Musically 2017 was a year of incredible releases, with a surge in new musical directions, producer alias’s and ultimate creative freedom.
As we do every year we have compiled a list of top 5 albums from each of our stage hosts as well as a more in depth top 20 selection from ourselves. These are all displayed below in album artwork form but also compiled as Spotify playlists for those that want them digitally.
Please take some time to dig through these lists and thank you to everyone who has helped compile them.
Gottwood.
GOTTWOOD TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2017
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/King-Krule-The-OOZ.jpg” name=”King Krule – The OOZ”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Mac-Demarco-This-Old-Dog.jpg” name=”Mac Demarco – This Old Dog”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lord-Echo-Harmonies.jpg” name=”Lord Echo – Harmonies”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Tornado-Wallace-Lonely-Planet.jpg” name=”Tornado Wallace – Lonely Planet”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Dark-Sky-Othona.jpg” name=”Dark Sky – Othona”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Kevin-Morby-City-Music.jpg” name=”Kevin Morby – City Music”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Baxter-Drury-Prince-Of-Tears.jpg” name=”Baxter Drury – Prince Of Tears”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Dauwd-Theory-Of-Colours.jpg” name=”Dauwd – Theory Of Colours”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Timber-Timbre-Sincerely-Future-Pollution.jpg” name=”Timber Timbre – Sincerely, Future Pollution”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Four-Tet-New-Energy.png” name=”Four Tet – New Energy”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Aris-Kindt-Swann-And-Odette.jpg” name=”Aris Kindt – Swann And Odette”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ariwo-Ariwo.jpg” name=”Ariwo – Ariwo”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Gaussian-Curve-The-Distance.jpg” name=”Gaussian Curve – The Distance”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/VA-Jan-Schulte-Compiles-Tropcial-Drums-of-Deutschland.jpg” name=”V/A – Jan Schulte Compiles Tropcial Drums of Deutschland”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Mogwai-Every-Countrys-Sun.jpg” name=”Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Golden-Teacher-No-Luscious-Life.jpg” name=”Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Golden-Retriever-Capablanca.jpg” name=”Golden Retriever – Capablanca”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Bjorn-Torske-Prins-Thomas-Square-One.jpg” name=”Bjorn Torske & Prins Thomas – Square One”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Marvin-Pontiac-The-Asylum-Tapes.jpg” name=”Marvin Pontiac – The Asylum Tapes”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-War-On-Drugs-A-Deeper-Understanding-.jpg” name=”The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding”]BACK TO BASICS
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Bonobo-Migration.jpg” name=”Bonobo – Migration”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Maya-Jane-Coles-Take-Flight.jpg” name=”Maya Jane Coles – Take Flight”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lusine-Sensorimotor.jpg” name=”Lusine – Sensorimotor”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Fujiya-Miyagi-Different-Blades-From-The-Same-Pair-Of-Scissors.jpg” name=”Fujiya & Miyagi – Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Hello-Skinny-Watermelon-Sun.jpg” name=”Hello Skinny – Watermelon Sun”]BROTHERHOOD SOUNDSYSTEM
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Wu-Tang-Clan-The-Saga-Continues.jpg” name=”Wu-Tang Clan – The Saga Continues”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Calibre-The-Deep.jpg” name=”Calibre – The Deep”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pop-mak.jpg” name=”V/A – Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat Of Cameroon 1976-1984″] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sudan-Archives--Sudan-Archives.jpg” name=”Sudan Archives - Sudan Archives”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/MANIK-MC-Midnight-Express.jpg” name=”MANIK MC – Midnight Express”]BUTTERSIDE UP
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Primary-Perception-Evidence-Of-A-Primary-Perception.jpg” name=”Primary Perception – Evidence Of A Primary Perception”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Call-Super-Arpo.jpg” name=”Call Super – Arpo”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Claro-Intelecto-Exhilarator.jpg” name=”Claro Intelecto – Exhilarator”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Dego-Kaidi-A-So-We-Gwarn.jpg” name=”Dego & Kaidi – A So We Gwarn”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Calibre-The-Deep.jpg” name=”Calibre – The Deep”]FUTUREBOOGIE
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Idles-Brutalism.jpg” name=”Idles – Brutalism”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Moonboots-Moments-In-Time.jpg” name=”Moonboots – First Landing”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Octo-Octa-Where-Are-We-Going.jpeg” name=”Octo Octa – Where Are We Going”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Thundercat-Drunk.jpg” name=”Thundercat – Drunk”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Playgroup-Previously-Unreleased-1.jpg” name=”Playgroup – Previously Unreleased 1″]HALF BAKED
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Alex-Digby-For-My-Process.jpg” name=”Alex & Digby – For My Process”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Kaitlyn-Aurelia-Smith-The-Kid.jpg” name=”Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Kid”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/VA-Superlongevity-Six.jpg” name=”V/A – Superlongevity Six”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Kelly-Lee-Owens-Kelly-Lee-Owens.jpg” name=”Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Mac-Demarco-This-Old-Dog.jpg” name=”Mac Demarco – This Old Dog”]HYPERCOLOUR
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DMX-Krew-Strange-Directions.jpg” name=”DMX Krew – Strange Directions”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Special-Request-Belief-System.jpg” name=”Special Request – Belief System”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Pessimist-Pessimist.jpg” name=”Pessimist – Pessimist”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Turinn-18-12-Minute-Gaps.jpg” name=”Turinn – 18 1/2 Minute Gaps”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Cyclist-Sapa-Inca-Delirium.jpg” name=”The Cyclist – Sapa Inca Delirium”]JIGSAW
