Dan’s 100 Best Albums of 2017!

[If you’re looking for yet another remaster of Kind Of Blue or SPLHCB 50—this is not your list. If, however, you’re looking for new music, maybe outrageous music—Dan is your guy. Agree, disagre, whatever—I hope you enjoy this list. —-Ed.]

In no particular order, really – stream of consciousness type of stuff, here is my list of the best 100 albums released in 2017. This is just my opinion, and since I was given the platform, I’m telling the truth! I don’t think there’s a stinker in there, but you may disagree. Whelp. That’s as far as that conversation will go.

If you have a (kind) 2017 recommendation, scribble it down below in the comment section, and I’ll make sure I seek it out and give it a listen. And who knows, someone may read your recommendation and their life will never be the same (yes!). My hope is that this list will introduce you to some new bands and maybe even bring you a new favorite Artist/Group to keep an eye on for a new release. I referenced the bands website so you can go out and support the band/label directly, rather than giving your coin up for the convenience of shopping through retailers.

Follow me on INSTAGRAM : mccauley82_denver or check out my vinyl collection at #mccvinylvault . Had a ball writing my silly reviews this year, and hope some of you had the time to read them. Have a great 2018, and happy listening!

1. OCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head (Castle Face Records) castlefacerecords.com
2. Flat Worms – Flat Worms (Castle Face Records) castlefacerecords.com
3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard with Mild High Club – Sketches of Brunswick East (Flightless Records) flighlessrecords.com
4. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Murder Of The Universe (Flightless Records) flightlessrecords.com
5. Oh Sees – Orc (Castle Face Records) castlefacerecords.com
6. Cobra Man – New Driveway Soundtrack (Goner Records) goner-records.com
7. Dean Ween Group – The deaner album (ATO Records) thedeanweengroup.com
8. Shakey Graves – And The Horse He Rode In On (Dualtone Records) shakeygraves.bandcamp.com
9. Vincent – Masseduction (Loma Vista Recordings) www.ilovestvincent.com
10. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3 (Run The Jewels, Inc.) runthejewels.com
11. The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody (Warner Bros) flaminglips.com
12. The Mountain Goats – Goths (Merge Records) mountain-goats.com
13. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. (Aftermath Entertainment) kendricklamar.com
14. Poolside – Heat (via Bandcamp) poolsidemusic.com
15. Kadavar – Rough Times (Nuclear Blast) kadavar.com
16. Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian Records) bjork.com
17. Guided By Voices – August By Cake (Guided by Voices, Inc.) gbv.com
18. Gorillaz – Humanz (Parlophone Records) gorillaz.com
19. Grandaddy – Last Place (30^th Century Records) grandaddymusic.com
20. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy (Sub Pop Records ) fatherjohnmisty.com
21. Ty Segall – Ty Segall (Drag City Records) dragcity.com
22. Fleet Foxes – Crack Up (Nonesuch Records) fleetfoxes.com
23. Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins (RCA Records) grizzly-bear.net
24. Charlie Feathers – Best of Sun Records Sessions (Sun Record Company) sunrecords.com
25. Elvis Presley – A Boy From Tupelo The Complete 1953-55 Recordings (Sony Music) elvis.com
26. Roger Waters – Is This the Life We Really Want? (Columbia Records) rogerwaters.com
27. Gucci Mane – Droptopwop Mixtape (Atlantic Records) guccimaneonline.com
28. Arca – Arca (XL Recordings) XLrecordings.com
29. Migos – Culture (Atlantic Records) atlanticrecords.com
30. Thundercat – Drunk (Brainfeeder) brainfeeder.net
31. Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (Interscope Records) lanadelrey
32. Drake – More Life (Republic Records) republicrecords.com
33. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – POLYGONDWANALAND (Free for all to distribute!) kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com
34. Big Thief – Capacity (Bandcamp) bigthief.bandcamp.com
35. Lil’ B – Black Ken (BasedWorld Records) basedworld.com
36. Jack Johnson – All the Light Above It Too (Brushfire Records) jackjohnsonmusic.com
37. Syd – Fin (Columbia Records) internetsyd.com
38. Open Mike Eagle – Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (Mello Music Group) mikeeagle.net
39. Future – HNDRXX (Epic Records) epicrecords.com
40. Julien Baker – Turn Out the Lights (Bandcamp) julienbaker.bandcamp.com
