EOY List Aggregate: 2017 Old Music: Other (Mostly Pop/Rock, or Unknown)

Reissues, compilations, vault music, etc. For new records, click here.

Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. American Epic: The Collection (1916-36, Third Man/Columbia/Legacy -5CD) {30}: DW:41, MR:2; dw:2, rs_r:4, xdc:+, xgh:1, xjc:+, xjdc:10, xjdo:+, xjl:7, xjy:2, xtw:6 -- RC:A, TH:A
  2. American Epic: The Soundtrack (Third Man/Columbia/Legacy) {12}: YW_r:19; xjy:+ -- RC:A, TH:A-
  3. The Replacements: For Sale: Live at Maxwell's 1986 (Rhino) {10}: MR:6, PO:104, YW_r:36; am_o:+, xmv:8 -- VV:76--103, TH:**
  4. Neil Young: Hitchhiker (1976, Reprise) {10}: AY:67, BE:93, Fp:44; ab:+, am_o:+, aqd:+, tr_r:+ -- TH:***
  5. Now That's What I Call 90s Pop (UMG/Sony) {10}: xjy:5 -- RC:A-, TH:A-
  6. The Bob's Burgers Music Album (Sub Pop) {10}: MR:3, YF:45 -- RC:A-, TH:*
  7. Grateful Dead: Cornell 5/8/77 (Rhino) {8}: YW_r:4; am_o:+, xism:5 -- RC:*
  8. Motorhead: Under Cover (Silver Lining Music) {8}: MR:47 -- RC:A-, TH:***
  9. Battle Hymns (Quasi Band) {8}: DW:53, PO:24 -- RC:A-, TH:**
  10. Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol 13: Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Columbia/Legacy) {7}: am_o:+, aqd:+, nat:2, rs_r:1
  11. The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [50th Anniversary Edition] (Capitol) {5}: Mc:+; am_o:+, np_b:+, rs_r:2
  12. Chuck Berry: The Complete Chess Singles As & Bs 1955-61 (Acrobat -15) {5}: YW_r:1
  13. Dion: Kickin' Child: The Lost Album 1965 (Norton) {5}: PO:90, YW_r:6; am_o:+ -- TH:C-
  14. Husker Du: Savage Young Du (The Numero Group) {5}: PO:103; am_o:+, rs_r:4, tr_r:+
  15. Jackie Shane: Any Other Way (Numero Group) {5}: PO:50; am_o:+, aqd:+, sl_w:+, xpb:7
  16. Now That's What I Call Tailgate Anthems (Sony Music Entertainment) {5}: -- RC:A-, TH:*
  17. Camera Obscura: Teenager (Elefant) {4}: YW_r:5
  18. Can: The Singles (Mute/Spoon) {4}: YW_r:9; aqd:+
  19. Delaney and Bonnie: Motel Shot (Real Gone) {4}: YW_r:3
  20. Prince: Purple Rain [Deluxe Expanded Edition] (NPG/Warner) {4}: CM:+, Mc:+, PO:41; am_o:+
  21. The Revelators: We Told You Not to Cross Us [20th Anniversary Edition] (1997, Crypt) {4}: PO:26 -- TH:***
  22. The Rolling Stones: Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1972, Eagle Rock) {4}: -- TH:A-
  23. The Rolling Stones: On Air (1963-65, Interscope) {4}: am_o:+, rs_r:8 -- TH:**
  24. Sheer Mag: Compilation (2014-16, Wilsuns RC) {4}: ab:+ -- TH:***
  25. Rock and Roll Music: The Songs of Chuck Berry (Ace) {4}: -- RC:A-
  26. John Carpenter: Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 (Sacred Bones) {3}: Crh:30, Fp:68, RY:27
  27. Mississippi John Hurt: Live at Oberlin College (Rock Beat) {3}: YW_r:8
  28. John Prine: September 78 (Oh Boy) {3}: -- TH:***
  29. Phil Seymour: Prince of Power Pop (Ace) {3}: YW_r:20; am_o:+
  30. Lal & Mike Waterson: Bright Phoebus (1972, Domino [UK]) {3}: Mc:+; aqd:+, rs_r:12
  31. Young Fathers: Tape One/Tape Two (Big Dada) {3}: YW_r:10
  32. The Stars of Modern: California Soul Classics (Ace) {3}: YW_r:7
  33. Tokyo Flashback (Black Editions) {3}: YW_r:25; ab:+, aqd:+
  34. Artful Dodger: Complete Columbia Recordings (Real Gone) {2}: am_o:+, rs_r:14
  35. The Beach Boys: 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol) {2}: am_o:+, aqd:+
  36. Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Born in Chicago: The Best of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Varese Sarabande) {2}: YW_r:16
  37. Damu the Fudgemunk: 20 Favorite Sample Flips (Soundcloud) {2}: YW_r:18
