[Shaun]

Example - Won't Go Quietly
I did actually quite like this to begin with, but I reckon that might have been on the merit of the singles. There were one or two pretty listenable tracks but otherwise it was a lot of filler and repeated noises.

The National - High Violet
It's been hyped by many as one of the best albums of the year but to me it just didn't twig. It's too Bruce Springsteen - it's full of Americanisms and that same generic mid-tempo, gritty vocal, sound. Not my thing at all.

Ellie Goulding - Lights
I gave this a quite average review. That's because it's a quite average album. Sound of 2010 she was not: Goulding just had 10 quite forgettable album tracks. Snore.

HURTS - Happiness
Blah. Not even sure if it grabbed many others, I don't remember it really grabbing any high positions... it was just an hour of moody electronics, and that's been done to death in recent years, let alone a decade of it...

Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
I did actually really like this. It's an album with the name "Summer Cum" as an album track ffs. But I don't know...it was too much of a 'let's frolick through strawberry fields' affair...no real depth, or interesting innovations.

Michael Jackson - Michael
It's only just leaked and I don't think been released yet, and to give it fair due - it's not as horrible as I was expecting. But that said...let the man rest in peace. Noone deserves to have their name posthumously dragged through the mill of **** that is Akon.

Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Blah. 4 decent tracks and then a tirade of crap. NEXT.

Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
It's full of some quite pleasant songs. But critics overhyped this, I think... it's nice as a little replacement to your annual Snow Patrol outing, but otherwise I've got more than enough in my library of songs like this.