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.