Brian Feeney
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The Music of 2017

2017 was a good year for music. I ended up listening to more tunes than I had since 2013, if I can trust the data at last.fm. Tons of great records. A few really great ones. Here are my lists.

Favorite records of 2017:

  • Mangaliso — Bongeziwe Mabandla
  • Humanz — Gorillaz
  • Damn — Kendrick Lamar
  • Drunk — Thundercat

Honorable Mentions:

  • La Confusion — Amadou & Miriam
  • I Tell a Fly — Benjamin Clemintine
  • Capacity — Big Thief
  • Hug of Thunder — Broken Social Scene
  • Chronology — Chronixx
  • Ash — Ibeyi
  • 4:44 — Jay Z
  • Harmony of Difference — Kamasi Washington
  • Sleep Well Beast — The National
  • Africa Express Presents The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians & Guests — The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians & Guests
  • In Mind — Real Estate
  • Ctrl — SZA
  • Antisocialites — VVaves
  • Big Fish Theory — Vince Staples

And here’s a public playlist of my favorite tracks of 2017 on Apple Music.

December 14, 2017

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