Okay, here is a quick list.
- Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up
- Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqam
- Björn Meyer: Provenance
- Faber: Sei ein Faber im Wind
- 3TM: Form
- Kenrick Lamar: Damn.
- Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge: Mount Royal
- The XX: I See You
- Stein Urheim: Utopian Tales
- The War on Drugs: A Deeper Understanding
- Jeb Loy Nichols: Country Hustle
- Thundercat: Drunk
13: Honorary Mentions I: The records I listened to most often / deeply in 2017 were reissues or discoveries: Midori Takada’s „Through the Looking Glass“, Radiohead’s „OK Computer“, John Martyn’s „Solid Air“ and „Avocet“ by Bert Jansch.
14: Honorary Mentions II: Favourite Songs were „Abraham“ (Miles Mosley), „Thinking of a Place“ (War on Drugs), „Nichts“ (Faber), „On Hold“ (The XX), „Tökkö“ (Mopo), „Bone Collector“ (Lage & Eldridge), and any song from „Solid Air“.