24 NOVEMBER 2017 FREE EVERY FRIDAY REVIEW 0 E YEAR ISSUE BEST THE YEAR OF BEST ALBUM RACK amazon black friday SALE 17TH -26TH NOVEMBER Free delivery on millions of eligible items* SAVE 22% SAVE OVER 19% SAVE OVER 20% ALL-NEW AMAZON ECHO ON THE GHD RANGE ON TOSHIBA TVS Limited stock availability. 'Free UK delivery applies to orders of at least £10 of books, or £20 of other eligible items, dispatched by Amazon. ISAY THIS EVERY YEAR, and Ialways mean it, but this year Ireally, really mean it 2017 was agreat year for music. So many excellent albums, so many excellent tracks. As ever, we've Oh boy, Charli XCX has compiled them controversial done well, very well, lists that will make some in NME's Tracks of you happy and some of Of The Year you mad. Something that we can hopefully all agree on is that much of the rest of 2017 has been monumentally awful. Donald Trump is exactly the kind of wand we imagined he would be when he became President of America, and our own leader, Theresa May, is aturd that needs flushing down the golden pan of Downing Street. Sadly, chief s— t-kicker Jeremy Corbyn didn't become PM in June, but don't think there wasn't a revolution — it happened, and you were all part of it. One day you'll be in charge, and the world will be a better place for it. 22 Back to music, and this Review of the year issue week's cover star basically owned the year. Lorde Albums. Tracks. Films. TV shows. And plenty, released the best album and plenty, plenty more on NME.com. the best track, and in our world exclusive interview she SECTIONS tells us exactly how she did it. The full conversation is on our website, as are the full lists. AGENDA Have a read, have a listen, have a debate... MIKE WILLIAMS 19 Thing We Like 21 What's On Your Headphones? 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