#604 Best Albums of 2017...So Far

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🗓️ 23 June 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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There are still six months of 2017 left, but there are already lots of contenders for album of the year. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some of their favorites of the year...so far. Plus, we hear picks from Sound Opinions listeners.

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0:00.0	So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is star time. Are you ready for star time? from W beZ Chicago and PRX, this is Sound Opinions. I'm Jim Deregutis.
0:28.0	And I'm Greg Pat. With a bounty of new music already released in 2017, it's the time of year to tell you our favorites.
0:36.0	We'll share our top albums of 2017 so far.
0:40.0	Plus we'll hear picks from sound opinions listeners like you.
0:44.0	The record is fantastic from start to finish.
0:47.0	It features Alo Black on one of the highlight tracks, which is gentry.
0:59.0	That's all coming up on sound opinions. This is sound opinions and anyone who was listening to this show for any duration
1:05.2	realizes we love lists Jim.
1:06.7	We can't enough of me.
1:08.7	We cannot wait till the end of the year to get our top 10 list out there.
1:11.8	This is the middle of 2017 and we want to give you
1:15.3	our best albums of the year so far. Yeah the fact is Greg we listen to so much
1:18.8	music that if we don't keep a running list each of us at all times when people come and ask what have you
1:24.2	been listening to I'm always like I don't know only 70 things this week I
1:29.2	get to go first Greg and I'm going to lead off with a name very familiar to listeners of this
1:34.9	show one of my favorite bands of all time Wire. Wire has released its 16th
1:41.8	studio album since 1977, celebrating its 40th anniversary of the first
1:48.1	gig they ever played at a rock club in London shortived, called The Roxy.
1:53.0	I love this band. You know I love this band.
1:56.0	But I have also been a harsh critic of this band on its occasional missteps.
2:01.0	Those are now distant past. There was a period there where they went all kind of
2:06.2	scinty, kind of lost the plot. But they have been on an incredible streak for the last decade, all right, since reuniting in the early 2000s, the last
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