Some good albums this year but not many that came out of nowhere and that I played for weeks on end
Album of the year
And so the bastardisation of the end of year awards begins! I yearn for the old days, I really do. Shit show.
Nobody wants to take the bull by the horns. A real shame. A once great institution.
BF (RIP) marshalled it brilliantly.
I vote Dave to take the reigns. He has the necessary charisma and stage presence to present it.
Art School Girlfriend - Is It Light Where You Are
I like sad girly shit, so sue me.
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LT42 Good call, given he was the driving force behind the orginal EOYA threads.
Will happily repost if a respectable EOY thread is started, but album of the year has to be Joy Orbison.
9 days later
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Not a particularly good year for albums, but perhaps not much of a surprise given the pandemic.
I’ve been enjoying DJ Manny - Signals In My Head on Planet Mu though; melodic, trippy Chicago footwork type stuff, also with some broader house, techno and breaks influences.
…again
Me and Smallman should run this end of year awards malarkey, we’re basically the Sean Connery and Roger Moore of message board bants.
Down voted as it’s not even an artist album.
Dubman no worries Dubman, although I didn’t see anything mentioned about artist albums 
Not a single artist album has turned my head this year, yet again. Even the rock albums are a load of rubbish these days. Nothing edgy at all. Too busy worrying about getting cancelled.
So what with all the above AND the CD2 debate a few months back, GU13 got played more times than anything and stood head and shoulders above everything…again
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These albums were at least an 8/10
Bicep - Isles
Lone - Always inside your head
DIM KELLY - Nocturna animal
Damon Albarn - The nearer the fountain
War on drugs - I don’t live here anymore
Billie Eilish’s was decent too
ScottBailey GU13 got played more times than anything and stood head and shoulders above everything…again
YES SCOTT BAILEY!
ScottBailey not really my thing but I kept hearing good things about Biffy Clyro’s latest?
alistair Biffy Clyro
Can’t stand them
Biffy Clyro and War on Drugs? What is this, 2012’s best albums?
Next up, Alistair recommends The Black Keys.
ScottBailey Rock died after 2005
Best album for me
alistair
Damon Albarn
Billie Eilish
Stuff like this why I find it hard to take you seriously sometimes…
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ScottBailey just being honest, anyway you shared your PVD mix earlier in the year
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alistair yup, and I’d share it again 
I do admire your honesty, I must admit.
I assume you’ll be sharing with the world your collection of Smash Hits and Cosmo’ in the new year?
ScottBailey in what parallel universe is liking Damon Albarn a guilty pleasure.
alistair rhetorical, yeah?
Mad_Cyril The Hairy Bikers have more bantzzzz game than you clowns
Basically, we’re the Ronaldo and Messi of message board bants. Ed is Ronaldo because of the outrageously long neck.
While, you and Si are the Terry Hurlock and Ronnie Whelan (simple-looking Irishman) of the message board bants world.
