ALL THE VOTES HAVE BEEN COUNTED, 90 AFTERWORDERS VOTED FOR THEIR CHOICE OF BEST ALBUM OF 2015. 341 ALBUMS WERE SELECTED…see comments. Here`s some Southern Soul to calm you down when you realise only you voted for that album.

Well that was a `rum` blog, but without further ado here are the results in ascending order, (votes in brackets):

Receiving one vote each: Marc Almond, Ian Anderson, Burt Bacharach, Syd Barrett, Irving Berlin, Buck/Berry/Mills/Stipe, Sammy Kahn & Jerome Kern, Charli XCX, Kurt Cobain, Sam Cooke, Cathal Coughlan, John Darnielle, Difford & Tillbrook, Nick drake, Richard Drummie, Stephen Duffy, Greg Dulli, Stephen Foster, Gamble & Huff, George & Ira Gershwin, The Gibb Brothers, Gilbert & Sullivan, Martin Gore, Peter Green, Greenwich/Barry/Spector, Kristin Hersh, Nick Heyward, Noddy Holder & Jim Lea, Howard Jones, Paul Kelly, Carole King, Mark King, Leadbelly, John Lennon, Jerry Lieber/Mike Stoller, Mark Linkous, Little Richard, Frank Loesser, Ian Mackaye, John Martin, Paddy McAloon, Mogg & Way, Morrissey, Van Morrison, Randy Newman, Roland Orzabal, Andy Partridge, Prince, Smokey Robinson, Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, Tom Russel, Mike Scott, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Strauss, Joe Strummer & Mick Jones, Tennant & Lowe, Harry Vanda & George Young, Clifford T Ward, Diane Warren, Roger Waters, Jimmy Webb, Kurt Weill, Stevie Wonder.

19th (2): Becker/Fagan, Black Francis, Nigel Blackwell, Nick Cave, Duke Ellington, Noel Gallagher, George Gershwin, Buddy Holly, Jackie Leven, Shane McGowan, Morrissey/Marr, Lou Reed, The RZA, Richard Thompson, Bruce Springsteen, » Continue Reading.