My friend runs a top 10 trail 
which also includes one’s Gig of the year entry…Public Sector Broadcasting - The Race for Space live as part of the BBC Proms at the Albert Hall.
Ghosteen - Nick Cave & the bad seeds
Soft introspective and fittingly ghostly - bit of soundscape, bit of vocal pain.
Guesswork - Lloyd Cole
Just lovely Lloyd Cole. Recorded using old analogue synths so the tunes sound sound like happy Cole but the lyrics contain sadness.
Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Ray
Pop Pop Pop
Western Stars - Bruce Springsteen
My wife has discovered the volume control when she plays this. Now a mandatory road trip record.
Midnight Sun - Calexico/Iron & Wine
Like them separately and they fuse surprisingly well.
Walk Through Fire - Yola
Sixties soul channelled through a massive personality
Badbea - Edwyn Collins
More akin to Gorgeous George than recent albums
Professor Elemental and His Amazing friends: Part 2 - Professor Elemental
A great live act that loses a lot on record but I do like a bit of Chap Hop. Hip Hop through a British filer referring to tea and crumpets rather than Cristal and hoes.
Celia - Angelique Kidjo
A Beninese singer paying tribute to a Cuban salsa singer.
Absolute Zero - Bruce Hornsby
I heard a couple of tracks before I knew who it was and thought I was listening to a different artist .
Though I will probably swap out prof elemental for this which I heard for the first time today