2017: Dean's List

Albums

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1. Randy Newman: Dark Matter (Nonesuch) 25
2. American Epic: The Best of Blues (Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy)
3. Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me (P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.) 15
4. The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions (Collected Works/Concord) 12
5. American Epic: The Soundtrack (Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy)
6. Princess Nokia: 1992 Deluxe (Rough Trade) 9
7. Brad Paisley: Love and War (Arista) 8
8. Hamell on Trial: Tackle Box (New West) 7
9. Waxahatchee: Out in the Storm (Merge) 7
10. Dawn Oberg: Nothing Rhymes With Orange (Blossom Theory) 6
11. Sunny Sweeney: Trophy (Thirty Tigers) 6
12. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound (Southeastern/Thirty Tigers) 5
13. The Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa (World Music Network)
14. Chuck Berry: Chuck (Dualtone)
15. Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now (Secretly Canadian)
16. American Epic: The Collection (Lo-Max/Third Man/Columbia/Legacy)
17. Rolling Blackouts C.F.: Talk Tight (Sub Pop)
18. The Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues (World Music Network)
19. Khalid: American Teen (RCA)
20. Starlito & Don Trip: Step Brothers Three (Grind Hard)
21. Marcel Khalife/Mahmoud Darwish: Andalusia of Love (Nagam '16)
22. Mariem Hassan: La Voz Indómita (Nubenegra)
23. Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman: Triple Fat Lice (Stones Throw)
24. L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae: The Night Took Us in Like Family (Mello Music '15)
25. Les Amazones d'Afrique: République Amazone (RealWorld)
26. The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (Nonesuch)
27. Kendrick Lamar: Damn. (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
28. Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet: Ladilikan (World Circuit)
29. Emperor X: Oversleepers International (Tiny Engines)
30. Lee Ranaldo: Electric Trim (Mute)
31. Joey Bada$$: All Amerikkkan Bada$$ (Pro Era/Cinematic Music)
32. The Bob's Burgers Music Album (20th Century Fox/Sub Pop/Bento Box)
33. JJ Doom: Key to the Kuffs (Lex '12)
34. Homeboy Sandman: Veins (Stones Throw)
35. Amber Coffman: City of No Reply (Columbia)
36. Beth Ditto: Fake Sugar (Virgin)
37. Pere Ubu: 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo (Cherryred)
38. The National: Sleep Well Beast (4AD)
39. Algiers: The Underside of Power (Matador)
40. Celebrate Ornette (Song X)
41. Body Count: Bloodlust (Century Media)
42. Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere (Customs '16)
43. Robt Sarazin Blake: Recitative (SameRoom)
44. Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas: The World of Captain Beefheart (KFR)
45. Gogol Bordello: Seekers and Finders (Cooking Vinyl)
46. Jay-Z: 4:44 (Roc Nation/UMG)
47. Oddisee: The Iceberg (Mello Music)
48. The Perceptionists: Resolution (Mello Music)
49. A. Savage: Thawing Dawn (Dull Tools)
50. Motörhead: Under Cöver (Silver Lining Music)
51. Matt North: Above Ground Fools (self-released)
52. Orchestra Baobab: Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng (Nonesuch)
53. Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker (Columbia '16)
54. Becky Warren: War Surplus (self-released '16)
55. Migos: Culture (QC/YRN/300)
56. Saint Etienne: Home Counties (Heavenly/PIAS)
57. Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams (Slate Creek)
58. Dylan Hicks: Ad Out (Soft Launch)
59. Open Mike Eagle: Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (Mello Music)
60. Fat Tony: MacGregor Park (self-released)
61. Sheer Mag: Need to Feel Your Love (Wilsuns RC)
62. Umphrey's McGee: Zonkey (Nothing Too Fancy '16)
63. Syd: Fin (Epic)
64. Blondie: Pollinator (BMG)
65. Kano: Made in the Manor (Parlophone '16)
66. Alvvays: Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)
67. Daddy Issues: Can We Still Hang (Infinity Cat '15)
68. Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory (Def Jam)
69. Deer Tick: Vol. 2 (Partisan)
70. Cloud Nothings: Life Without Sound (Carpark)
71. Rock and Roll Music!: The Songs of Chuck Berry (Ace)
72. Zeal & Ardor: Devil Is Fine (MVKA Music)
73. Steve Earle: So You Wannabe an Outlaw (Warner Bros.)
74. Now That's What I Call 90s Pop (Sony Music Entertainment)
75. Angaleena Presley: Wrangled (Mining Light)
76. The Paranoid Style: Underworld U.S.A. (Bar/None)
77. Playboi Carti: Playboi Carti (AWGE/Interscope)
78. Swet Shop Boys: Sufi La (Customs)
79. Kevin Abstract: American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story (Brockhampton '16)
80. Fred Thomas: Changer (Polyvinyl)
81. Now That's What I Call Tailgate Anthems (Sony Music Entertainment)
82. 24 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920's: Vol 15 (Blues Images)
83. Hard Working Americans: We're All in This Together (Melvin/Thirty Tigers)
84. Conor Oberst: Salutations (Nonesuch)
85. Kasai Allstars: Around Félicité (Crammed Discs)
86. Battle Hymns (quasiband.com)
87. Daddy Issues: Deep Dream (Infinity Cat)
88. Nnamdi Ogbonnaya: DROOL (Father/Daughter/Sooper)
89. The Goon Sax: Up for Anything (Chapter Music '16)
90. Whitney Rose: South Texas Suite (Six Shooter/Thirty Tigers)

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