I’m not on as many press lists as I used to be, so I do the best I can as the C-list music critic that I am. here’s my list of the best albums of 2017, in modified alphabetical order.

Adna, Closure

Alvvays, Antisocialites

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rest

Chelsea Wolfe, Hiss Spun

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice

Cults, Offering

Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up

Gary Numan, Savage (Songs from a Broken World)

Juana Molina, Halo

Lana Del Rey, Lust for Life

Laura Marling, Semper Femina

The Mountain Goats, Goths

The National, Sleep Well Beast

Real Estate, In Mind

Ride, Weather Diaries

Saint Etienne, Home Counties

Slowdive, Slowdive

Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm

Zola Jesus, Okovi