Top 100 Albums of 2017

KGNU's Top 100 albums of the year, ranked by how many spins each record received. Considering the variety of music programs in our schedule and the sheer number of DJ's (100+) doing them, it's no surprise that this is a diverse list. Thanks for listening with open minds and ears. It's a credit to you, the listeners, that KGNU has been able to offer a true musical alternative for nearly 40 years. You can always check our Top 30 charts as well.

Top 100 Albums on KGNU in 2017:

#1
Artist: Rhiannon Giddens
Album: Freedom Highway
Label: Nonesuch

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#2
Artist: Tim O'Brien
Album: Where the River Meets the Road
Label: Howdy Skies Records

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#3
Artist: Cary Morin
Album: Cradle To The Grave
Label: Maple Street Music Agency

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#4
Artist: Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
Album: Way Out West
Label: Superlatone Records

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#5
Artist: Dale Watson & Ray Benson
Album: Dale & Ray
Label: Ameripolitan/Home Records

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#6
Artist: Randy Newman
Album: Dark Matter
Label: Nonesuch

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#7
Artist: Oumou Sangaré
Album: Mogoya
Label: No Format!

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#8
Artist: Steve Earle & The Dukes
Album: So You Wannabe An Outlaw
Label: Warner Brothers

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#9
Artist: Juana Molina
Album: Halo
Label: Crammed Discs

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#10
Artist: KC Groves
Album: Happy Little Trees
Label: Self Produced

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#11
Artist: David Rawlings
Album: Poor David's Almanack
Label: Acony Records

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#12
Artist: Vieux Farka Touré
Album: Samba
Label: Six Degrees

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#13
Artist: Chicano Batman
Album: Freedom Is Free
Label: ATO Records

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#14
Artist: Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men
Album: Prick Of The Litter
Label: Hot Shot Records

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#15
Artist: Rodney Crowell
Album: Close Ties
Label: New West

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#16
Artist: Shannon McNally
Album: Black Irish
Label: Compass Records

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#17
Artist: Justin Townes Earle
Album: Kids In the Street
Label: New West

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#18
Artist: Chicago Gospel Keyboard Masters
Album: Lift Me Up
Label: The Sirens Records

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#19
Artist: Orchestra Baobab
Album: Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng
Label: World Circuit

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#20
Artist: Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'
Album: TajMo
Label: Concord Records

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#21
Artist: Various
Album: The Life & Songs Of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration (Live)
Label: Rounder Records

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#22
Artist: Various
Album: Best of Proverb & Gospel Corner Records 1959-1969
Label: Narro Way

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#23
Artist: Les Amazones D'Afrique
Album: République Amazone
Label: Real World

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#24
Artist: Ondatrópica
Album: Baile Bucanero
Label: Sound Way

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#25
Artist: Thievery Corporation
Album: The Temple Of I & I
Label: Ingrooves

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#26
Artist: Ginny Mules
Album: Ginny Mules
Label: (self)

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#27
Artist: Tinariwen
Album: Elwan
Label: Anti/Epitaph

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#28
Artist: Songhoy Blues
Album: Résistance
Label: Fat Possum

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#29
Artist: Daymé Arocena
Album: Cubafonía
Label: Brownswood Recordings

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#30
Artist: Morgan Heritage
Album: Avrakedabra
Label: CTBC Music Group

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#31
Artist: Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Album: The Nashville Sound
Label: Southeastern Records

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#32
Artist: Mac DeMarco
Album: This Old Dog
Label: Captured Tracks

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#33
Artist: Foghorn Stringband
Album: Devil In The Seat
Label: Self Produced

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#34
Artist: Masontown
Album: Masontown - EP
Label: Self Produced

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#35
Artist: Lucinda Williams
Album: This Sweet Old World
Label: Highway 20 Records

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#36
Artist: Stanton Moore
Album: With You In Mind
Label: Mascot Music Productions

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#37
Artist: Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System
Album: Super Ape Returns To Conquer
Label: Subatomic Sound

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#38
Artist: Sonny Landreth
Album: Recorded Live in Lafayette
Label: Provogue

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#39
Artist: Jim Lauderdale
Album: London Southern
Label: Sky Crunch Records

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#40
Artist: Trombone Shorty
Album: Parking Lot Symphony
Label: Blue Note Records

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#41
Artist: Chuck Berry
Album: Chuck
Label: Dualtone

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#42
Artist: Slowdive
Album: Slowdive
Label: Dead Oceans

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#43
Artist: Masontown
Album: In This Time
Label: Self Produced

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#44
Artist: Danny Barnes
Album: Stove Up
Label: Wendell Records

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#45
Artist: Ruthie Foster
Album: Joy Comes Back
Label: Stone Truth Music

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#46
Artist: Nikki Lane
Album: Highway Queen
Label: New West

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#47
Artist: Iron & Wine
Album: Beast Epic
Label: Sub Pop

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#48
Artist: The Como Mamas
Album: Move Upstairs
Label: Daptone Records

