The Board Dot's Albums of 2017 (results)

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Here it is, in all of it's glory, the 2017 Board Dot's list of the best albums of 2017. There might be some surprises in there. There might not be. Every list that had at least 20 albums was counted (which was 29 total lists I think). The no. 1 album received 50 points, no. 2 received 49 points, and so on. I'm including the top 100 albums, b/c everything else would just be too damn tedious, and no one before me ever did so why should I start now, right? So in normal format, here's the bottom half without any kooky descriptions. 



100. Zeal and Ardor - Devil Is Fine (82)
99. yaeji - EP/EP2 (84)
98. White Reaper - The World's Best American Band (85)
97. Charli XCX – Pop 2 (86)
97. Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy (86)
95. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun (87)
95. Hoops - Routines (87)
93. Ty Segall - Ty Segall (88)
92. HAIM - Something to Tell You (91)
92. Jessie Ware - Glasshouse (91)
90. Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold (92)
89. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (93)
88. Amber Coffman - City of No Reply (95)
87. Laurel Halo - Dust (96)
86. Brand New – Science Fiction (97)
85. Arca - Arca (99)
84. Metz - Strange Peace (102)
83. Destroyer - Ken (104)
82. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life (109)
81. Allison Crutchfield - Tourist in this Town (110)
80. Wiki - No Mountains in Manhattan (112)
79. Future Islands – The Far Field (113)
79. Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1 (113)
79. Paramore - After Laughter (113)
76. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv (121)
76. Mastodon – Emperor of Sand (121)
76. Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark? (121)
73. Zola Jesus - Okovi (128)
72. Code Orange - Forever (130)
71. The Courtneys - The Courtneys II (132)
70. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage and Joy (135)
70. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens (135)
68. Palehound - A Place I'll Always Go (137)
67. Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now (138)
66. Lana Del Ray – Lust for Life (142)
66. Bjork - Utopia (142)
64. Loss - Horizonless (144)
63. Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound (150)
62. The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (152)
61. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe (153)
61. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (153)
61. Pallbearer - Heartless (153)
58. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet (154)
57. Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper (155)
56. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (157)
55. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism (158)
54. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice (159)
53. Young Thug – Beautiful Thugger Girls (161)
52. Jay Z – 4:44 (163)
51. Jlin - Black Origami (165)

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(tie) 50. Rostam: Half Light - 166 pts



(tie) 50. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: The French Press - 166 pts



48. Ride: Weather Diaries - 168 pts

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47. Drake: More Life - 174 pts.



46. Blanck Mass: World Eater - 175 pts.



45. Phoebe Bridgers: Stranger in the Alps - 178 pts.

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(tie) 44. Kelela: Take Me Apart - 189 pts.



(tie) 44. Cigarettes After Sex: Cigarettes After Sex - 189 pts.



42. Julie Byrne: Not Even Happiness - 194 Pts.



41. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Luciferian Towers - 205 pts

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40. (Sandy) Alex G: Rocket - 208 pts



39. Alvvays: Antisocialites - 222 pts.



38. Elder: Reflections of a Floating World - 224 pts

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37. Dirty Projectors: Dirty Projectors - 225 pts.



36. Sheer Mag: Need to Feel Your Love - 228 pts.



35. Jay Som: Everybody Works - 231 pts.



34. Feist: Pleasure - 233 pts.



33. Vagabon: Infinite Worlds - 239 pts.

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32. Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up - 248 pts.



31. Grizzly Bear: Painted Ruins - 249 pts.



30. Ryan Adams: Prisoner - 250 pts.



29. Fever Ray: Plunge - 255 pts.

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28. Arcade Fire: Everything Now - 271 pts



27. Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked At Me - 275 pts.



26. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3 - 302 pts.



25. SZA: CTRL - 335 pts

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(tie) 24. Broken Social Scene: Hug of Thunder - 346 pts.



(tie) 24. Tyler, The Creator: Flower Boy - 346 pts.



22. Father John Misty: Pure Comedy - 352 pts.



21. Waxahatchee: Out in the Storm - 360 pts.

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20. Spoon: Hot Thoughts - 385 pts.



19. Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now - 394 pts.



18. Protomartyr: Relatives in Descent - 406 pts.



17. Wolf Parade: Cry Cry Cry - 409 pts.

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16. Queens of the Stone Age: Villains - 413 pts.



