no_entry:

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Not exactly on script but this is a list of some of the artists we have hosted or seen this year and so the albums were new to me. It’s been really great to see and hear them live and it gives me a lot of great music to enjoy.
I couldn’t possibly pick favourites as they all have a personal connection to me. I know I have left plenty off the list.
Danny and the champions of the world. BRILLIANT LIGHT

Dennis Ellsworth ROMANTIC AS IT GETS

The Frankie Davies Band DANCING ALL NIGHT EP

Ben Glover BLACKBIRDS

Kelly Sloan IMPRESSIONS

Carter Sampson WILDER SIDE

The Flyin’ A’s YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY

Christina Martin LUNGS ARE BURNING

Annie Keating TRICK STAR

Katie Hurt PIECES OF ME

Belle Roscoe BOOM BOOM

Kara Grainger SHIVER AND SIGH

Jess Klein LEARNING FAITH

Mike June ELECTION DAY

The Black Feathers HOLY WATER

Elles Bailey WILDFIRE

Angel Snow MAGNETIC

Sean Taylor FLOOD & BURN

Wild Ponies GALAX

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Here’s my favorite albums of 2017:

Jim Lauderdale - London Southern
Alison Krauss - Windy City
Bridget Kearney - Won’t Let You Down
Bob Dylan - Triplicate
Willie Nelson - God’s Problem Child
Pokey LaFarge - Manic Revelations
Chris Stapleton - From A Room, Volume One
Harry Styles - Harry Styles
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
Dan Auerbach - Waiting On A Song
Colter Wall - Colter Wall
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer - Not Dark Yet
Gregg Allman - Southern Blood
The Lone Bellow - Walk Into A Storm
Chris Hillman - Bidin’ My Time
Brian Owens - Soul of Cash
The Waterboys - Out Of All This Blue
P.P. Arnold - The Turning Tide
Lee Ann Womack - The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
Dori Freeman - Letters Never Read
Kesha - Rainbow

Reissues/Compilations
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 13 (1979-81)
Liverpool Express - The Albums
Dore Northern Soul: L.A. Black Music Magic
Laura Nyro - A Little Magic, A Little Kindness (Complete Mono Albums Collection)
The Rascals - The Complete Singles (A’s & B’s)
Dion - Kickin’ Child: The Lost Album 1965
The Manhattans - I Kinda Miss You: The Anthology, Columbia Records (1973-87)

This isn’t comprehensive as there are many others I didn’t hear (still playing catch up…)

These ones jumped out and gave me multiple hours of musical bliss! A lotta good ones here… ; )

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A belated two thumbs up on your list. This stuff is outside of my usual listening tastes, but so far (about half way through) I have favorited about 80% of these albums.

The amount of music being released in 2017 is about 700% more than in 1960. So thanks for the head start. J

i am a member of an increasing album of the year mail trail - the 2017 Jury votes were as follows
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58 people contributed to the trail
503 albums were nominated
498 albums were eligible
274 different albums were nominated

1 album had 10 votes
1 album had 9 votes
2 album had 8 votes
3 albums had 7 votes
8 albums had 6 votes
6 albums had 5 votes
10 albums had 4 votes
19 albums had 3 votes
36 albums had 2 votes
195 albums had 1 vote

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