Consensus wasn't easy to come by in 2017, but the best albums of the year were bolts of clarity, sonic companions for joy, grief and redemption, for battles hard won and for reckonings still to come.

From stadium-level superstars to rising club artists, 2017 was a year that stretched the definition of pop.

50 best albums of 2017 Beck, Kendrick Lamar and Lorde put out some of the year's best offerings.

2017 taught us many hard lessons. In music, it taught us that there's no more room for filler. If people don't like something, they've got a million other options, and if you've only got a few ...

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NPR Music's list of the 50 best albums of 2017.

Consensus wasn't easy to come by in 2017, but the best albums of the year were bolts of clarity, sonic companions for joy, grief and redemption, for battles hard won and for reckonings still to come.