Top 10 Albums of 2019
My top 10 albums of 2019 has been a struggle. Not because there was a shortage of candidates. Far from it. More because of the sheer impossibility of comparing one piece of music with another, something I've become increasingly bothered by over recent years. On any given day the albums I might get the most enjoyment from will vary according to my mood and general state of mind. Not only that, there have been a lot of albums which almost made it into my top 10, and in a few days, if you asked me, I'd probably choose one of them, instead of one in the list (with a few exceptions). Let's also be honest, close up, any year's music is hard to assess. The albums that I'll still be playing a year from now, let alone five years time - and when I say playing, I mean playing in full (I will, of course, still listen, randomly, to tracks from these albums) - may be very different to the ones that provide the most immediate enjoyment now. I've been struggling wi...