Pazz & Jop: It’s Kendrick’s and Cardi’s World.
The results of our 44th (or 45th) annual Pazz & Jop Music Critics Poll are in: Here are the year's top albums and singles, as voted by more than 400 music critics nationwide
The Top 100 Albums of 2017
1. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN, Top Dawg/Interscope, 1756 points
2. SZA, CTRL, Top Dawg/RCA, 942
3. St. Vincent, Masseduction, Loma Vista, 899
4. Lorde, Melodrama, Lava/Republic, 724
5. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound, Southeastern, 548
6. War on Drugs, A Deeper Understanding, Atlantic, 513
7. Slowdive, Slowdive, Dead Oceans, 500
8. Jay-Z, 4:44, Roc Nation/UMG, 495
9. LCD Soundsystem, American Dream, DFA/Columbia, 486
10. Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, Merge, 349
11. Jlin, Black Origami, Planet Mu, 345
12. Father John Misty, Pure Comedy, Sub Pop, 340
13. Thundercat, Drunk, Brainfeeder, 327
14. The National, Sleep Well Beast, 4AD, 322
15. Mount Eerie, A Crow Looked at Me, P.W. Elverum & Son, 319
16. Kelela, Take Me Apart, Warp, 315
17. Vince Staples, Big Fish Theory, ARTium/Blacksmith/Def Jam, 313
18. Perfume Genius, No Shape, Matador, 288
19 (tie). Jens Lekman, Life Will See You Now, Secretly Canadian, 260
Migos, Culture, Quality Control/300 Entertainment, 260
21. Spoon, Hot Thoughts, Matador, 257
22. Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Navigator, ATO, 256
23. King Krule, The OOZ, True Panther/XL, 250
24. Sampha, Process, Young Turks, 241
25. Priests, Nothing Feels Natural, Sister Polygon, 239
26. Rhiannon Giddens, Freedom Highway, Nonesuch, 233
27. Moses Sumney, Aromanticism, Jagjaguwar, 232
28. Magnetic Fields, 50 Song Memoir, Nonesuch, 226
29 (tie). Algiers, The Underside of Power, Matador, 225
Randy Newman, Dark Matter, Nonesuch, 225
31. Alvvays, Antisocialites, Polyvinyl, 224
32. Kesha, Rainbow, Kemosabe/RCA, 223
33. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 3, Run the Jewels Ltd., 222
34. Björk, Utopia, One Little Indian, 211
35. Margo Price, All American Made, Third Man, 205
36. Julien Baker, Turn Out the Lights, Matador, 204
37. Lana Del Rey, Lust for Life, Polydor/Interscope, 203
38. The xx, I See You, Young Turks, 202
39. Big Thief, Capacity, Saddle Creek, 201
40. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, The Kid, Western Vinyl, 194
41. Jay Som, Everybody Works, Polyvinyl, 184
42. Charly Bliss, Guppy, Barsuk, 178
43. Lee Ann Womack, The Lonely, The Lonesome & the Gone, ATO, 176
44. Paramore, After Laughter, Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic, 171
45. Kelly Lee Owens, Kelly Lee Owens, Smalltown Supersound, 168
46 (tie). Daniel Caesar, Freudian, Golden Child, 155
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rest, Because, 155
48. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Soul of a Woman, Daptone, 152
49. Syd, Fin, Columbia, 150
50. New Pornographers, Whiteout Conditions, Concord, 149
51. Miguel, War & Leisure, ByStorm/RCA, 146
52 (tie). Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice, Matador, 141
Harry Styles, Harry Styles, Columbia, 141
54. Drake, More Life, Cash Money/Young Money, 138
55. Julie Byrne, Not Even Happiness, Ba Da Bing!, 135
56 (tie). Japanese Breakfast, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, Dead Oceans, 134
Alex Lahey, I Love You Like a Brother, Dead Oceans, 134
58. Khalid, American Teen, Right Hand/RCA, 125
59. Sheer Mag, Need to Feel Your Love, Wilsuns Recording Co., 124
60 (tie). Aimee Mann, Mental Illness, SuperEgo, 120
Open Mike Eagle, Brick Body Kids Still Daydream, Mello Music Group, 120
62 (tie). Ted Leo, The Hanged Man, SuperEgo, 119
Kamasi Washington, Harmony of Difference, Young Turks, 119
64. The Clientele, Music for the Age of Miracles, Merge, 116
65 (tie). Fever Ray, Plunge, Rabid/Mute, 113
Power Trip, Nightmare Logic, Southern Lord, 113
Protomartyr, Relatives in Descent, Domino, 113
68 (tie). Roscoe Mitchell, Bells for the South Side, ECM, 112
Tyler, the Creator, Flower Boy, Columbia, 112
70. Ryan Adams, Prisoner, Pax AM/Blue Note, 110
71. Taylor Swift, Reputation, Big Machine, 108
72. Phoebe Bridgers, Stranger in the Alps, Dead Oceans, 106
73 (tie). Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, Luaka Bop, 105
Kehlani, SweetSexySavage, Atlantic, 105
75. Jaimie Branch, Fly or Die, International Anthem, 104
