The Best Instrumental Pop Music of 2017
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Looking for some good instrumental pop music to listen to in 2017? Here are some of the best tracks we’ve found so far!
Best Instrumental Pop Songs of 2017
The following is a list of the best instrumental pop songs of 2017, as ranked by Paste staff and writers. These are not songs without words, but rather the best popular songs where instruments carry the majority of the melody and embellishments.
“The Grid” by Hans Zimmer
From the soundtrack to Blade Runner 2049, “The Grid” is a grandiose piece of music, dripping with synthesizers and propelled by an unrelenting drumbeat. It’s one of many standout tracks on an excellent soundtrack, but it’s also a great example of how instrumental music can be moving and emotional without relying on lyrics.
“Rabbit Hole” byching their voices. Electric instruments are more likely to be used in this type of rock.
Best Instrumental Pop Albums of 2017
Instrumental pop music encompasses a wide range of styles, from the quietly folksy to the bombastically cinematic. This list rounds up the best of the year’s releases in the genre.
1. “Illusionary Night” by Hauschka
2. “Dancemusic” by Teleman
3. “Chromaticism” by Kiasmos
4. “EVOLUTION” by Yosi Horikawa
5. “PUSH!” by The Driver Era
6. “The Color in Anything” by Jome
7. “HEAVEN” by SUMSUN
Best Instrumental Pop Artists of 2017
There were so many great instrumental pop music artists in 2017! It was hard to narrow it down to just a few, but here are some of our favorites.
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington released his highly acclaimed album “Harmony of Difference” in 2017, which featured plenty of great instrumental pop tracks. The Album Leaf also released a great instrumental pop album called “Between Waves”, and Japanese Breakfast’s “Soft Sounds from Another Planet” also had some fantastic instrumental pop tracks.
The band Alvvays also released a really great album called “Antisocialites” which had several excellent instrumentals, as did the band Real Estate with their album “In Mind”. We also really enjoyed the newalbum by The Magnetic Fields, “50 Song Memoir”, which featured several wonderful instrumentals.
