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Welcome to instalment number twenty-four of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. Thanks again to you all for sticking with me this year – a cheeky peek at my stats proves that this series in on track to be my most successful yet, as there’s at least three of you who are  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number twenty-three of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. As time gets ever tighter leading up to the holidays, I’m ditching the big waffly intro today again. That is, apart from my normal, shameless, reminder to anyone new to this series, to check out the links at the bottom  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number twenty-two of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. No big intro, just headlong into the action… Apart from my normal reminder to anyone new to this series, to check out the links at the bottom of the post to find out who made the cut, from 30 down  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number twenty-one of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. And with it, I enter the top ten. This is where it gets very serious, as I reveal my ten favourite albums of what has been a real killer of a year. Thank goodness for music, because without it, the  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number twenty of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. Exactly two-thirds of the way through now, and today is the last pick that falls outside my top 10. I know I say it every year, but it is so tough to put all these great records in some kind  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number nineteen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. Heading swiftly to my top 10, so the excitement levels are rising…or is that just me?! Time is also becoming more and more tight as Christmas draws ever nearer, so there will be no big intro today – no time!  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number eighteen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. In my family, for many reasons, the number thirteen has been very lucky, so I never subscribe to the ‘unlucky for some’ mantra that accompanies this double-digit. Let’s hope that today’s recipient of my number 13 slot feels the same  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number seventeen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. It’s starting to get serious now, and I hope you can feel the tension building as well as the excitement? I certainly hope so, although I suspect you’re all reading this whilst muttering ‘get on with it, Matt’ under your  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number sixteen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. We’ve made it into the top 15, where the number order is far more prescribed and thought through. In fact, the ordering from now on has given me sleepless nights, as I go backwards and forwards, trying to figure out  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number fifteen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. That means that I’m exactly halfway through this year’s countdown. Thank you so much to you all for reading and commenting on my choices because it gives me the impetus and the hunger to continue with it. I never learn,  Continue Reading »