Here are my favourite albums of the year in alphabetical order of artist. I haven’t been able to choose an overall favourite as I like them all in their own unique way.

The Love Invention (Alison Goldfrapp)

CACTI (Billy Nomates)

The Ballad of Darren (Blur)

Still Silver River (Cousin Silas)

Cracker Island (Gorillaz)

EVERY LOSER (Iggy Pop)

RökFlöte (Jethro Tull)

Fantasy (M83)

72 Seasons (Metallica)

Ambient 23 (Moby)

Council Skies (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds)

i/o (Peter Gabriel)

Strange Dance (Philip Selway)

I Inside the Old Year Dying (PJ Harvey)

Hackney Diamonds (The Rolling Stones)

The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte (Sparks)

The WAEVE (The Waeve)