Saw this post and had to drop in a note - this past year I have mostly been listening to my old favorite, James Taylor-Hourglass (1997). A monumental album, and I know it's old but I have yet to find an album that I constantly refer back to and play over and over again, and it's brilliantly produced and makes your system sound fantastic. Don't know how to download the album cover as above but would if I could.
Most disappointing album of the year (maybe an idea for a new posting heading?) has got to be Sting's over-indulgent If On A Winter's Night...it's grown on me a little but generally it's pretty awful. Fabulous musicians all gorging themselves on ego massaging at Sting's expense I would suggest. I am a huge fan of his and found this to be an inexcusable exercise in self indulgence. It will take a while before I give him the benefit of the doubt again...
Merry Christams everyone...!!!