Album of the Month: DECEMBER 2023 *Nominations - LAST CALL*

[greendemon]

Better late than never! Please note there are only TWO nominations per poster this month, as there were only a few releases of note this month anyway (and I'm hoping we can have a shorter poll as a result )


Please nominate your favourite albums released in December 2023. Release schedules for the month are below. You may nominate up to two albums.

Nominations will remain open until next Wednesday 24th January, after which point I'll open a poll.

Please note that reissued or deluxe editions of non-2023 albums are not eligible for nomination. (I have tried to remove any applicable albums from the release schedules below, but this does also apply to any I missed )


Nominations:
Barbara Dickson - My Own Adventure
Broadside - Hotel Bleu
The Killers - Rebel Diamonds
Mike Shinoda – The Crimson Chapter
Neil Young - Before And After
Patrick Wolf - The Circling Sky (Selected B-Sides)
Peter Gabriel – i/o
Tate McRae - Think Later
Tyla - Tyla (EP)



Friday 1st December
Chicane - The Greatest Misses
David Arnold - Mog's Christmas (OST) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Dove Cameron - Alchemical: Volume 1 [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Harp - Albion
Kate Rusby - Light Years
Kenny G – Innocence
Khruangbin - Live At Sydney Opera House [DOWNLOAD / VINYL ONLY]
Mika - Que Ta Tete Fleurisse Toujours [DOWNLOAD]
Mike Shinoda – The Crimson Chapter [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Paloma Faith - When Paloma Got Stuck Down The Chimney (At Christmas)(EP) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Peter Gabriel – i/o
Pink - Trustfall (Tour Deluxe Edition)
Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven Part II [Tuesday 5th]
Sam Fischer - I Love You Please Don't Hate Me
Slayyyter - Starfucker (Deluxe Edition) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Stephen Marley - Old Soul
Trevor Horn - Echoes: Ancient & Modern
Tyla - Tyla (EP) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Zara Larsson - Honor The Light (EP) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]


Friday 8th December
Alison Goldfrapp - The Love Reinvention [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Billy Porter - Black Mona Lisa [CD]
The Brit Funk Association - Ancestral Voices
Broadside - Hotel Bleu [CD]
Bryan Adams - Live At The Royal Albert Hall (4CD)
Cassidy Paris - New Sensation
D:Ream - The Best Thing
Dimmu Borgir - Inspiratio Profanus
Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea & Sara Barone - Planet Earth III (OTVST)
The Killers - Rebel Diamonds
Lucy Thomas – Beyond
Michael W. Smith - Every Christmas [CD]
Nathan Carter - Music Man
Neil Young - Before And After
Old Gods Of Asgard – Rebirth: Greatest Hits
Palaye Royale – Sextape (EP) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Roachford - Then And Now [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Sigrid – The Hype (EP) [CD]
Tate McRae - Think Later


Friday 15th December
Barbara Dickson - My Own Adventure
Birdy - People Help The People (EP) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Eels - Eels So Good: Essential Eels Vol. 2 (2007-2020)
Galactic Empire - Special Edition [CD]
Joanne Clifton - Like Nobody's Watching
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds (Live Edition)
Spiritbox - The Fear Of Fear (EP) [CD]
Tiësto - New Year's Eve VIP (EP) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
The Color Purple (OST) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]


Friday 22nd December
Freya Ridings - Blood Orange: Live At Apollo [DOWNLOAD ONLY]
Patrick Wolf - The Circling Sky (Selected B-Sides) [DOWNLOAD ONLY]

[Razzle Dazzle]

Mike Shinoda – The Crimson Chapter
Broadside - Hotel Bleu

[TheThorne]

Peter Gabriel – i/o
The Killers - Rebel Diamonds

[Shireblogger]

Strip out re-issues, compilations and lives and there isn't much left. I would have picked Peter Gabriel, but don't need to.

[greendemon]

Jan 17, 2024 17:56:04 GMT 1 Shireblogger said:

Strip out re-issues, compilations and lives and there isn't much left. I would have picked Peter Gabriel, but don't need to.

Yes, it might be a very short poll.

The lack of options encouraged me to leave on a couple of albums that I might otherwise have been tempted to strip out but I don't think there are any non-2023 deluxe/reissues left on there...

[Smurfie]

Tate McRae and Kylie for me please. Not sure about Kylie as the tracks are literally a nanosecond longer, but nomming it anyway if that’s OK GeeDees?

[greendemon]

Jan 17, 2024 20:22:18 GMT 1 Smurfie said:

Tate McRae and Kylie for me please. Not sure about Kylie as the tracks are literally a nanosecond longer, but nomming it anyway if that’s OK GeeDees?

Thanks Smurf!

I haven't heard the Kylie one and have so far been allowing 2023 deluxe editions, but as you say it doesn't really add anything and given the standard release of this one actually won its round perhaps we can leave it off for now.

[Smurfie]

Jan 18, 2024 1:04:17 GMT 1 greendemon said:

Jan 17, 2024 20:22:18 GMT 1 Smurfie said:

Tate McRae and Kylie for me please. Not sure about Kylie as the tracks are literally a nanosecond longer, but nomming it anyway if that’s OK GeeDees?

Thanks Smurf!

I haven't heard the Kylie one and have so far been allowing 2023 deluxe editions, but as you say it doesn't really add anything and given the standard release of this one actually won its round perhaps we can leave it off for now.

No problem with that decision.  Just Tate then please!

[rubcale]

Neil Young Before And After

[greendemon]

Any more for any more?

I'll put the poll up this evening.

[Good Old Days]

Barbara Dickson - My Own Adventure

[darkstar79]

Tyla - Tyla (EP)
Patrick Wolf - The Circling Sky (Selected B-Sides)

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