  38. Ducks Deluxe: Coast to Coast: The Anthology (Cherry Red -3CD) {2}: YW_r:27; am_o:+
  39. Kraftwerk: 3-D: The Catalogue (Parlophone) {2}: RY:18
  40. The Meters: A Message From the Meters: The Complete Josie Reprise and Warner Bros Singles 1968-1977 (Real Gone) {2}: YW_r:17
  41. Esther Phillips: A Beautiful Friendship: The Kudu Anthology (1971-1976) (Soul Music) {2}: YW_r:15
  42. REM: Automatic for the People [25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (Hollywood) {2}: Mc:+; tr_r:+
  43. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls: Live in Texas '78 (Eagle Rock) {2}: -- TH:**
  44. The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped: Paris (1995, Eagle Rock) {2}: -- TH:**
  45. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead [Super Deluxe Edition] (Rhino) {2}: Mc:+; am_o:+
  46. U2: The Joshua Tree [Deluxe Edition] (Island -4CD) {2}: rs_r:3
  47. Wilco: Being There [Deluxe Edition] (Reprise -5CD) {2}: am_o:+, aqd:+
  48. 78rpm Records Digitized by George Blood LP (Internet Archive) {2}: YW_r:14
  49. Baby Driver [Music From the Motion Picture] (Columbia) {2}: ljs:3
  50. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Document) {2}: YW_r:13
  51. Seafaring Strangers: Private Yacht (Numero Group) {2}: ab:+, am_o:+
  52. Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power: Underground Jazz Street Funk & the Roots of Rap 1968-79 (Soul Jazz) {2}: am_o:+ -- TH:*
  53. Acetone: 1992-2001 (Light in the Attic) {1}: aqd:+ -- TH:B
  54. The Beatles: The Christmas Records (Capitol) {1}: am_o:+
  55. Chris Bell/Steve Rhea: Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star (Omnivore) {1}: am_o:+
  56. David Bowie: A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) (Parlophone [Denmark]) {1}: am_o:+
  57. Tim Buckley: Greetings From West Hollywood (Manifesto) {1}: rs_r:15
  58. Tim Buckley: Venice Mating Call (Manifesto) {1}: rs_r:15
  59. Erasmo Carlos: Carlos Erasmo (Light in the Attic) {1}: am_o:+
  60. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Mute) {1}: Mc:+
  61. Alex Chilton: Take Me Home and Make Me Like It (Munster) {1}: YW_r:39
  62. Dennis Coffey: Hot Coffey in the D (Resonance) {1}: am_o:+
  63. The Creation: Action Painting (Numero Group) {1}: am_o:+
  64. Curve: Doppelganger [25th Anniversary Expanded Edition] (Cherry Red) {1}: am_o:+
  65. Dear Nora: Mountain Rock (2004, Orindal) {1}: tr_r:+
  66. Def Leppard: Hysteria [30th Anniversary Edition] (Mercury -3CD) {1}: am_o:+
  67. The Detroit Emeralds: I Think Of You: The Westbound Singles 1969-75 (Westbound) {1}: YW_r:22
  68. Duane Eddy: Guitar Star: The Complete RCA Singles A's & B's (Real Gone) {1}: am_o:+
  69. Fairport Convention: 50:50@50 (Matty Grooves) {1}: am_o:+
  70. The Fall: Singles 1978-2016 (Cherry Red) {1}: am_o:+
  71. Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night [Deluxe Edition] (Rhino) {1}: am_o:+
  72. John Frusciante: Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt (1994, Superior Viaduct) {1}: ab:+
  73. Function: Recompiled I/II (A-Ton) {1}: YW_r:33
  74. Funkadelic: Reworked by Detroiters (Ace) {1}: ab:+
  75. Game Theory: Two Steps From the Middle Ages (1988, Omnivore) {1}: am_o:+
  76. Allen Ginsberg: Songs of Innocence and Experience (Omnivore) {1}: YW_r:41
  77. The Golliwogs: Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1976 (Universal) {1}: am_o:+
  78. John Gordon: Erotica Suite (Presch Media) {1}: YW_r:37
  79. Keiji Haino: Watashi Dake? (1981, Black Editions) {1}: ab:+
  80. Jon Hassell: Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two (Glitterbeat) {1}: YW_r:28
