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Old 09-12-2016, 09:59
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We're rightly into December now and I think it's time for reflecting on our favourites from 2016. I already tweeted my top 5 so here they are.

Number 5: Wild by Joanne Shaw Taylor. She just keeps getting better, I hope she gets back to Belfast at some point next year.

Dyin to Know

Number 4: Fire on the Floor by Beth Hart. Don't try to pigeon hole this one into a genre because you'll fail. Unless............is 'awesome' a genre?

Fire on the Floor

Number 3: Grow by Amanda St John. Great debut, I look forward to more from her

You Blew It

Number 2: Solas by The Answer. Bold decision to go in a different direction but it works. The album is more dynamic and interesting than anything they've done before, the song writing is more mature, and the musical arrangements & Cormac's vocals have more restraint.

Solas

Number 1: Feelin Good by Kaz Hawkins. There wasn't much between number 1 and 2 but this edged it. Just a superb blues/soul/gospel/rock n roll album

Pray

Feelin Good (cover)

Soul Superstar

This Is Me
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Old 09-12-2016, 16:51
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I only know The Answer out of these , I take it these are mostly or entirely Irish acts ?

Will do my top 5 at the weekend , I know roughly what it will be
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Old 09-12-2016, 17:15
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No specific order

Beyonce - Lemonade
Sophie E B - Familiar
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Gregory Porter - Take me to the alley
Lady Gaga - Joanne
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Old 09-12-2016, 17:42
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Glory - Britney Spears
7/27 - Fifth Harmony
Familia - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Take Her Up To Monto - Roisin Murphy
Honey - Katy B
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Old 09-12-2016, 21:53
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Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
Christine And The Queens – Chaleur Humaine
Glass Animals - How To Be Human
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Old 09-12-2016, 23:16
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Britney Spears - Glory
Zayn - Mind of Mine
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
All Saints - Red Flag
Fifth Harmony - 7/27
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Old 10-12-2016, 02:11
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No particular order but

Beyonce - Lemonade
Rihanna - Anti
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Lady Gaga - Joanne
Britney Spears - Glory
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Old 10-12-2016, 06:47
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The 1975 - 'I like it when you sleep.....
Beyoncé - 'Lemonade'
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 'Skeleton Tree'
Miranda Lambert - 'The Weight of these Wings'
Little Mix - 'Glory Days'
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Old 10-12-2016, 10:18
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Solange- A Seat At The Table
Rihanna- Anti
Ariana Grande- Dangerous Woman
Britney Spears- Glory
The Weeknd- Beauty Behind The Madness
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Old 10-12-2016, 11:58
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I LOVE Wild by Joanne Shaw Taylor, top call OP!!

But unfortunately that doesn't crack my top 5 which consists of:

1. Black Stone Cherry - Kentucky: Amazingly fun songs and a great sing along album, really dig the party vibes on some of the tracks like "Soul Machine".

2. The Amorettes - White Hot Heat: I had a hand in guesting on one of the tracks with the guitar so this album has a lot of great memories for me right off the bat, and then the actual songs that I had no hand in are all top work by the girls too.

3. Delain - Moonbathers: Just an epic feeling record, some great, great vocal work and just an all round relaxing sound while also being incredibly energetic.

4. Metallica - Hardwired.. To Self Destruct: Metallica are back with this album, some really really top guitar work with regards to the main riffs and especially on the closing riff of "Halo On Fire", I just love this album.

5. Green Day - Revolution Radio: A top return to form post-American Idiot after some fairly weak albums recently.

Runners Up:
Airbourne - Breaking Outta Hell
Volbeat - Seal The Deal
The Pretty Reckless - Who Are You Selling For?
Joanne Shaw Taylor - Wild
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Old 10-12-2016, 12:52
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Top 5

5. Blossoms - Blossoms

4. Shura- Nothings Real

3. Bring Me The Horizon - Thats The Spirit

2. Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony

1. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
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Old 11-12-2016, 19:52
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In no particular order:

Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION: Side B
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep...
Britney Spears - Glory
Shura - Nothing's Real
Fifth Harmony - 7/27
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Old 11-12-2016, 20:18
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1. Lemonade - Beyoncé
2. ANTI - Rihanna
3. I like it when you sleep... - The 1975
4. The Altar - Banks
5. Mind Of Mind - Zayn

Honourable Mentions go to: Ariana Grande, Fifth Harmony, Blood Orange, Carly Rae Jepsen and Tinashe.
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Old 12-12-2016, 00:03
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Blossoms - Blossoms
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Rihanna - Anti
Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
Zayn - Mind Of Mine
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Old 12-12-2016, 08:00
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I only know The Answer out of these , I take it these are mostly or entirely Irish acts ?

Will do my top 5 at the weekend , I know roughly what it will be
The top 3 are from NI, Beth Hart is American and Joanne Shaw Taylor is English
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Old 12-12-2016, 15:10
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1. PJ Harvey, Hope Six Demolition Project

2. Garbage, Strange Little Birds

3. Shura, Nothing's Real

4. Honeyblood, Babes Never Die

5. Melanie C., Version of Me
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Old 29-12-2016, 19:35
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So this year, as a lover of music of most genres, I've made a conceited effort to listen to as many albums as I can. And throughout the year, I've been adding these albums to a list as I've been listening to them, ranking and categorising them. So rather than a top 5, here is every single album I've listened to this year, in order of preference.

