I decided to try an do a nice big top 50 journal this year for 2017. I'm not done listening to everything yet so this is kind of an acting placeholder for the moment but I should be able to get the ball rolling soon. As with every year, there are always albums that will be heard after I make this list that should have been on it. I'll try to highlight those in the OP as I come across them but I feel like I should be able to start this in about a week. Maybe in the meantime I'll do a disappointments list or something.
Anyway, stay tuned...
49. Chaz Bundick Meets the Mattson 2 - Star Stuff
48. Oddisee - The Iceberg
47. Meat Wave - The Incessant
46. Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven
45. Billy Woods - Known Unknowns
44. Grimace Federation - Auroville
43. Floating Points - Reflections : Mohave Desert
42. Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
41. James Holden and the Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits
40. Mutoid Man - War Moans
39. Ex Eye - Ex Eye
38. Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
... weird. 43 and 42 both have reflections and floating in them...