- A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here…Thank you 4 your Service (Epic)
- Elaquent | Worst Case Scenario (Urbnet Communications Inc.)
- Maurizio Abate and Matteo Uggeri | Beyond Time (Time Released Sound)
- The Liminanas | Malamore (Hozac)
- Naim Amor and John Convertino | The Western Suite and Siesta Songs (Living Music)
- Gillian Welch | Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg (Acony Records)
- Fantastic Negrito | The Last Days of Oakland (s/r)
- Beats Antique | Shadowbox (Beats Antique Records)
- Goat | Requiem (Sub Pop)
- Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force | Yermande (Ndagga)
- Terry Allen | Lubbock (on everything) (Paradise of Bachelors)
- Lynched | Cold Old Fire (Lynched)
- Lee Fields & The Expressions | Special Night (Big Crown)
- Roy Montgomery | R M H Q: Headquarters (Grapefruit)
- Heron Oblivion | s/t (Sub Pop)
- Acid Arab | Musique de France (Crammed Discs)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree (Kobalt)
- Yves Tumor | Serpent Music (PAN)
- Kristine Barrett | Ancestors (S/R)
- Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! (Glassnote)
- Ricky Eat Acid | Talk To You Soon (Terrible)
- Morricone Youth | The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Country Club Records)
- Metallica | Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (Blackened)
- The Olympians | S/T (Daptone Records)
- Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions | Until The Hunter (INgrooves)
- Various Artists | Rough Trade Heroes Vol. 1 (Rough Trade)
- Adrian Younge | The Electronique Void (Linear Labs)
- Death Valley Girls | Glow In The Dark (Burger Records)
- Various Artists | Thank you, San Francisco (Smart guy records)
- Jim Lauderdale | This Changes Everything (Sky Crunch)
- Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam | I Had A Dream That You Were Mine (glassnote)
- The Radio Dept. | Running Out Of Love (Labrador)
- Dave Douglas & Frank Woeste | Dada People (Greenleaf)
- Norah Jones | Day Breaks (Blue Note)
- Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! (Glassnote)
Top 35 Albums of the Week - Week of January 2nd, 2017
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