Top 10 Albums of 2017 Part 3

Happy holidays/Merry Christmas/Happy Chaunukah/Happy Yule/Happy Kwanzaa/Happy New Year/etc.! By now I imagine you guys know the drill with this. I'm taking the last week that I will be posting this year to list what I feel were the 10 best albums to come out this year. 2017 had some pretty good stuff released, so I'm looking forward to posting two of them a day till the end of the week after which I will be taking the rest of the year off to enjoy the holidays. These albums will not be listed in any particular order because as I've said in the past, it's a pain trying to place all of them. All that aside, let's continue!

5. BCCIV, by Black Country Communion

In September Black Country Communion released their first album in five years. The band had broken up back in late 2012 due to problems singer/bassist Glenn Hughes and guitarist/singer Joe Bonamassa were having with one another personally. However, last year they were able to kiss and make up and then get the band back together. The band rose from the ashes like the phoenix on the cover and released the album BCCIV.

BCCIV shows that not only is Black Country Communion back, but they're back with a vengeance. This release sounds a lot more harmonious and cohesive because instead of each of the members writing songs on their own, they did it all together. You can tell that there is all kinds of fire being stoked and that they really wanted to make the best music possible after being apart for so long. It's wonderful when friendships can be repaired to such a degree.

6. inFinite, by Deep Purple

This year Deep Purple released its 20th studio album, inFinite. Kind of amazing to see that after nearly five decades they are still at it when so many other bands from their generation (if they are still around in any form) are just touring and making money off their old albums. I respect the kind of artistic integrity they have managed to maintain after all these years.

Like every other album they have done before, they wanted to do something different from the previous albums they have done in order to keep moving forward. While their are still many familiar themes and elements that are signature to Deep Purple in the songs they are used in such a way where they are there to breed a sense of familiarity and providing a comforting hand to hold while treading into unfamiliar territory. If you're a fan you most likely won't be disappointed.