6 music albums of year

Top 15 Albums as voted for by 6Music DJs and staff:
15 Unknown Mortal Orchestra
14 James Blake Overgrown
13 Nick Cave Push the Sky Away
12 Jon Hopkins Immunity
11 London Grammar
10 Disclosure Settle
9 Public Service Broadcasting Entertain
8 John Grant Pale Green Ghosts
7 Daft Punk Random Access Memories
6 The National Trouble Will Find Me
5 Foals Holy Fire
4 Savages Silence Yourself
3 David Bowie The Next Day
2 Arcade Fire Reflektor
1 Arctic Monkeys AM

Jimi Jimi

And the winners are...

Arcade Fire,
Andy Murray,
Rachel Riley,
Daft Punk, and er, 
Ian Watkins

Are we all becoming a little more conservative in our tastes?

My turn

Best Album

I'm afraid I haven't bought any new music this year

Best Song

I'm afraid I haven't heard any new music this year

Best Musical Re-discovery

U2 - Achtung Baby

Best Film

I actually managed three visits to the cinema this year:

1. World War Z

2. Star Trek Into Darkness

3. Worlds End

Best Book

After the death of Iain Banks, I've been re-reading his works. The only other thing I've read is World War Z by Max Brooks

Best Gig/Event

I'm afraid I haven't been to any gigs this year

Best TV Programme

1. Doctor Who

2. The Americans

3. Old Jack's Boat

Best Radio Programme

Whatever happens to be on Classic FM when I'm either cooking or driving

Best Website

That site that superimposes the same picture of Nicholas Cage over the face of every 'selfie' uploaded to Instagram.

Best Sporting Moment

Rob Austin winning a race in the BTCC

Revelation

I missed a Grand Prix and wasn't bothered for the first time since the Schumacher 'glory' days.

Worst Purchase / Disappointment

The failure of the other 'leading' F1 teams to rise to the challenge of taking on Red Bull/Vettel

Best Child-Related Thing

'Little Helper' pod

Best Lifestyle Change

Buying an estate car

Sort

Rachel Riley

Person, People or Thing You’d Most Like to See Set Upon By a Pack of Wolves

Ian Watkins

The Winning Thing You’d Most Recommend Your Fellow Judges to Own/Have/Consume/Do

Stay classy.

Third

Best Album

John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away

David Bowie – The Next Day

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

The National – Trouble Will Find Me

Best Song

Daft Punk – Get Lucky

Haim - Forever

Arcade Fire – Reflektor

CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share

Best Musical Re-discovery

Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate

Best Film

Amour

Best Book

John Williams – Stoner

Best Gig/Event

Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express – Hebden Bridge Trades Club

Best TV Programme

The Keane/Vieira programme

Blackfish

Best Radio Programme

Radconie

Best Website

www.tbp.co.uk/distributors/104

Best Sporting Moment

Got to be Murray

Revelation

Bowie. The album isn’t as good as most people suggest. But I didn’t expect there to be another.

Worst Purchase / Disappointment

Partridge. Disappointing. Though the toilet gag almost redeemed the whole film.

Best Child-Related Thing

Regular babysitter

Best Lifestyle Change

Regular babysitter

Sort

I endorse both choices so far.

Person, People or Thing You’d Most Like to See Set Upon By a Pack of Wolves

Don’t mean to get all Daily Mail on this, but bloke from Lost Prophets.

The Winning Thing You’d Most Recommend Your Fellow Judges to Own/Have/Consume/Do

The National album is pretty much flawless

I'll go second then

Best Album

Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City

Foals – Holy Fire

Arcade Fire – Reflektor

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

Best Song

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines

Daft Punk – Get Lucky

Macklemore – Thrift Store

Trousersnake – Mirrors

London Grammar - …my Young Years

Best Musical Re-discovery

Sparks – This Town Aint Big Enough…

Best Film

Home – Zero Dark Thirty

Cinema – Alpha Papa

Best Book

Alex Ferguson My Autobiography

Best Gig/Event

Arcade Fire Blackpool Empress Ballroom

Best TV Programmes

Finally finished The Wire…epic stuff despite a dip in the last series

American Horror Story - Coven
The Tunnel

Best Radio Programme

Ask me in 2014 as I’m having a DAB extravaganza fitted in my van. For now, Radio 1 breakfast show possibly reflected in my pop flavoured single nominations

Best Website

www.tbp.co.uk/104

Best Sporting Moment

Also going with Murray at Wimbledon. Balls of steel that fellow.

Revelation

Trousersnake

Worst Purchase / Disappointment

Flith – The Movie

Best Child-Related Thing

Having two children that can walk

Best Lifestyle Change

Swapping an expensive ugly rented house for a nice affordable house of our own

Sort

Kate Upton

Person, People or Thing You’d Most Like to See Set Upon By a Pack of Wolves

Roman Abramovich and the Abu Dhabi Investment Group

The Winning Thing You’d Most Recommend Your Fellow Judges to Own/Have/Consume/Do

Get The Foals album. I think you would all like it. 

I'll go first then

As ever, all subject to change...

Best Album

James Blake - Overgrown

These New Puritans – Field of Reeds

Toy – Join the Dots

Arctic Monkeys - AM

Johnny Marr – The Messenger (Released in 2012. I don’t care.)

Best Song

Arcade Fire – Reflektor

Best Musical Re-discovery

Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain

Best Film

But late to it, but In Bruges

Best Book

Tyler Hamilton – The Secret Race

Best Gig/Event

“Project Archie”. Me Rachel and others organised kids from local schools to sing with a local band about New Mills’ reverse-Archimedes screw

Best TV Programme

Not one but BBC4 Friday night rockumentaries in general

Best Radio Programme

I’m going for Shaun Keavney, but urge you to listen to Jarvis Cocker, Giles Peterson and, surprisingly, Cerys Matthews.

Best Website

Spotify. Never thought I would, but I buy into the “any album you want to play ever (except The Best of the Beatles)” idea.

Best Sporting Moment

We won the Ashes and the Tour De France, and got to the Cup Final - and all left me a bit cold. But I didn’t realise I wanted Andy Murray to win Wimbledon as much as I evidently did in the last game.

Revelation

The Who – Tommy. Thought it would rock opera tosh. It’s not.

Worst Purchase / Disappointment

The film Sightseers. Shite.

Best Child-Related Thing

£1 movies on Saturday morning.

Best Lifestyle Change

Minor, but not always doing every activity as a complete family group.

Sort

Rachel Riley. Imagine my disappointment when she turned out to be very average at dancing.

Person, People or Thing You’d Most Like to See Set Upon By a Pack of Wolves

I’m going to re-pair Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq for this one.

The Winning Thing You’d Most Recommend Your Fellow Judges to Own/Have/Consume/Do

Spotify/wider 6 Music DJs for broader music consumption.