Discogs releases top releases by genre for 2017
Discogs — a crowdsourced music database and online marketplace — has compiled a list of their top album releases of 2017 by genre. Featuring respective stalwarts from Rock, Electronic, Punk, Techno, Pop, Hardcore, Experimental, Indie Rock, Folk/World/Country and Hip-Hop, the list stretches from the Slowdive’s triumphant self titled return to shoe-gaze to the poignant urgency on Depeche Mode’s Spirit.
The electronic selection features albums from Gorillaz, Depeche Mode, LCD Soundsystem, Bonobo, Beck, The XX, Nine Inch Nails, and The Weeknd.
ROCK
Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains
David Bowie – No Plan EP
The National – Sleep Well Beast
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Slowdive – Slowdive
The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana
Ryan Adams – Prisoner
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Murder Of The Universe
ELECTRONIC
Gorillaz – Humanz
Depeche Mode – Spirit
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Bonobo – Migration
Beck – Colors
The XX – I See You
Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile: Deviations 1
The Weeknd – Starboy
Various – Welcome To Paradise Vol. II: Italian Dream House 89-93
Various – Twin Peaks: Music From The Limited Event Series
PUNK
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 1984 – 2014
Rancid – Trouble Maker
Dropkick Murphys – 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory
Propagandhi – Victory Lap
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Modern Ruin
Blink-182 – California
Metz – Strange Peace
Hot Water Music – Light It Up
Ramones – Singles Box
The Smith Street Band – More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me
TECHNO
Kettenkarussell, Insecurity Guard
Objekt, Objekt #4
Actress, AZD
Blanck Mass, World Eater
Four Tet, New Energy
Kraftwerk, 3-D: The Catalogue
PLO Man, Powerline
Dopplereffekt, Cellular Automata
Depeche Mode, Going Backwards [Remixes]
Tzusing, 東方不敗
POP
Gorillaz – Humanz
David Bowie – No Plan
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Tennis – Yours Conditionally
The XX – I See You
Ed Sheeran – ÷
Steven Wilson – To The Bone
Depeche Mode – Where’s The Revolution
Paramore – After Laughter
The Shins – Heartworms
HARDCORE
Converge – The Dusk In Us
Power Trip – Nightmare Logic
Converge – Jane Live
Code Orange Kids – Forever
Converge – I Can Tell You About Pain
Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry
Hüsker Dü – Savage Young Dü
Integrity – Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume
The Bronx – V
Full Of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy
EXPERIMENTAL
Alt-J – Relaxer
Björk – Utopia
Kraftwerk – 3-D: The Catalogue
Various – Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992
Can – The Singles
David Bowie – A New Career In A New Town [1977-1982]
Ulver – The Assassination Of Julius Caesar
Forest Swords – Compassion
Burial – Subtemple
Xiu Xiu – Forget
INDIE ROCK
The National – Sleep Well Beast
The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
St. Vincent – Masseduction
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Mac Demarco – This Old Dog
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Slowdive – Slowdive
Tennis – Yours Conditionally
At The Drive-In – in•ter a•li•a
Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
FOLKS/WORLD/COUNTRY
Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up
Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound
Neil Young – Hitchhiker
Margo Price – Live 2016
Chris Stapleton – From A Room: Volume 1
Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights
Bob Dylan – Triplicate
Various – Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992
HIP HOP
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Gorillaz – Humanz
Thundercat – Drunk
The Weeknd – Starboy
Tyler, the Creator – Scum Fuck Flower Boy
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
The Notorious B.I.G. – Born Again
Prophets Of Rage – Prophets Of Rage
Joey Bada$$ – All-Amerikkkan Bada$$
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
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