15. Slowdive: Slowdive - 431 pts.



14. Sampha: Process - 459 pts.

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13. Perfume Genius: No Shape - 462 pts.



12. King Krule: The Ooz - 475 pts.



11. Big Thief: Capacity - 487 pts.

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10. The xx: I See You - 490 pts.



9. Lorde: Melodrama - 509 pts.



8. Priests: Nothing Feels Natural - 550 pts.

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7. St. Vincent: MASSeduction - 612 pts.



6. The War On Drugs: A Deeper Understanding - 613 pts



5. LCD Soundsystem: American Dream - 614 pts.

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4. Julien Baker: Turn Out the Lights - 628 pts

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3. Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory - 701 pts.

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2. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN - 846 pts.

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1. The National: Sleep Well Beast - 1020 pts.

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"Fun" "Facts" about Your Top Albums

- Kendrick Lamar has tied Kanye for the most appearances in the top 10, with 3.
- The most albums that were listed as no. 1 were Big Thief's "Capacity" and King Krule's "The Ooz," each with 3. Neither cracked the top 10.
- Former AOTY winners Father John Misty (2015, and 2012 depending on which list you accept) and Run the Jewels (2014), didn't crack the top 20, and is each artists lowest ranking release on our lists.
- (Just gonna leave this here) There are three artists currently being accused of sexual assault and/or violence towards women on our list.
- The highest scoring album that appeared on the fewest lists was Mount Eerie's "A Crow Looked at Me" on only 7 lists.
- Biggest drop between releases was the Japandroids, who were no. 4 on our 2012 list.
- Tyler, The Creator hasn't appeared on our list since 2011, despite releasing albums in 2013 and 2015.
- Both of Cut Copy's previous albums cracked the top 10. This year, they only appeared on two lists and accumulated only 59 points.
- Priests' "Nothing Feels Natural" is the highest ranking debut album.
- 37 of the top 50 albums are rock related.
- Sleep Well Beast has the 2nd smallest AOTY point total, above only M83's "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" from 2011.

Enjoy! The songs list is forthcoming, and it's really bad. Not bad like crappy songs (that too) but there's very little overlap between lists. This one was clear by like the 7th list or so.

[neader]

Thanks Timbo!

Second year in a row where I am.absolutely floored by what our number one is. In my opinion both times it has been previously amazing bands who have begun to dip their toes into mediocrity but the board loves them so much it doesn't matter.

[thebosma]

This is pretty visibly better than all of the other lists I’ve seen this year, and it’s cool because I was 1/29th of it. Thanks for putting all this together and including so many fun facts!

[thebosma]

Also lol at everyone on this board shitting on Everything Now every time it’s brought up and it ends up in the top 30

[neader]

Dec 26, 2017 7:40:39 GMT -6 thebosma said:

Also lol at everyone on this board shitting on Everything Now every time it’s brought up and it ends up in the top 30

Yeah wtf.

This list sucks. I change my thanks timbo to thanks timbo /s

[Xamnam]

Neither great King Gizzard record cracks the top 50 I demand a recount.

[andrewvb]

foo fighters not in the top 50 this board has come so far (kind of).

it should have been obvious to anyone skimming the list that the national would be #1. wouldn't be a aoty reveal without a big time fuckin neader post.

[dij22]

This is a fun list. Thank you Timbo.

I should relisten to that Vince Staples album. I thought it was ass

[andrewvb]

tima, given your stat about the national having the 2nd smallest aoty total, are the old board rankings saved on the board somewhere? Or would you want to insert them into the first post as a spoiler for reference?

also, presumably a large reason for it having a low vote total would be less people participating, yes?

terrible that hurry up i'm dreaming was a board aoty.

[Xamnam]

Dec 26, 2017 8:55:54 GMT -6 andrewvb said:

tima, given your stat about the national having the 2nd smallest aoty total, are the old board rankings saved on the board somewhere? Or would you want to insert them into the first post as a spoiler for reference?

also, presumably a large reason for it having a low vote total would be less people participating, yes?

terrible that hurry up i'm dreaming was a board aoty.

thelollaboard.proboards.com/thread/30/archive-past-lollaboard-album-lists

[doso]

Thanks for compiling this, Timbo.

[Xamnam]

Yes, in all seriousness, thanks for tackling this project. I know exactly how much fun the tabulation is.