Great:
1. Walking On Cars - “Everything This Way”
2. Bastille - “Wild World”
3. Metallica - "Hardwired...to Self Destruct"
4. Blink 182 - "California"
5. Green Day - "Revolution Radio"
6. The 1975 - "I Like It When You Sleep"
7. Foxes - "All I Need"
8. Temper Trap - "Thick as Thieves"
9. Bear's Den - “Red Earth & Pouring Rain”
10. Butch Walker - "Stay Gold"
11. Stevie McCrorie - "Big World"
12. Kygo - "Cloud Nine"
13. Benjamin Francis Leftwich - “After The Rain”
14. The Weeknd - "Starboy"
15. Against The Current - "In Our Bones"
16. James Arthur - "Back From The Edge"
17. Gallant - "Ology"
18. Allen Stone - "Radius"
19. Seafret - "Tell Me It's Real"
20. Carly Rae Jepsen - “Emotion Side B”
21. Two Door Cinema Club - "Gameshow"

Good:
22. OneRepublic - "Oh My My"
23. Broods – "Conscious"
24. BANKS - “The Altar”
25. The Pretty Reckless - "Who You Selling For"
26. Avenged Sevenfold - "The Stage"
27. Sum 41 - "13 Voices"
28. Tonight Alive – "Limitless"
29. Good Charlotte - "Youth Authority"
30. Macklemore - "This Unruly Mess I've Made"
31. Pierce The Veil – "Misadventures"
32. MAGIC! - “Primary Colors”
33. Billy Talent - “Afraid of Heights”
34. The Hunna - “100”
35. Biffy Clyro - "Ellipsis"
36. Bruno Mars - "24K Magic"
37. The Lumineers - "Cleopatra"
38. Ariana Grande - "Dangerous Woman"
39. Fifth Harmony – "7/27"
40. Olly Murs - "24 HRS"
41. Logic - “Bobby Tarantino”
42. Tove Lo - "Lady Wood"
43. Shawn Mendes - “Illuminate”
44. Grace - "FMA"

Average:
45. Shura - "Nothing's Real"
46. J.Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only
47. Bowling For Soup - "Drunk Dynasty"
48. Moose Blood - “Blush”
49. Catfish and the Bottlemen - "The Ride"
50. Little Mix - "Glory Days"
51. Sia - "This is Acting"
52. Kaiser Chiefs - "Stay Together"
53. AlunaGeorge - “I Remember”
54. Benny Benassi – "Danceaholic"
55. Emelie Sande - "Long Live The Angels"
56. The Shires - "My Universe"
57. Gucci Mane - “Everbody Looking”
58. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Getaway"
59. Lonely The Brave - "Things Will Matter"
60. Panic! At The Disco - "Death of a Bachelor"
61. The Last Shadow Puppets - "Everything You've Come To Expect"
62. Britney Spears - “Glory”
63. Korn - "The Serenity of Suffering"
64. Drake - "Views"
65. Brian Fallon – "Painkillers"
66. James Vincent McMorrow - “We Move”
67. Jake Bugg - "On My One"
68. We Are Scientists - "Helter Seltzer"
69. Ty Dolla $ign - “Campaign”

Bad:
70. Lady Gaga - "Joanne"
71. Jamie T - “Trick”
72. DJ Snake - “Encore”
73. Lukas Graham - “Lukas Graham”
74. Lacuna Coil - "Delirium"
75. Flume - "Skin"
76. Kanye West - "The Life of Pablo"
77. Coasts – "Coasts"
78. Mac Miller - “The Divine Feminine”
79. ZAYN - "Mind of Mine"
80. Kid Cudi - "Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin"
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Old 30-12-2016, 09:40
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I only know The Answer out of these , I take it these are mostly or entirely Irish acts ?

Will do my top 5 at the weekend , I know roughly what it will be
Joanne Shaw Taylor is from deepest Worcestershire, she certainly isn't Irish!

I've been a fan of JST for a long time now, seen her live many, many, times and it is great to see she is finally getting the recognition she deserves.

I saw her a few days after she appeared on ...Later and she said she'd spent the intervening few days fielding questions from bemused music journalists wanting to know who this person was, who was on ...Later, had a sold out UK tour, and a Top 20 album, but they had never heard of her.

As for my Top five, I'll give that some thought today...
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:47
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5: Band Maid - Brand New Maid

4: Joe Bonamassa - Blues of Desperation

3: Leah: Kings & Queens (released 2015 but I only discovered her this year)

2: Metallica - Hardwired to Self Destruct

1: Babymetal - Metal Resistance - for its unbridled joy and genre busting tunes.
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Old 31-12-2016, 15:07
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1-Ward Thomas-'Cartwheels'
2-Fifth Harmony-'7/27'
3-Craig David-'Following My Intuition'
4-Nathan Sykes-'Unfinished Business'
5-Rebecca Ferguson-'Superwoman'
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:45
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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Memories In Rock - Live In Germany
Doro - Strong and Proud
Steeleye Span - Dodgy Bastards
Axel Rudi Pell - Game of Sins
Wolf Hoffmann - Headbangers Symphony
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Old 31-12-2016, 19:14
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Thorney, That's The Spirit was released in 2015.

1. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep
2. White Lung - Paradise
3. Naked and Famous - Simple Forms
4. Lissie - My Wild West
5. Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues
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Old 01-01-2017, 16:08
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1 Blackstar - David Bowie
2 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - The 1975
3 Eliza & The Bear - Eliza & The Bear
4 Chauleur Humaine - Christine & The Queens
5 I'm Alone, No You're Not - Joseph
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Old 01-01-2017, 16:46
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I couldn't do five. But I can do 35, with some EP's thrown in too.

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Old 01-01-2017, 18:00
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Thorney, That's The Spirit was released in 2015.

1. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep
2. White Lung - Paradise
3. Naked and Famous - Simple Forms
4. Lissie - My Wild West
5. Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues
oops I knew that as well, posting on my phone i don't check stuff right well ok well Biffy Clyro then. Great choices by the way bought 4 of those albums.
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