It's that time of year again where we start looking back on the year's highlights music-wise. Hottest 100 voting opens in just over a week, so let's start with my top ten albums for the year. I'm starting at number one and working up this time!
1. 7 Worlds Collide, The Sun Came Out
Too many great artists contributed to this album for it to be anything but number one. A great mixture of styles and paces. Highlights include Don McGlashan's Long Time Gone, Neil Finn's All Comedians Suffer, Phil Selway's The Ties That Bind Us and anything Wilco has been involved with.
2. Mumford and Sons, Sigh No More
A beautifully constructed folk-rock extravaganza which brings the banjo into the forefront of cutting edge music. Some heart felt tracks here including the excellent title track, The Cave, Winter Winds, Roll Away Your Stone and Little Lion Man. No bad songs to be found.
3. Jen Cloher and the Endless Sea, Hidden Hands
Some terrific music here- soul, rock, folk all rolled into one. The title track is great, along with Fear Is Like a Forest, Mother's Desk, I Am Going But I Am Not Gone, Eden With Eve... it's an album full of energy, a mixture of sweet folk driven songs and harder edged stuff too.
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