ObviousPop Top Albums of 2017
December 28, 2017
Oh Yes! It's that time of the year again... Here is the ObviousPop Top Albums of the Year list. Carefully hand selected, delectable vinyl and digital discs...the best music of the year...IMHO. It was a good year for music...some of my favorite artists released new music this year, Sparks, Cheap Trick, Roger Waters, along with some great new bands as well.
Top 20 Albums
- Jonathan Coulton - Solid State
- Future Islands - The Far Field
- Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
- Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?
- Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - The Punishment of Luxury
- The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
- Sparks - Hippopotamus
- Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlister)
- Wolf Parade - Cry Cry Cry
- BNQT - Volume 1
- The Lees of Memory - The Blinding White of Nothing at All
- Pugwash - Silverlake
- The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
- Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon
- Cheap Trick - We’re All Alright!
- Spoon - Hot Thoughts
- Beck - Dear Life
- Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
- Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface
EP’s
The Dear Hunter - All Is As All Should Be
Blank Books - EP1
Live Albums
Jeff Lynne’s ELO - Wembley or Bust
Frank Zappa - Halloween 77
Dweezil Zappa - Live In the Moment II