Stephen Thompson's Top 10 Albums Of 2017
It's been a year of complacency deferred and sleeping giants roused. So it's only natural that much of 2017's best music would reflect that tumult, albeit in radically different ways.
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Robin Hilton's Top 10 Albums Of 2017
2017 was a year of chronic whiplash, not only for the ceaseless horror show of news headlines, but for the overwhelming number of great albums and songs that were released.
10 Albums That Made 2017 Brighter
World Cafe's Talia Schlanger picks 10 records that made the world feel more colorful. They aren't happier records necessarily — they do infuse the grayscale of newsprint with the chroma of dreams.
Ann Powers' Top 10 Underheard Albums Of 2017
Here's a list of 10 albums that deserve more year-end love than they're generally getting, a counter to an age where music has taken on an introspective function.
Nate Chinen's Top 10 (Actually 21) Albums Of 2017
The best albums of 2017 delivered both comfort and challenge — both salve and spur. (That also applies to the honorable mentions listed, any of which could easily have come off the bench.)
Bob Boilen's Top 10 Albums Of 2017
Five out of these 10 records are debuts — a statistic that fits perfectly in the spirit of finding new music to fall in love with this year.
Alvvays, 'Dreams Tonite' (Live)
Watch the Toronto indie-pop band perform a romantic track from its sophomore album, Antisocialites, live at the KCRW studio.
The North Mississippi Allstars On 'Mountain Stage'
The modern day torchbearers of Mississippi blues make their third appearance on Mountain Stage and play songs from their latest release, Prayer For Peace.
For The Oklahoma City Zoo, Hippos Are A Christmas Tradition
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Gayla Peevey, who sang the original version of "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" in 1953. That song helped the Oklahoma City Zoo get its first hippo — and this past week, Peevey welcomed the zoo's newest hippo addition.