  81. The Jam: 1977 (Polydor) {1}: rs_r:9
  82. Kaito: Kompakt Advent Drop (Kompakt) {1}: YW_r:35
  83. Loscil: First Narrows (Kranky) {1}: YW_r:40
  84. Nick Lowe: Party of One (1990, Yep Roc) {1}: aqd:+
  85. Anna Makirere: Tiare Avatea (1981, Little Axe -16) {1}: aqd:+
  86. Montrose: Montrose [Deluxe Edition] (1973, Rhino) {1}: rs_r:6
  87. The Move: Magnetic Waves of Sound: The Best of the Move (Esoteric) {1}: am_o:+
  88. Bert Myrick: Live 'N Well (BBE Music) {1}: YW_r:30
  89. Randy Newman: The Randy Newman Songbook (2003-16, Nonesuch -3CD -16) {1}: xjy:+ -- TH:[**]
  90. Harry Nilsson: Popeye [Music From the Motion Picture] (Varese Sarabande) {1}: YW_r:34
  91. NRBQ: High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective (Omnivore) {1}: JC:+
  92. Laura Nyro: A Little Magic a Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums (Real Gone) {1}: am_o:+
  93. Angel Olsen: Phases (Jagjaguwar) {1}: GB:45
  94. Yoko Ono: Fly (Secretly Canadian) {1}: aqd:+
  95. The Orchids: Who Needs Tomorrow: A 30 Year Retrospective (Cherry Red) {1}: am_o:+
  96. Pink Floyd: The Early Years 1970 Devi/ation (Pink Floyd) {1}: ab:+
  97. Popol Vuh: Agage Agape Love Love (1983, One Way Static) {1}: aqd:+
  98. Popol Vuh: Spirit of Peace (1985, One Way Static) {1}: aqd:+
  99. Elvis Presley: A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings (Follow That Dream) {1}: am_o:+
  100. Queen: News of the World [40th Anniversary Edition] (Hollywood) {1}: tr_r:+
  101. Radiohead: OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997-2017 (XL) {1}: Mc:+
  102. Terry Riley: Persian Surgery Dervishes (Aguirre) {1}: YW_r:42
  103. The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theater 2015 (Eagle Rock) {1}: -- TH:*
  104. Arthur Russell: Instrumentals (1975-78, Audika) {1}: aqd:+
  105. The Searchers: Another Night: Sire Recordings 1979-1981 (Omnivore) {1}: am_o:+
  106. The Sneetches: Form of Play: A Retrospective (Omnivore) {1}: am_o:+
  107. Soundgarden: Ultramega OK (SST) {1}: CM:+
  108. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: The Fever: The Remastered Epic Recordings (Real Gone) {1}: am_o:+
  109. Dusty Springfield: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions: A Brand New Me (Real Gone) {1}: am_o:+
  110. Mick Trouble: It's the Mick Trouble EP (Emotional Response) {1}: YW_r:43
  111. The Turtles: The Turtles Present the Battle of the Band (Manifesto) {1}: YW_r:21
  112. John Twells Aphex Twin: Deep Cuts Mix (Soundcloud) {1}: YW_r:24
  113. U-Men: U'Men (Sub Pop -2CD) {1}: am_o:+
  114. The Who: Maximum A's & B's: The Complete Singles (Universal -5CD) {1}: am_o:+
  115. Link Wray: Link Wray (1971, Future Days) {1}: aqd:+
  116. Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir Et Blanc (1983, Crammed Discs) {1}: aqd:+
  117. Ambience: 63 Nuggets From the Cramps Record Vault (Righteous) {1}: YW_r:44
  118. Moves: The Sound of UK Afrobeats (REMI) {1}: Cl:90
  119. Nothing but a House Part: The Birth of the Philly Sound 1967-71 (Kent) {1}: YW_r:38
  120. Paul Major: Feel the Music Vol 1 (Anthology) {1}: aqd:+
  121. Piano Vol 1 (Feeder) {1}: YW:71
  122. Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs (Smithsonian/Folkways) {1}: -- RC:*
  123. Singles [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack][Deluxe Edition] (Sony Legacy) {1}: Mc:+
  124. Typical Girls Volume 2 (Emotional Reponse) {1}: YW:27
  125. Viva Mauricio Einhorn (Sonora 2CD) {1}: JC:+
  126. Wayfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Numero Group) {1}: am_o:+

Notes

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