Like usual, no rules. Here's the guidelines I used for my list:

Had to include at least some music previously unreleased on USA cd. Official release.

Sources I used were my memory , Wiki (Unfortunately they don't seem to do reissues & and very little previously unreleased vault) & our Ice Library courtesy of Linda.

My Best Of The Year:

2 albums really stood out for me this year. The rest are in alphabetical order.

1. Dan Fogelberg - Live At Carnegie Hall
2. Neil Young - Hitchhiker

Alphabetical Others

Paula Cole - Ballads
Catie Curtis - While We're Here
David Bowie - Cracked Actor (I prefer David Live, but still nice to have this)
David Crosby - Sky Trails
Deep Purple - All of the Infinite related singles (Would fit on a 2 cd set)
Grateful Dead - The 1977 Box
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Woods DE Box Set
Stills - Collins - Everybody Knows
Richard Thompson - Acoustic Classics #2
Neil Young - Time Fades Away Hi-res Download
Frank Zappa - Halloween Box

Haven't played enough yet, but might be added to my list when I do:

King Crimson - Sailors' Tales
Spock's Beard - Snow Live

Haven't bought yet, but (potentially) what a great reissue:

BGO's Eric Anderson Be True To You/Sweet Surprise - Both never previously released on USA or affordable cd (I have the h-r of Be True & a needle drop of Surprise)

My Disappointments Of The Year:

Disappointing Musically:

Bruce Cockburn - Bone On Bone
Ani Difranco - Binary
Sheila E - Iconic
Steven Wilson - To The Bone
Yardbirds - '68 - What a joke with no vocals.

Music & Sound Quality:

The Tubes - Live At German Television: The Muskladen Concert

Sound Quality (all hi-res):

David Bowie - New Career In A New Town Box
Doors - #1 DE
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Box
Prince - Purple Rain DE
Spirit - Both AF SACD's (Sadly I'll probably buy the other 2...)

Some 2017 standouts for me (and I'm sure I've forgotten others):

New
The Galileo 7 - Tear Your Minds Wide Open!
The Stars Explode - Too Late To Save The World
The Woggles - Tally Ho!
The Strypes - Spitting Image

Vaults
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (hi-res 5.1 with "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields" programmed into the middle of the album)
Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos ("definitive" deluxe)
The Pink Floyd - 1965-67 Cambridge St/ation ("definitive" box)

"Definitive" in quotes because, in our hearts, we know there will be more.

I need to add the Pink Floyd to my list!

(edit) Oops, it was 2016 per Amazon............

The giant box was 2016, but the year-by-year ones were 2017. I only got the Syd Barrett era.

I'm terrible at recalling release dates, but off the top of my head, as far as new material goes:

Chuck - Chuck Berry
We're All Alright - Cheap Trick
Christmas Christmas - Cheap Trick
From the Fires - Greta Van Fleet
World Wide Funk - Bootsy Collins

I'm sure I'm forgetting a load of stuff.

My top 10, in no particular order

Derrick Anderson - A World of My Own
Sparks - Hippopotamus
Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black
The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir
The Dream Syndicate - How Did I Find Myself Here?
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Soul of a Woman
Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free
Filthy Friends - Invitation
Grandaddy - Last Place
Café Tacuba - Jei Beibi

i'm bad at this too.

off the top of my head in no particular order

crosby - sky trails
rusty young - waiting for the sun
chris hillman - bidin my time
neil young - hitchhiker
shelby lynne & allison moorer - not dark yet'
fleetwood mac - expanded tango
lucinda williams - this sweet old world

If All I Was Was Black - Marvis Staples
Chuck - Chuck Berry

Old
Popeye - Harry Nilsson
Trouble No More - Bob Dylan
Never the Same Way Once - Doc & Merle Watson
Halloween 77 box - Frank Zappa

Gotta add the record store day release of Zappas Rollo with unreleased b side Portland Improvisation the last known Petite Wazoo track that FZ mixed.

