A Roundup Of Best Of 2017 Lists

By FYI Staff

'Tis the season to be jolly, and to make lists! There is nothing music critics like more than reflecting on the year gone by and coming up with 'Best Of' pieces.

For those of you who enjoy reading such lists, we've dug deep to locate the findings of many of the most significant publications, websites, and blogs, both in Canada and internationally. How many of their picks correspond with yours? Find out here.

Canada:

The Coast (Jonathan Briggins)-  2017’s most memorable shows, records and videos

NOW - Ten Best Toronto Albums of 2017 

            The Top 10 Albums of 2017

Exclaim - Top 20 Pop and Rock Albums 1-10

                Top 20 Pop and Rock Albums 11-20

Gray Owl Point - Favourite 25 Releases of 2017

Dominionated - Favourite Fifty of 2017

CBC Music - 100 Best Canadian Songs of 2017

Said The Gramophone (Sean Michaels) - Favourite Songs and Albums of 2017

Montreal Gazette (Evan Manning) -  The Top 10 Albums that marked the end of the pop monopoly

Le Canal Auditif -  Top 25 Albums of the Year

International

Associated Press - Top Ten Albums

Complex.com - Best Albums of 2017

Billboard - 50 Best Albums Of The Year

The Atlantic - The Best Albums of 2017

NME -   The Best Albums of 2017

Marie-Claire - Best Albums of the Year

The Guardian  (first half of 2017) The Best Albums so far in 2017 

Metacritic - The Highest-Rated albums of the Year

Spin - The 50 Best Albums of 2017

Uproxx.com- The Best Albums of 2017

Pitchfork - The 50 Best Albums of the Year

Pitchfork- The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2017

Rolling Stone - The 50 Best Songs of 2017

Rolling Stone - 50 Best Albums of the Year

Variety - The 20 Best Albums of 2017

Noisey - The 100 Best Albums of 2017

The Independent - The 30 Best Albums of 2017

jezebel.com - The Worst Songs of the Year 2017, when Pop nearly killed us

Slate - The Best Jazz Albums of 2017