The Albums of 2017

This is strictly a housekeeping post, but I like to memorialize for the record the music, films and books that I've enjoyed in the course of a year.  So without further ado, the albums of 2017:

• From A Room, Vol. 2 - Chris Stapleton
• Songs of Experience - U2
• Carry Fire - Robert Plant
• Masseduction - St. Vincent
• Turn Out the Lights - Julien Baker
• Lotta Sea Lice - Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile
• Colors - Beck
• A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs
• Way Out West - Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
• Hitchhiker - Neil Young
• Science Fiction - Brand New
• Sleep Well Beast - The National
• A Black Mile to the Surface - Manchester Orchestra
• Everything Now - Arcade Fire
• Out in the Storm - Waxahatchee
• Something to Tell You - Haim
• 4:44 - Jay-Z
• The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
• Crack Up - Fleet Foxes
• Close Ties - Rodney Crowell
• Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie
• Triplicate - Bob Dylan
• Be Myself - Sheryl Crow
• DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
• From A Room, Vol. 1 - Chris Stapleton
• Sad Clowns & Hillbillies - John Mellencamp
• Wrangled - Angaleena Presley
• Love and War - Brad Paisley
• Whiteout Conditions - The New Pornographers
• Teens of Denial - Car Seat Headrest
• Americana - Ray Davies
• Graveyard Whistling - Old 97's
• Pure Comedy - Father John Misty
• Trophy - Sunny Sweeney
• Freedom Highway - Rhiannon Giddens
• Windy City - Alison Krauss
• Prisoner - Ryan Adams
• We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest
• Darkness and Light - John Legend