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2020 – Honourable Mentions & The Ones That Got Away

2020 was a rubbish year, but a killer one in terms of new music. Unperturbed by events around the world, many artists brought their ‘A’ game to the studio to record excellent new music, music we all hope we’ll hear from a stage at some point in 2021. Fingers crossed. To underline my point about  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 1

Welcome to the final instalment of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. That means that I’m about to reveal the winning album in this year’s list. 2020 has been a bad year. Yes, there have been some bright moments, a few silver linings. But, as I sit here alone on Christmas Eve,  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 4

Welcome to instalment number twenty-seven of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. No big intros from me today, except the usual 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 to 5, as  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 5

Welcome to instalment number twenty-six of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. That means we have reached the Top 5. The five best albums that, in my opinion, were released during a turbulent, hideous 2020. Thank goodness for music is all I can say. Thank you for sticking with me all this  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 6

Welcome to instalment number twenty-five of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. The last pick before I enter the final five for the year. Getting excited? I know that I am. I’m also a little worried that I won’t get this countdown complete before Christmas Day as promised. My family don’t need  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 7

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 »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 8

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 »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 9

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 »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 10

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 »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 11

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 »


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