Poll Results: All Songs Considered Listeners' 100 Favorite Albums Of 2017
Clockwise from upper left: Lorde, SZA, The National, St. Vincent Courtesy of the artists hide caption
All year long, Robin Hilton and I get to pick the music featured on All Songs Considered, but one of our very favorite shows is this one: our listener poll results. So, on this episode we count down the top 10 as voted by you. We also have a list with the top 100 albums at the bottom of the page, and hope it turns you on to music you may have missed in 2017. (It did for us).
Often, our annual listener poll ends up constructing some type of narrative about the music we listened to. For example, 2015 was kaleidoscopic in terms of genre diversity, while 2016 found listeners united in monumental releases that merged the personal and the political. But 2017 was a year where such a narrative was less clear.
If anything, your choices from 2017 reveal that this was a year for immense fan loyalty. Despite exceptional debut LPs from the likes of SZA, Moses Sumney, Phoebe Bridgers and Overcoats... not to mention Diet Cig, Jay Som, Cigarettes After Sex and Partner... almost all of the records on your list came from well-established acts. Though you agreed with NPR Music that Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. earned its spot as the album of the year, you rooted for legacy acts such as Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem as well. You also gravitated toward the Jack Antonoff-produced stylings of Lorde and St. Vincent (and lower down on the list, Taylor Swift), and new projects from Big Thief and The National.
You can hear us count down and play selections from the Top 10 albums with the play button at the top of the page, or read a list of the Top 100 at the bottom of the page.
You can also right-click to download a pdf of the Top 100 albums selected by listeners. -- Bob Boilen
Poll Results: The Top Ten
1. Kendrick Lamar, 'DAMN.'
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2. Lorde: 'Melodrama'
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3. St. Vincent: 'Masseduction'
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4. The War On Drugs: 'A Deeper Understanding'
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5. The National: 'Sleep Well Beast'
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6. Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit: 'The Nashville Sound'
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7. LCD Soundsystem: 'American Dream'
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8. SZA: 'Ctrl'
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9. Big Thief: 'Capacity'
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10. Father John Misty: 'Pure Comedy'
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Listener Picks: Top 100 Albums Of 2017
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Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
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Lorde, Melodrama
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St. Vincent, Masseduction
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The War on Drugs, A Deeper Understanding
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The National, Sleep Well Beast
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound
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LCD Soundsystem, American Dream
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SZA, CTRL
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Big Thief, Capacity
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Father John Misty, Pure Comedy
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Sylvan Esso, What Now
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Tyler, the Creator, Flower Boy
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Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up
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Spoon, Hot Thoughts
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Julien Baker, Turn Out The Lights
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The xx, I See You
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Slowdive, Slowdive
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Alvvays, Antisocialites
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Ryan Adams, Prisoner
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Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice
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Arcade Fire, Everything Now
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Waxahatchee, Out In The Storm
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Perfume Genius, No Shape
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Taylor Swift, Reputation
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Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Navigator
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Brockhampton, Saturation II
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Laura Marling, Semper Feminina
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Phoebe Bridgers, Stranger In The Alps
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Sampha, Process
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Moses Sumney, Aromanticism
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Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1
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Grizzly Bear, Painted Ruins
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HAIM, Something To Tell You
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Queens of the Stone Age, Villains
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Japanese Breakfast, Soft Sounds From Another Planet
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King Krule, The Ooz
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Run the Jewels, Run The Jewels 3
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Mac DeMarco, This Old Dog
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Jay-Z, 4:44
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Jay Som, Everybody Works
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Feist, Pleasure
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Brockhampton, Saturation
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Gorillaz, Humanz
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The New Pornographers, Whiteout Conditions
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Rostam, Half-Light
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Beck, Colors
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Vince Staples, Big Fish Theory
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Brand New, Science Fiction
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Mount Eerie, A Crow Looked At Me
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Josh Ritter, Gathering
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Broken Social Scene, Hug of Thunder
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Rhiannon Giddens, Freedom Highway
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Paramore, After Laughter
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Cigarettes After Sex, Cigarettes After Sex
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Wolf Alice, Visions of a Life
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Japandroids, Near to the Wild Heart of Fire
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Kelela, Take Me Apart
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Margo Price, All American Made
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Priests, Nothing Feels Natural
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Bjork, Utopia
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Kesha, Rainbow
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Dan Auerbach, Waiting on a Song
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Protomartyr, Relatives In Descent
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U2, Songs Of Experience
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Aimee Mann, Mental Illness
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Thundercat, Drunk
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Valerie June, The Order of Time
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Roger Waters, Is This The Life We Really Want?
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Lana Del Rey, Lust For Life
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Travis Meadows, First Cigarette
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Portugal. The Man, Woodstock
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal
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Hippo Campus, Landmark
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Ed Sheeran, Divide
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Polygonwanaland
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Alt-J, Relaxer
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Harry Styles, Harry Styles
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Sketches of Brunswick East
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Hiss Golden Messenger, Hallelujah Anyhow
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Daniel Caesar, Freudian
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Robert Plant, Carry Fire
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The Mountain Goats, Goths
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(Sandy) Alex G, Rocket
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Future Islands, The Far Field
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John Mayer, The Search For Everything
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Phoenix, Ti Amo
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Mavis Staples, If All I Was Was Black
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Gregg Allman, Southern Blood
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Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold
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Kevin Morby, City Music
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Khalid, American Teen
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Manchester Orchestra, A Black Mile To The Surface
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The Menzingers, After The Party
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Murder of the Universe
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Vagabon, Infinite Worlds
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Kamasi Washington, Harmony of Difference
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Noel Gallagher, Who Build The Moon?
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The Weather Station, The Weather Station
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Tori Amos, Native Invader
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Overcoats, Young