Top 50 for the Week of 12/11/2017

1. Secret Colours – Dream Dream (self-released)
2. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (Because Music)
3. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Book of Sound (Honest Jon's)
4. Cindy Wilson – Change (Kill Rock Stars)
5. Angel Olsen – Phases (Jagjaguwar)
6. Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
7. Mutts – Stick Together EP (self-released)
8. ChanHays – Here (Droppin' Science)
9. OCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head (Castle Face)
10. Brief Candles – Retreater (self-released)
11. Secret Shine – There Is Only Now (Saint Marie)
12. The She's – all female rock and roll quartet (Empty Cellar)
13. Baths – Romaplasm (Anticon.)
14. Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian)
15. Miguel – War & Leisure (RCA)
16. Bitchin Bajas – Bajas Fresh (Drag City)
17. Jessica Boudreaux – No Fury (New Moss)
18. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift (Asthmatic Kitty)
19. John Maus – Screen Memories (Ribbon Music)
20. Dawn People – The Star Is Your Future (DFA)
21. Laura Baird – I Wish I Were a Sparrow (Ba Da Bing)
22. Lindstrøm – It's Alright Between Us as It Is (Smalltown Supersound)
23. Two Sets of Eyes – Two Sets of Eyes EP (self-released)
24. The Golden Boys – Better than Good Times (12XU)
25. Shredders – Dangerous Jumps (Doomtree)
26. Chomper – Medicine Mountain (Iron Pier)
27. Hüsker Dü – Savage Young Dü (Numero Group)
28. The Luxembourg Signal – Blue Field (Shelflife)
29. Spinning Coin – Permo (Geographic)
30. The Telescopes – Stone Tape (Yard Press)
31. Hater – Red Blinders EP (Fire)
32. George Maple – Lover (Kobalt)
33. Hy Maya – The Mysticism of Sound & Cosmic Language (2 disc) (Smog Veil)
34. Patrick Cowley – Afternooners (Dark Entries)
35. Dan Melchior – Road Not Driving EP (Ever/Never)
36. Exploded View – Summer Came Early EP (Sacred Bones)
37. Dead Leaf Echo – Beyond.Desire (Papercup)
38. Quicksand – Interiors (Epitaph)
39. The Dayoffs – The Dayoffs (Emerald & Doreen Recordings)
40. Scupper – Some Gauls (Blue Cheese Toothpaste)
41. Death of Lovers – The Acrobat (Dais)
42. Escape-ism – Introduction to Escape-ism (Merge)
43. The Cowboys – The Cowboys (HoZac)
44. Gingerlys – Gingerlys (Topshelf/Babe City)
45. Kicking Giant – This Being the Ballad of Kicking Giant, Halo: NYC/Olympia 1988-1993 (Drawing Room)
46. Elstow – Planets Away (self-released)
47. Patrick Cosmos – Tonal Rotors (Big Sleep)
48. The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble – Drum Dance to the Motherland (Eremite)
49. Yes I'm Leaving – Pure Joy (Black Wire)
50. U-Men – U-Men (Sub Pop)

This week's adds

• Total Control – Laughing at the System (Alter)
• SAVAK – Cut-Ups (Ernest Jenning Recording Co.)
• Blush – Blush (Arrowhawk)
• Various Artists – Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas (Bloodshot)
• Alex Lipinski – Alex (A Recordings)
• The County Liners – Maryjane Dunphe & Chris McDonnell in the County Liners EP (Wharf Cat)
• Geoffrey Landers – 1 by 1 (Music from Memory)
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland (ATO)
• Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 1 (Matador)
• This Pale Fire – Alchemy (Tone Tonic)
• Mutual Interest – Better Than I Expected (Sniffling Indie Kids/Mint 400)
• Small Tines – Two EP (self-released)
• The Effects – Eyes to the Light (Dischord)
• Tarawangsawelas – Wanci (Morphine)
• Uncle Meg – Can't Stay the Same (self-released)
• Twin Peaks – Sweet '17 Singles (Grand Jury)