As was mine, until it wasn’t anymore.
Yes
Ha, thanks @TAFH33 and @Octobadger - fingers crossed we get most people following the format and I only have to clean up a few. I’m a data analyst, so messy data is my daily reality, but I appreciate the potential for ‘Hey, I got this!’ hubris is off the charts here!
Good point on the formatting of votes @Octobadger. Tbh, I just lifted Prob’s text from last year here, and I can probably work around various delimiters, but yeah it makes more sense to be consistent with our conventions in the AOTM polls, weekly new release threads etc. I’ve updated the polling thread guidance ![]()
Nice one, cheers for confirming, Jordy
I didn’t realise you had only joined DiS this year! Many thanks to you too for some of the deepest cuts week in week out in the new releases thread posting gems that probably would have been missed otherwise.
Too much talking in the other thread already huh.

Might make my own thread to compile my own top five/ten. Got a backlog but will be surprised if Besnard Lakes and Titanic aren’t my top 2
My favourite time of the year: silently judging everyone who posts a list when there’s still a month to go. Still reading that garbage though.
usually like to vote around new year but all my favourites locked themselves in as top 5 pretty much as soon as they each released so I’ve gone for them. pretty stacked year, I had loads of contenders for 5th before Rosalía released such an indisputable banger. also ppl voting for Horsegirl reminded me that I really liked that and haven’t listened for months so I’m bopping to that again

Perfectly fine time to be list making.
I’m just getting my top-64-record-playoff finalised and then I’m all over this.
Loads of brilliant records and a few disappointments for me this year. Special mention to Jim Legxacy for black british music, which I was weirdly sure was going to be my album of the year, but which turned out to be half aoty and half absolute toilet.
I like albums.
No
Oh yeah? Name three albums
Getting some real mixed messages here
You do you. Break the system.
Public service announcement: Please do not break this particular system.
Break all systems
