Records of the year

I've always been a singles guy when it came to music, which is an unbelievably alien concept for my wife to grasp who buys records because they are great from start to finish and not because the B2 is great and unfortunately the rest is utter rubbish - see the Map of Africa album for a recent glaring example. I am slowly coming around to this notion and each of these albums fall firmly in the all killer, no filler category. I can't recommend them all highly enough.

The National - Boxer - Beggars Banquet


Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights - Daptone


Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Paw Tracks


Holy Fuck - LP - Young Turks


Build An Ark - Dawn - Kindred Spirits