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Top 89 Staff Picks: Shelley Miller, host

Host Shelley Miller shares her favorite songs and albums of 2017.
Host Shelley Miller shares her favorite songs and albums of 2017.Luke Mills | MPR graphic

December 01, 2017

Top 10 albums of 2017

Beck - Colors
Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator
Gorillaz - Humanz
The xx - I See You
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Benjamin Booker - Witness
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Laura Marling - Semper Femina
Beth Ditto - Fake Sugar
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice

Top 10 songs of 2017

Lorde - "Green Light"
The National - "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"
Portugal. The Man - "Feel it Still"
St. Vincent - "New York"
Hurray for the Riff Raff - "Hungry Ghost"
Jain - "Makeba"
Tie: Tash Sultana - "Jungle" and Alex Lahey - "Every Day's the Weekend"
Alice Merton - "No Roots"
Mondo Cozmo - "Shine"
Manchester Orchestra - "The Gold"
Chicano Batman - "Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)"

The Current Hosts' and Staffers' Top 89 of 2017

Brett BaldwinBill DeVilleJay GablerJadeCecilia JohnsonLindsay KimballMary LuciaJim McGuinnSean McPhersonShelley MillerMike NovitzkiBrian OakeAnna ReedJill RileyNate RyanDerrick StevensAndrea SwenssonLuke TaylorMark WheatMac WilsonJesse Wiza

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