Stephen Stills & Judy Collins - Everybody Knows
Carole King ‎– Live in Hyde Park
Sky Trails - David Crosby
Neil Young - Hitchhiker
Slow Dancer - In A Mood

New
1. Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
2. Foo Fighters - Concrete And Gold
3. The Magpie Salute - The Magpie Salute
4. Black Country Communion - BCCIV
5. Greta Van Fleet - From The Fires
6. Oh Sees - Orc
7. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Barefoot In The Head
8. The Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
9. Sons Of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony
10. Damaged Bug - Bunker Funk

Vaults
1. Stone Temple Pilots - Core 25th Anniversary box set
2. Nick Oliveri - N.O. Hits At All Volume 2
3. Soundgarden - Ultramega OK expanded reissue

Video
1. Eagles Of Death Metal - Nos Amis (Our Friends) documentary
2. Eagles Of Death Metal - I Love You All The Time: Live At The Olympia In Paris

Saint Etienne - Home Counties

Their best in a long while.

I bought tons this year, but very little was released in 2017. Off the top of my head:

STP Core box
King Crimson Islands box, and 2017 tour box
ELP box
Master of Puppets box
Bruford box

three to add

The Sgt Peppers box
The Elvis Sun box
The Here's Little Richard extended 2 cd with the out takes

I don't really buy enough to have a carefully considered "best of 2017" list, but here's what I got:

Incubus - 8
Ryan Adams - Prisoner
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
Weezer - Pacific Daydream
Wu-Tang Clan - The Saga Continues

Most everything else I got was older stuff, a lot of hair metal and hip hop.

i'll have to come back to this thread in maybe late January and post a real yr end list as i have too many new releases i never got to hear yet. But this is a top 20 so far that is definitely gonna change-

1 . ÌFÉ ~~~ IIII+IIII 
2 . Nick Heyward ~~~ Woodland Echoes
3 . Rhiannon Giddens ~~~ Freedom Highway
4 . Wyldlife  ~~~ Out On Your Block
5 . Laura Marling ~~~ Semper Femina
6 . Piano Magic ~~~ Closure
7 . Valerie June ~~~ The Order of Time
8 . The Greek Theater  ~~~ Broken Circle
9 . Nicole Atkins ~~~ Goodnight Rhonda Lee
10 . Samantha Fish ~~~ Chills & Fever
11 . Juliana Hatfield ~~~ Pussycat
12 . The Masonics ~~~ Obermann Rides Again
13 . GospelbeacH ~~~ Another Summer of Love
14 . Bridget Kearney ~~~ Won’t Let You Down
15 . The Rubs ~~~ Impossible Dream
16 . Ryan Adams ~~~ Prisoner
17 . Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly ~~~ On Her Journey to the Sun
18 . Stanley Brinks and The Old Time Kaniks ~~~ Vieilles Caniques / Nouvelles Caniques
19 . Cyanide Pills  ~~~ Sliced and Diced 
20 . Chicano Batman ~~~ Freedom Is Free

I didn't get too much new this year. Some better than others. I still want to check out the Nine Inch Nails, Jesus and Mary Chain, U2, Bjork, and Blondie albums but haven't done so yet.

George Thorogood - Party of One (meh )
Samantha Fish -Chills & Fever
Prophets of Rage - Prophets of Rage
Morrissey - Low in High School (ugh)
Body Count - Bloodlust
Kasabian - For Crying Out Loud

Metal Album of the Year
Cradle of Filth / Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay

Prog Album of the Year
Big Big Train / Grimspound

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):
Distant Dream / It All Starts From Pieces
Fen / Winter
Iced Earth / Incorruptible
Kreator / Gods of Violence
Leprous / Malina
A Light in the Dark / A Long Journey Home
Soen / Lykaia
Solstafir / Berdreyminn
Vain / Rolling With the Punches

Normally I wouldn't mention a live album but this one was so exceptional:
Fates Warning / Awaken the Guardian Live

I thought the U2 was their best in years; though still not as good as the first few.

