Some of music critic Amelia Mason's favorite albums included Rapsody's "Laila’s Wisdom" and Waxahatchee's "Out in the Storm." (Courtesy) Nothing ever turns out how you expect. The two artists ...

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.

The only good albums are the ones free of fluff, and artists ranging from Lil Pump to Kendrick Lamar applied this thinking successfully. Before this intro turns into fluff, let's get into it.

These albums might change the game, break artists in a new way, or add to an already-legendary artist’s discography. Here’s hoping your favorites appear on the horizon this year.

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

Whether they came from legendary artists or fresh newcomers, the best albums of 2017 all offer unique perspectives and awesome tunes.

Several of the bestselling albums in the world in 2017 were released in the last two months, and they were able to move millions in just a few weeks.

With more music available more easily than ever before, listeners were sure to overlook plenty of strong albums in 2017.

For these reasons, the field of underrated or overlooked 2017 albums feels even more full of great records than usual. Whether your yen is for slinky R&B or fractured pop, riotous rock or ...

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Every year, this intro basically says the same thing: albums seem to matter less now, the way we consume music is shifting, blah blah blah, streaming, blah blah, singles, blahhhhh. The concept of ...

The two albums at the top of this list ended up within a few points of each other, and they ended up many, many points beyond every other album on our list.