For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2017, leading up to our 2017 Top 90.3 Album Countdown! Voting ends on Friday, December 8th at 6:00 PM PT, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 15th to hear if your picks made the list!
John Richards' 2017 Top Ten Albums
| rank | artist | album | label |
| 1 | Julien Baker | Turn Out The Lights | Matador |
| 2 | The Horrors | V | Wolftone/Caroline |
| 3 | LCD Soundsystem | American Dream | Columbia/DFA |
| 4 | The Black Angels | Death Song | Partisan |
| 5 | Algiers | The Underside of Power | Matador |
| 6 | ODESZA | A Moment Apart | Counter |
| 7 | The National | Sleep Well Beast | 4AD |
| 8 | Wolf Alice | Visions of a Life | Dirty Hit/RCA |
| 9 | Wolf Parade | Cry Cry Cry | Sub Pop |
| 10 | Slowdive | Slowdive | Dead Oceans |
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