I know you've all been anxiously waiting to see what would and wouldn't make my top albums list for 2017! Just kidding, but here you are anyway, so you might as well check it out. Every year, doing this list is difficult for different reasons. There's no real science to my method, I base it on how each album makes me feel and what kind of impact it has on me. I usually have a hard time ranking all of these very different works of art, but for some reason this year was even more challenging. If I were to re-order this list in a few weeks, it might end up completely different.