41. Jlin – Black Origami (Planet Mu) jlin.bandcamp.com
42. Fever Ray – Plunge (Rabid Records) rabidrecords.com
43. Jay:Z – 4:44 ( Roc Nation ) lifeandtimes.com
44. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me (P.W. Elverum & Sun) pwelverumandsun.com
45. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream (Columbia Records) lcdsoundsystem.com
46. The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic Records) thewarondrugs.net
47. Kehlani – SweetSexySavage (Atlantic Records) kehlanimusic.com
48. Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference (Young Turks Records) kamasiwashington.com
49. Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy (Columbia Records) columbiarecords.com
50. LateNightTales – BADBADNOTGOD (Late Night Tales) latenighttales.co.uk
51. Beck – Colors (Capital Records) beck.com
52. Howe Gelb – Future Standards (Fire Records) howegelbmusic.bandcamp.com
53. Destroyer – Ken (Merge Records) mergerecords.com
54. Michael Nau – Some Twist (Suicide Squeeze Records) suicidesqueeze.net
55. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory (Def Jam Recordings) defjam.com
56. Chicano Batman – Freedom is Free (ATO Records) chicanobatman.com
57. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Best Troubador (Drag City Records) dragcity.com
58. Moses Sumney – Aromanticism (Jagjaguwar) mosessumney.com
59. King Krule – The Ooz (True Panther Sounds) truepanther.com
60. Deer Tick – VOL. 1 (Patisan Records) deertickmusic.com
61. SZA – Ctrl (Top Dawg Entertainment) szactrl.com
62. Chad VanGaalen – Light Information (Sub Pop Records) subpop.com
63. Ambrose Akinmusire (Blue Note Records) ambroseakinmusire.com
64. Arcade Fire – Everything Now (Sonovox Records) everythingnow.com
65. Belle and Sebastian – How To Solve Our Human Problems Pt.1 (Matador Records) belleandsebastian.com
66. Benjamin Booker – Witness (ATO Records) benjaminbookermusic.com
67. Cherry Glazerr – Apocalipstick (Secretly Canadian ) cherryglazerr.bandcamp.com
68. Wolf Parade – Cry Cry Cry (Sub Pop Records) wolfparade.com
69. Nine Inch Nails – Add Violence (The Null Corporation ) nin.com
70. Big Boi – Boomiverse (Epic Records) bigboi.com
71. Wooden Wand – Clipper Ship (Three Lobed Recordings) woodenwand.org
72. The cactus Blossoms – You’re Dreaming (Red House Records) thecactusblossoms.com
73. Cody ChesnuTT – My Love Devine Degree (One Little Indian Records) cchesnutt.com
74. Conor Oberst – Salutations (Nonesuch Records, Inc.) conoroberst.com
75. R.B. – Naturality (Castle Face Records) www.castlefacerecords.com
76. Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz (Sub Pop Records) shabazzpalaces.com
77. Marilyn Manson – Heaven Upside Down (Loma Vista Recordings) marilynmanson.com
78. Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice (Milk Records) milkl.milklrecords.com.au
79. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Stony Hill (Republic Records) damianmarleymusic.com
80. Curtis Harding – Face Your Fear (ANTI Records) curtisharding.com
81. Damaged Bug – Bunker Funk (Castle Face Records) castlefacerecords.com
82. The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir (Nonesuch Records, Inc.) houseoftomorrow.com
83. Mac Demarco – This Old Dog (Captured Tracks) macdemarco.bandcamp.com
84. Action Bronson – Blue Chips 7000 (Vice Records) actionbronson.com
85. A. Witch – L.A. Witch (Suicide Squeeze Records) www.suicidesqueeze.net
86. I.D – The Never Story (Dreamville Records) www.jidsv.com
87. Margo Price – All American Made (Third Man Records) thirdmanrecords.com
88. Future Islands – The Far Filed (4AD Records) future-islands.com
89. Flotation Toy Warning – The Machine That Made Us (Talitres Records) flotationtoywarning.co.uk
90. Feist – Pleasure (Interscope Records) listentofeist.com
91. Devin The Dude – Acoustic Levitation (Coughee Brothaz Enterprise) cougheebrothaz.blogspot.com
92. Deerhoof – Mountain Moves (Joyful Noise Recordings) deerhoof.bandcamp.com
93. Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts – Milano (30^th Century Records) milanoalbum.com
94. The Motels – If Not Now Then When (Sunset Blvd. Records) themotels.com
95. Jerry Garcia Band – Live Volume 8 (Round Records) jerrygarcia.com
96. Grateful Dead – Long Strange Trip Documentary (Amazon Music) amazon.com
97. David Bowie – No Plan (Columbia Records) davidbowie.com
98. Priests – Nothing Feels Natural (Sister Polygon Records) priests.bandcamp.com
99. Dan Auerbach – Waiting on a Song (Easy Eye Sound) easyeyesound.com
100. Real Estate – In Mind (Domino Recording Company) realestatetheband.com   
101. —-enter your favorite here!!