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#49
Artist: Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang
Album: Build Music
Label: Luaka Bop

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#50
Artist: Seva Venet
Album: New Orleans Banjo Vol. 1: Musieu Bainjo
Label: Self Produced

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#51
Artist: Thundercat
Album: Drunk
Label: Brainfeeder Records

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#52
Artist: Mac Wiseman
Album: I Sang the Song (Life of the Voice with a Heart)
Label: Mountain Fever Records

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#53
Artist: Msafiri Zawose
Album: Uhamiaji
Label: Soundway

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#54
Artist: The Bombay Royale
Album: Run Kitty Run
Label: HopeStreet Recordings

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#55
Artist: Lila Downs
Album: Salón, Lágrimas Y Deseo
Label: Sony Music

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#56
Artist: Various
Album: Putumayo Presents African Rumba
Label: Putumayo

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#57
Artist: Nattali Rize
Album: Rebel Frequency
Label: Rootfire Cooperative

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#58
Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Album: American Dream
Label: Columbia

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#59
Artist: Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlister
Album: Planetarium
Label: 4AD

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#60
Artist: Black Lips
Album: Satan's Graffiti Or God's Art?
Label: Vice Music

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#61
Artist: Colcannon
Album: Wild Orchid
Label: Colcannon

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#62
Artist: Sunny Sweeney
Album: Trophy
Label: Self Produced

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#63
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Album: Folk Songs
Label: Nonesuch

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#64
Artist: The Secret Sisters
Album: You Don't Own Me Anymore
Label: New West Records

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#65
Artist: The Dustbowl Revival
Album: The Dustbowl Revival
Label: Signature Sounds

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#66
Artist: CeCe Winans
Album: Let Them Fall in Love
Label: Pure Springs Gospel

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#67
Artist: Lord Echo
Album: Harmonies
Label: Sound Way

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#68
Artist: Meklit
Album: When the People Move, The Music Moves Too
Label: Six Degrees

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#69
Artist: Daniel Romano
Album: Modern Pressure
Label: New West

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#70
Artist: Gorillaz
Album: Humanz
Label: Parlophone/Warner Brothers

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#71
Artist: Grandaddy
Album: Last Place
Label: 30th Century Records

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#72
Artist: Jay Som
Album: Everybody Works
Label: Polyvinyl

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#73
Artist: Moon Duo
Album: Occult Architecture, Vol. 1
Label: Sacred Bones

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#74
Artist: Bonobo
Album: Migration
Label: Ninja Tune

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#75
Artist: The Jerry Douglas Band
Album: What If
Label: Rounder Records

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#76
Artist: Bluegrass Patriots
Album: Through the Years...Favorite Songs and Requests
Label: Self Produced

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#77
Artist: Chris Daniels & The Kings
Album: Blues with Horns, Vol. 1 (feat. Freddi Gowdy)
Label: Moon Voyage Records

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#78
Artist: The Dustbowl Revival
Album: With A Lampshade On
Label: Signature Sounds

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#79
Artist: The Wailin' Jennys
Album: Fifteen
Label: Red House Records

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#80
Artist: Joan Osborne
Album: Songs of Bob Dylan
Label: Womanly Hips

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#81
Artist: Ray Davies
Album: Americana
Label: Legacy

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#82
Artist: Blind Boys of Alabama
Album: Almost Home
Label: BBOA Records

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#83
Artist: Brother Ali
Album: All the Beauty in This Whole Life
Label: Rhymesayers

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#84
Artist: Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
Album: Ladilikan
Label: World Circuit

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#85
Artist: Various
Album: Zaire 74: The African Artists
Label: Wrasse Records

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#86
Artist: Vibronics meets Conscious Sounds
Album: Half Century Dub
Label: Self Produced

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#87
Artist: Dan Auerbach
Album: Waiting On A Song
Label: Easy Eye Sound

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#88
Artist: Kevin Morby
Album: City Music
Label: Dead Oceans

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#89
Artist: Beach Fossils
Album: Somersault
Label: Bayonet

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#90
Artist: Pokey LaFarge
Album: Manic Revelations
Label: Rounder

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#91
Artist: Damaged Bug
Album: Bunker Funk
Label: Castle Face

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#92
Artist: Spoon
Album: Hot Thoughts
Label: Matador

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#93
Artist: The Infamous Stringdusters
Album: Laws Of Gravity
Label: Compass Records

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#94
Artist: Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Album: The Hazel and Alice Sessions
Label: Spruce and Maple Music

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#95
Artist: The Railsplitters
Album: The Railsplitters
Label: Self Produced

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#96
Artist: Ibibio Sound Machine
Album: Uyai
Label: Merge

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#97
Artist: Felonius Smith
Album: Before That Rooster Crows
Label: Lipeery Fish Music

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#98
Artist: Dan McCorison
Album: Montana Moon
Label: Musikode Records

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#99
Artist: Valerie June
Album: The Order Of Time
Label: June Tunes

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#100
Artist: Jesca Hoop
Album: Memories Are Now
Label: Sub Pop Records

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