Records of the Year so far - Part II

FYI, we are still in 2017. :)

Truth to be told, the most fundamental albums of 2017 have already been released in the first six months - on which you might read here - however, some big records were on their way in the second half of the year, as well.

Since the list of all releases would be long, I highlighted those that received a huge thumbs up from me furthermore they were either critically acclaimed or commercially successful.

HAIM

7th July 2017 saw the comeback of American siblings Haim with their second album Something To Tell You, reaching number 2 in the UK, number 4 in Australia and number 7 in the USA.

Coldplay

The Brithish band released an Extended Play featuring five songs entitled Kaleidoscope on 14th July 2017. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album alongside Lana Del Ray, Imagine Dragons, Lady Gaga, Kesha and Ed Sheeran.

Arcade Fire

The Canadian indie-rock band released their fifth studio album Everything Now on 28th July 2017. It became a number one both in the UK and in the USA as well as in Belgium, Canada and Portugal.

OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released their thirteenth studio album The Punishment of Luxury on 1st September 2017, which became their first UK Top Ten in 26 years.

On the same day LCD Soundsystem released their critically acclaimed fourth studio album entitled American Dream, Irish band The Script released their fifth studio album Freedom Child, which became a UK number one and American dance music project Hercules and Love Affair released their fourth album Ominion.

The Killers

The American rock band released their fifth album Wonderful Wonderful after a five-year hiatus on 22nd September 2017. It became number one in the UK, USA and Australia and was certified gold in the UK.

Hurts

The English synth-pop duo released their fourth album Desire on 29th September, 2017. It reached the Top 10 in Poland, The Czech Republic and Finland; reached the Top 20 in Germany and Hungary - in the UK it reached number 21.

Shania Twain

The Canadian country-pop singer released her fifth album Now after a hiatus of 15 years!!! It became number one in the UK, USA, Australia and also Canada, where it was certified platinum.

Liam Versus Noel Gallagher

The two fronting brothers of legendary British band Oasis both released albums in 2017 - one bigger than the other. Liam released his first solo album As You Were on 6th October 2017, which sold over 100000 units in its first week, overselling the complete Top Ten and was immediately certified Gold. Noel released his third album Who Built The Moon? with his band the High Flying Birds on 24th November 2017, which sold 78000 units on its first week but eventually reached the Gold mark later that year. As a result, Liam's album became the UK's 9th best selling album of 2017 whereas Noel's became 19th - with seven weeks difference between the releases this is pretty even and amazing.

Stereophonics

The Welsh rock band released their tenth studio album Scream Above The Sounds on 27th October 2017. It reached number two in the UK, being the 62nd best selling album of 2017. It was also certified Gold.

Maroon 5

The sixth studio album by American band Maroon 5, entitled Red Pill Blues, was released on 3rd November 2017. It reached number two both in Canada and in the USA, however, it topped the South Korean International Albums chart.

PNAU

The Australian electronic music trio (formerly a duo), patronized by Elton John, released their fifth album Changa on 10th November 2017. It reached number 11 in Australia.

Morrissey

The English singer released his eleventh album entitled Low In High School on 17th November 2017. It became a Top 5 recor in the UK and recahed the Top 20 in the USA.

Björk

The Icelandic singer's ninth album is entitled Utopia and was released on 24th November 2017. While the album has been critically acclaimed - for example various music magazines (Pitchfork, Rough Trade, Mixmag, Dazed, etc.) rank it among the ten or twenty best albums of 2017 - it became one of Björk's lowest charting records reaching number 25 in the UK and number 75 in the USA.

U2

Intended to be a companion piece to Songs of Innocence (2014), the Irish band released Songs of Experience on 1st December 2017. Even though the record only reached number 5 in the UK and was sold for 30 days, it became the 82nd best selling album of 2017 in the UK.

Other remarkable album releases include Sam Smith, Paloma Faith, Foo Fighters, Beck, Pink, The Corrs, Tears For Fears, Bryan Adams, The National, Tori Amos, Eminem, etc. - for the complete list go to Wikipedia.