My Favourite Albums Of 2015

I think this year has been one where I have struggled to find much inspiration in music. I don't know if it's my age finally catching up on me or a lack of music out there to excite me, but I suspect it's the former. I hope it doesn't last but in any case it was pretty easy this time for me to whittle down my favourite albums of the year to just 11. I'm crossing my fingers that 2016 reignites some kind of fire in my music-loving soul but in the meantime here are the few that meant the most to me over the past year.

Marina & The Diamonds at the London Palladium

Marina & The Diamonds
Clock Opera
London Palladium, 6 December 2015

This has to be the most "pop" show I've ever been to but after thinking about it, in some ways it wasn't million miles from the theatrical St. Vincent show I attended last year. Of course, Annie Clark didn't have gay guys voguing at the front or half the audience appearring to be young teenage girls dressed as their idol and accompanied by parents. I was definitely out of place! I do love Marina and she is a fantastic pop artist but it took me a while to get my head around it all as it is so unlike my usual fare.