Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2017. Our next list is from volunteer Eddie Sayago.

To put it in the most family-friendly way possible: $#@&! What a year. It's finally over. As a few fellow CHIRP-folk already mentioned, Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. is a masterpiece, so this list will feature some lesser-known acts that helped me tolerate the year straight outta hell, including a Sicangu Lakota rapper, a Mexican singer songwriter, and a NYU student/musician who is despite her stage name is definitely not a soccer mom.

Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2017. Our next list is from DJ MAURICIO REYES.

Weirdest year of my life but music got me through it. Here's a bunch of reasons why...

Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2017. Our next list is from DJ Megatron.

Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2017. Our next list is from DJ and Board Member Emeritus Tony Breed.

In recent years, my best-of list has skewed toward the music I listen to the most, and the things I expect will get play for years to come. Every year I also pick a song of the year, which typically comes from an album that didn’t make my top ten. This year I almost went with Iverson’s synth-prog masterpiece “Stand Up”, or Fujiya & Miyagi’s dance track about aging, “Extended Dance Mix”, but in the end I picked The XX's perfectly evocative song about loneliness: The XX “Say Something Loving” Now for my top 10:

Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2017. Our next list is from DJ Joe Held - Rebellious Jukebox.

My top 10 list for 2017 (simply listed in alphabetical order)...