#627 The Best Albums of 2017
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🗓️ 1 December 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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2017 has been full of highly anticipated releases and unexpected gems from relatively unknown artists. This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot reveal their lists of the Best Albums of 2017.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, Shh. From W be EZ Chicago and PRX, this is sound opinions. I'm Jim Deorgadas. |
| 0:28.8 | And I'm Greg Kot. |
| 0:29.8 | 2017 is coming to a close and as critics we've been making a list of the year's best records and checking it twice. |
| 0:36.0 | We'll share our top albums of 2017, plus we'll hear picks from sound opinions listeners like you. |
| 0:42.0 | This was one of my favorite albums of the year. |
| 0:44.6 | The lyrics are just fascinating. You really feel like you're almost eavesdropping |
| 0:49.2 | into an intimate conversation. It just really caught me by surprise and would definitely be the most |
| 0:55.3 | improved, one of the biggest transformations. That's all coming up on sound opinions. |
| 1:00.1 | This is sound opinions and, Jim, I say unequivocally this is our favorite show of the year because it's the best of the year show |
| 1:08.0 | Yes, we live for this show our top 10 lists of 2017 |
| 1:12.0 | We're going to share some of the love this year with not only |
| 1:15.6 | our listeners but our sound opinions production team. They're going to be chiming in |
| 1:19.7 | later on in the show. These are the records that meant the most to us that we enjoyed |
| 1:24.3 | listening to for pleasure over the course of the year. I used to say if the house |
| 1:28.9 | was on fire I would grab these albums or CDs and run out right after I say my wife Carmel. |
| 1:35.0 | I don't got no more physical product man. |
| 1:38.0 | It just struck me. It's all Spotify now so I can't say that. I will say this. |
| 1:42.0 | These are the records while I was sitting on the curb watching my house burn down |
| 1:46.9 | These are the records I would turn to for solace for consolation. Yes Jim we've got a top 10 list here. |
| 1:53.0 | We've got many more records that we loved this year that we can't really discuss on this particular |
| 1:57.7 | show. The whole list will be up at soundopinions.org. |
| 2:00.4 | We're going to be very selective about what we choose and play on this particular show. |
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