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Claro-Intelecto-Exhilarator.jpg” name=”Claro Intelecto – Exhilarator”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Trio-Da-Kali-and-Kronos-Quartet-Ladilikan.jpg” name=”Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Unknown-Me-Subtropics.jpg” name=”Unknown Me – Subtropics “] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Patrick-Cowley-Afternooners.jpg” name=”Patrick Cowley – Afternooners”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Talaboman-The-Night-Land.jpg” name=”Talaboman – The Night Land”]ONE RECORDS
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Legowelt-Legendary-Freaks-In-The-Trash-Of-Time.jpg” name=”Legowelt – Legendary Freaks In The Trash Of Time”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DMX-Krew-Strange-Directions.jpg” name=”DMX Krew – Strange Directions”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Golden-Teacher-No-Luscious-Life.jpg” name=”Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-The-Expedition-Beyond.jpg” name=”CN – The Expedition Beyond”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/bige.jpg” name=”Bigenrix – The Compilation”]PERCOLATE
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Bicep-Bicep.jpg” name=”Bicep – Bicep”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Msafiri-Zawose-–-Uhamiaji.jpg” name=”Msafiri Zawose – Uhamiaji”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/LCD-Soundsystem-American-Dream.jpg” name=”LCD Soundsystem – American Dream”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Kendrick-Lamar-Damn.jpg” name=”Kendrick Lamar – Damn”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Daphni-Joli-Mai.jpg” name=”Daphni – Joli Mai”]RUF KUTZ
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Garrett-Private-Life.jpg” name=”Garrett – Private Life”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DJ-Sports-Modern-Species.jpg” name=”DJ Sports – Modern Species”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Benedek-Bene’s-World.jpg” name=”Benedek – Bene’s World”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Seekers-International-Meets-MX7-Inna-Dancehall-Showdown.jpg” name=”Seekers International Meets MX7 – Inna Dancehall Showdown”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DJ-Lycox-Sonhos-Pesadeloslycox.jpg” name=”DJ Lycox – Sonhos & Pesadelos”]STUDIO 89
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GAS-Narcopop.jpeg” name=”GAS – Narkopop”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Idles-Brutalism.jpg” name=”Idles – Brutalism”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/LCD-Soundsystem-American-Dream.jpg” name=”LCD Soundsystem – American Dream”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Arca-Arca.jpg” name=”Arca – Arca”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Alice-Coltrane-World-Spirituality-Classics-1.jpg” name=”Alice Coltrane – World Spirituality Classics 1″]TIEF
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Damiano-Von-Erckert-In-Case-You-Don’t-Know-What-To-Play.jpg” name=”Damiano Von Erckert – In Case You Don’t Know What To Play”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/VA-Francis-Inferno-Orchestra-pres-Veranda-Culture.jpg” name=”V/A – Francis Inferno Orchestra pres Veranda Culture”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Juju-Jordash-Sis-boom-bah.jpg” name=”Juju & Jordash – Sis-boom-bah!”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Nabihah-Iqbal-Weighing-Of-The-Heart.jpg” name=”Nabihah Iqbal – Weighing Of The Heart”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/John-Gomez-Outro-Tempo-Electronic-And-Contemporary-Music-From-Brazil-1978-1992.jpg” name=”John Gomez – Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992″]WIGFLEX
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/James-Holden-The-Animal-Spirits-The-Animal-Spirits.jpg” name=”James Holden – The Animal Spirits”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Smagghe-Cross-Ma.jpg” name=”Smagghe & Cross – Ma”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Errorsmith-Superlative-Fatigue.jpg” name=”Errorsmith – Superlative Fatigue”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Fever-Ray-Plunge.jpg” name=”Fever Ray – Plunge”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Nathan-Fake-Providence.jpg” name=”Nathan Fake – Providence”]STAMP THE WAX
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Hanna-Bounce-EP.jpg” name=”Hanna – Bounce EP”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ill-Considered-Ill-Considered.jpg” name=”Ill-Considered – Ill-Considered”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Tornado-Wallace-Lonely-Planet.jpg” name=”Tornado Wallace – Lonely Planet”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/VA-Jan-Schulte-Compiles-Tropcial-Drums-of-Deutschland.jpg” name=”V/A – Jan Schulte Compiles Tropcial Drums of Deutschland”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Raymond-Castoldi-X-Ray-Records-1992-1994-.jpg” name=”Raymond Castoldi – X-Ray Records 1992-1994 “]BANOFFEE PIES
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Felicia-Atkinson-Hand-In-Hand.jpg” name=”Felicia Atkinson – Hand In Hand”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Patrick-Cowley-Afternooners.jpg” name=”Patrick Cowley – Afternooners”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Captain-Ganja-And-The-Space-Patrol-Tradition.jpg” name=”Captain Ganja And The Space Patrol – Tradition”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Marenn-Sukie-Malinal.jpg” name=”Marenn Sukie – Malinal”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cedric-Dekowski-Felix-Reifenberg-L’Album.jpg” name=”Cedric Dekowski & Felix Reifenberg – L’Album”]JAUNT
[albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Calibre-The-Deep.jpg” name=”Calibre – The Deep”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Various-La-Torre-Ibiza-Volume-Dos.jpg” name=”Various – La Torre Ibiza Volume Dos”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rainforest-Spiritual-Enslavement-Ambient-Black-Magic.jpg” name=”Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Ambient Black Magic”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Acronym-Malm.jpg” name=”Acronym – Malm”] [albums img_link=”https://www.gottwood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/John-Beltran-Everything-At-Once.jpg” name=”John Beltran – Everything At Once”]