Tag Archives: AOTY 2017

Welcome to day 20 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. As I near the top 10 of this year’s mammoth undertaking, I have found it harder than ever to settle on the albums that are deserving of a place in my final ten. I know that I sound like a broken  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 19 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. As the UK undergoes a ‘big freeze’, my traditional end-of-year series is beginning to hot up. It doesn’t seem like nineteen minutes since I started it, let alone nineteen days. But time, as they say, flies when you’re having fun. And  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 18 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I have finally done it. 17 days into my epic countdown and I have had my first murmurs of disagreement. I told you it would happen; it was just a question of when. Perhaps with hindsight I should have awarded Persefone’s  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 17 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I thought that I had got the exact order of my top 30 sorted in my mind a few weeks ago, before I started the venture. However, I have been chopping and changing the order almost on a daily basis since  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 16 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Another day, another post! I hope that you are enjoying my series this year – judging by the comments, I still seem to be getting my choices just about right. Hopefully, by now, you will have noticed that I have not  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 15 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I have reached the half-way mark of this year’s labour of love otherwise known as my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. If you are new to this series, welcome! If you are a regular reader, then I thank  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 14 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I haven’t yet missed a day in my quest to complete this series before a well-earned Christmas break. It has been challenging but very rewarding so far, not least because of the general positivity that has flowed my way since I  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 13 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Today’s entrant is going to be a familiar name to many but given the consistent quality of their output, I just couldn’t leave them out of the top 30. In keeping with previous posts in this series, you’ll find below a  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 11 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Today is the day when the seriousness of this series gets cranked up a notch because I am entering the top 20. What follows are the very best 20 records that have been released in 2017 in my humble opinion. In  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 10 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Today is the last pick before I march headlong into the top 20. Excited? Interested? Annoyed? Angry? Whatever your thoughts on my choices so far, please don’t be afraid to air them. I enjoy the conversations and find it as intriguing  Continue Reading »