76. Replacements, For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986, Rhino, 103
77 (tie). Fleet Foxes, Crack Up, Nonesuch, 100
Future, HNDRXX, A1/Freebandz/Epic, 100
79 (tie). The Regrettes, Feel Your Feelings Fool!, Warner Bros., 98
Sparks, Hippopotamus, BMG, 98
Sylvan Esso, What Now, Loma Vista, 98
82. Robyn Hitchcock, Robyn Hitchcock, Yep Roc, 95
83. Elder, Reflections of a Floating World, Stickman, 90
84. Feelies, In Between, Bar/None, 87
85 (tie). The Courtneys, II, Flying Nun, 86
Queens of the Stone Age, Villains, Matador, 86
87 (tie). Ibeyi, Ash, XL, 85
Ty Dolla $ign, Beach House 3, Atlantic, 85
89 (tie). Valerie June, The Order of Time, Concord, 84
Laura Marling, Semper Femina, More Alarming, 84
91 (tie). Charli XCX, Number 1 Angel, Asylum, 83
Converge, The Dusk in Us, Epitaph, 83
Zola Jesus, Okovi, Sacred Bones, 83
94. Ariel Pink, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, Mexican Summer, 82
95 (tie). Japandroids, Near to the Wild Heart of Life, Anti-, 81
Orchestra Baobab, Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng, Nonesuch/World Circuit, 81
97. Juana Molina, Halo, Crammed Discs, 78
98 (tie). Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Simultonality, Eremite Records, 75
EMA, Exile in the Outer Ring, City Slang, 75
Chris Stapleton, From a Room: Volume 1, Mercury Nashville, 75
U2, Songs of Experience, Interscope Records, 75
The Top 50 Singles of 2017
1. Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow,” Atlantic, 62 points
2. Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE,” Top Dawg/Interscope, 50
3. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Cut to the Feeling,” School Boy/Interscope, 45
4. Lorde, “Green Light,” Republic/Lava, 44
5. Kendrick Lamar, “DNA,” Top Dawg/Interscope, 40
6. Lil Uzi Vert , “XO TOUR Llif3,” Generation Now/Atlantic, 38
7. St. Vincent, “New York,” Loma Vista, 34
8. Charli XCX, “Boys,” Asylum/Atlantic, 31
9 (tie). Future, “Mask Off,” A1/Epic, 30
Selena Gomez, “Bad Liar,” Interscope, 30
11. Paramore, “Hard Times,” Fueled by Ramen, 26
12. Lana Del Rey, “Love,” Polydor/Interscope, 22
13. Harry Styles, “Sign of the Times,” Erskine/Columbia, 21
14 (tie). Kesha, “Praying,” Kemosabe/RCA , 20
Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad and Boujee,” Quality Control/300/Atlantic, 20
16. Frank Ocean, “Chanel,” Blonded, 18
17. Dua Lipa, “New Rules,” Warner Bros., 17
18 (tie). Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean & Migos, “Slide,” Columbia, 16
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, “If We Were Vampires,” Southeastern, 16
Portugal. The Man, “Feel It Still,” Atlantic, 16
21 (tie). Jay-Z, “The Story of O.J.,” Roc Nation, 15
SZA, “Drew Barrymore,” Top Dawg/RCA, 15
23 (tie). Drake, “Passionfruit,” Cash Money/Young Money, 14
GoldLink featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy, “Crew (Remix),” RCA, 14
The xx, “On Hold,” Young Turks, 14
26. St. Vincent, “Los Ageless,” Loma Vista, 13
27 (tie). Black Thought, #Freestyle087, 12
Migos, “T-Shirt,” Quality Control/300/Atlantic, 12
Kamasi Washington, “Truth,” Young Turks, 12
30 (tie). Arcade Fire, “Everything Now,” Sonovox/Columbia, 11
Craig Finn, “God in Chicago,” Partisan, 11
Haim, “Want You Back,” Columbia, 11
Perfume Genius, “Slip Away,” Matador, 11
Vince Staples, “BagBak,” Def Jam, 11
SZA featuring Travis Scott, “Love Galore,” Top Dawg/RCA, 11
36 (tie). Kesha featuring the Dap-Kings Horns, “Woman,” Kemosabe/RCA, 10
Khalid, “Young Dumb & Broke,” Right Hand/RCA, 10
The National, “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness,” 4AD, 10
Playboi Carti, “Magnolia,” Interscope, 10
Sampha, “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano,” Young Turks, 10
Slowdive, “Sugar for the Pill,” Dead Oceans, 10
Spoon, “Hot Thoughts,” Matador, 10
SZA, “The Weekend,” Top Dawg/RCA, 10
44 (tie). Algiers, “The Underside of Power,” Matador, 9
Cam, “Diane,” Arista Nashville, 9
Childish Gambino, “Redbone,” Glassnote, 9
Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber, “Despacito,” Universal Latin, 9
LCD Soundsystem, “Call the Police,” DFA/Columbia, 9
King Krule, “Dum Surfer,” True Panther, 9
Thundercat featuring Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, “Show You the Way,” Brainfeeder, 9
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