2017 was great for new music. Here, I’ve listed my favourite fifteen albums and my favourite fifteen songs from the year.
I try to listen to as much music as I can, particularly whilst cooking. The hidden ingredient in all my recipes, as far as I’m concerned, is a good tune.
Curating these two lists has been difficult, in a good way. It’s been time consuming but it would otherwise be easy to forget how many songs and albums I enjoyed hearing over the past twelve months.
Taste in music is a personal thing, and I hope you find something you like but may not otherwise have heard from my best music of 2017 lists.
Favourite Albums of 2017
In alphabetical order, by artist:
- Tribe by Chase & Status
- More Life by Drake
- At What Cost by GoldLink
- Common Sense by J HUS
- 4:44 by JAY-Z
- Where Have You Been? by Jaykae
- Trip by Jhene Aiko
- DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
- Who Built The Moon? by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- Process by Sampha
- MASSEDUCATION by St. Vincent
- Gang Signs & Prayer by Stormzy
- Foreign Light by Toddla T
- Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples
- Arise by Zara McFarlane
Shoutouts due to Big K.R.I.T., Joey Bada$$, Kelela, Liam Gallagher, Macklemore, SZA, Tyler, The Creator and Wiley, all of whom released other top notch albums in 2017.
Favourite Songs of 2017
In alphabetical order, by artist:
- Kill Jill by Big Boi featuring Killer Mike and Jeezy
- On My Mind by Disciples
- Passionfruit by Drake
- Mask Off by Future
- Open the Till by Grim Sickers featuring Ghetts and The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light
- Moscow by Jaykae
- ROCKABYE BABY by Joey Bada$$ featuring ScHoolboy Q
- On My Mind by Jorja Smith X Peditah
- LMK by Kelela
- DNA. by Kendrick Lamar
- As You Are (Shy FX Remix) by Rag’n’Bone Man
- Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 by Stormzy featuring MNEK
- Know by Syd
- Love Galore by SZA featuring Travis Scott
- Magnet by Toddla T and Andrea Martin
I’ve limited this list to one song per artist. There could easily have been another Drake, Kendrick Lemar or Stormzy track included but, as their respective albums already appear in my albums list above, I’ve already made my point that the music they’ve knocked out during 2017 has been pretty exceptional.
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