Albums of the year

It’s that time of year again – when we reveal the is this music? writers favourite albums of the year.
The top 25 was initially looking to be a wide-ranging chart – the first dozen top 5s were unique, meaning a top 60 with a 12-way tie for first place – but things have settled down nicely into what is a fine representation of the best long-players of 2015…

1. Stoor – Stoor



2. Errors – Lease Of Life



3. A Mote of Dust – A Mote of Dust



4. The Phantom Band – Fears Trending –

5. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

6. Blur – The Magic Whip
7. Belle & Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
8. The Cathode Ray – Infinite Variety
9. Tame Impala – Currents
10. El Vy – Return To The Moon

11. Public Service Broadcasting – The Race For Space
12. The Chills– Silver Bullets
13. New Order – Music Complete
14. Kathryn Williams – Hypoxia
15. Calexico – Edge of the Sun

16. Best Girl Athlete – Carve Every Word
17. Bjork – Vulnicura
18. Chvrches – Every Open Eye
19. Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too
20. Francis MacDonald – Music for String Quartet, Piano and Celeste

21. Wire – Wire
22. Carly Rae Jepsen – E.Mo.tion
23. C Duncan – Architect
24. Ela Orleans – Upper Hell
25. Numbers Are Futile – Sunlight On Black Horizon

Thanks to voting writers Gavin Porter, Andy Wood, Mike Melville, Keiron Melotte, Ken Garner, Elaine O’Connor, Betty Mayonnaise, Donald Bush, David Campbell, Stuart McHugh, Ed Jupp, Calum Craig, David Maitland, Miles O’Toole, Alan Souter, Gus Ironside, Clarke Geddes, Godfrey McFall, Gary Marshall, Bernhard Bessing, Tony Kiernan and David P Scott.

Oh, for a shamelessly Scottish-oriented chart, visit Jockock.org for their tartan picks of the past year.

And that’s about that. So, see you in 2017!