Dextrous raps, sensual R&B and literate pop all rub shoulders in a "poll of polls" to find the top 10 albums of 2017.
The BBC looked at 30 of the "best of 2017" lists in music's most influential publications - including the NME, Rolling Stone, Vice, Billboard and Q Magazine - to find the highest-ranked albums of the year.
Read about the Top 10, and what the critics had to say about each of them, below.