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Welcome to day 20 of my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. I’m exactly two-thirds the way through this mammoth annual undertaking and the quality music just keeps on coming and keeps on getting better and better. To those of you who have been with me since the beginning, I thank you. To  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 19 of my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. Anyone else getting excited as I near the top 10? I hope so, otherwise all this effort has been for nothing! Anyway, no long introduction today as I’m eager to bring you my choice at number 12. Just a reminder to  Continue Reading »

Hello and welcome to the latest post in my Album of the Year 2016 top 30 countdown, one man’s lone opinion in a tumultuous worldwide sea of opinions about music. As I have said before, I am picking my albums based on one thing: the impact that they have made on me during the past  Continue Reading »

I can’t quite believe that I am already half-way through my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. It doesn’t seem like five minutes ago that I was contemplating starting out of this annual journey and yet, here we are. 15 albums down, 15 to go. I hope you have enjoyed the posts in  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest post in my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown series. We’re getting to the point where I had to start really thinking hard about the albums left and the effect that each of them had on me over the year, so as to place them correctly within this list.  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 14 in my alternative advent, in the form of my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. As I embark on this series every year I think to myself ‘you must be mad, Spally’. And yet, after a few days, I get right back into the groove and thoroughly enjoy the  Continue Reading »

Welcome to number 18 in my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. We’re not far away now from the half-way mark, so things are slowly but surely getting more and more serious. There have been some (in my opinion at least) very good releases listed in this countdown already. And, given the strength  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 12 of my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. I trust you are all enjoying this endeavour of mine? There’s going to be no long-winded introduction today, just a quick reminder to those who are interested that links to all other posts in this series can be found at the  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day nine of my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. Are you all still with me? I certainly hope so. If you have just discovered this blog or this particular series, please feel free to check out the previous entries – my picks for 23-30 can be found via the links  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day eight of my epic ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. And today is one of those posts that get to the heart of what my blog is all about – it’s not about singing the praises of the biggest bands out there, although I will do that too. It’s more  Continue Reading »