In 2017 I was unable to buy my normal amount of releases (which had been between 200 & 300 new titles every year through most of my adult life) for various reasons which you can read about here if you're curious:
https://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com/20 ... view-2017/

but thanks to Spotify, several gifts from family & friends and a handful of albums I just had to buy, I still got to hear plenty of great new music this year. Here are two lists of my favorites, in alphabetical order.

My Favorite 2017 Releases Streamed On Spotify
The Beach Boys – 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
Big Big Train – Grimspound and The Second Brightest Star
The Cars – Candy-O and Panorama (Expanded Editions)
Cheap Trick – We’re All Alright
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers – Native Heart
Alice Cooper – Paranormal
A.J. Croce – Just Like Medicine
David Crosby – Sky Trails
Justin Currie – This Is My Kingdom Now
Ray Davies – Americana
Elbow – Little Fictions
Fastball – Step Into Light
Neil Finn – Out Of Silence
Foo Fighters – Concrete And Gold
Gizmodrome – Gizmodrome
Gov’t Mule – Revolution Come…Revolution Go
Steve Hackett – The Night Siren
Nick Heyward – Woodland Echoes
The Isley Brothers & Santana – Power Of Peace
Little Steven – Soulfire
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer – Not Dark Yet
Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Mastodon – Emperor Of Sand
Van Morrison – The Authorized Bang Collection
New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions
Robert Plant – Carry Fire
Paul Simon – The Concert In Hyde Park
Squeeze – The Knowledge
Styx – The Mission
Matthew Sweet – Tomorrow Forever
Nad Sylvan – The Bride Says No
Tedeschi Trucks Band – Live From The Fox Oakland
The Waterboys – Out Of All This Blue
Lucinda Williams – This Sweet Old World
Steven Wilson – To The Bone
Yusuf (aka Cat Stevens) – The Laughing Apple

My Favorite Newly Acquired Physical Product From 2017
Anathema – The Optimist (CD + blu-ray)
Blackfield – Blackfield V (CD + blu-ray)
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie – Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (vinyl)
Bob Dylan – Trouble No More – The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 (8 CDs + DVD)
Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up (vinyl)
Fleetwood Mac – Mirage and Tango In The Night (Super Deluxe Editions)
Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite (CD + blu-ray)
David Gilmour – Live At Pompeii (2 CDs + 2 blu-rays)
Jethro Tull – Songs From The Wood – 40th Anniversary Edition (3 CDs + 2 blu-rays)
Fela Kuti – The Complete Works Of Fela Anikulapo Kuti (29 CDs + DVD)
Marillion – Misplaced Childhood – Deluxe Edition (4 CDs + blu-ray)
Scupper – Some Gauls (vinyl)
Southside Johnny And The Asbury Dukes – The Fever – The Remastered Epic Recordings (2 CDs)
Spock’s Beard – Snow Live (2 CDs + 2 DVDs)
XTC – Black Sea – The Definitive Edition (CD + blu-ray)

Joan Osborne- The Songs of Bob Dylan
Strawbs- The Ferryman's Curse
Heather Newman- Burn Me Alive
Haley Reinhart- What's That Sound
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
Sue the Night- Wanderland
Bella Hardy- Hey Sammy
Kronos Quartet- Folk Songs
Morgan James- Reckless Abandon
Sandy and the Wild Wombats- Devoted to Rock and Roll
Samantha Fish- Belle of the West
Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis - Summer Dancing
Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers- Big Road
Erja Lyytinen- Stolen Hearts
Graham Gouldman- Play Nicely And Share
Jackis Oates and Megan Henwood- Wings

Return to Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield.

Nothing else grabbed me.

Glad to hear the Osborne was good; I've been wanting to hear that.