The 25 Best Albums of 2017 So Far
Which albums impressed critics during the first half of the year? Find our ranking of 2017's highest-scoring studio albums (so far) below. The list includes releases through June 30, 2017 that have received at least 15 reviews from professional critics. (Re-releases, EPs, and compilations are also excluded, and note that even though you'll see rounded Metascores, the albums are ranked prior to rounding.)
Expectations may have been sky-high for this follow-up to her 2013 debut Pure Heroine, but the now-20-year-old New Zealand pop star managed to exceed them with Melodrama, produced and co-written by fun.'s Jack Antonoff.
“Whether it's a party record disguised as a breakup album or a breakup album disguised as a party record, it's cathartic, dramatic, and everything else you could want an album titled Melodrama to be.” —Sal Cinquemani, Slant Magazine
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