#5debutalbums0004 Another obscurity from me but an album that definitely deserves a mention. An Australian band that reninds me of the classic Australian bands of the 80s. open.spotify.com/album/7tEwWm...

#5debutalbums0004 Played this a lot at the time, the simplicity of it possibly stood out against other albums from that period. Not making my 5 but well worth the revisit. Heartbeats is a great cover but maybe didn't need to hear that one again. open.spotify.com/album/5n7X5f...

#5debutalbums0004 Won't make my 5 but the breadth and technical accomplishment of this are incredible for a true debut album. That applies to a few albums in this heat so clearly an exciting period for music. open.spotify.com/album/2wpzDq...

#5debutalbums0004 Superb slice of powerpop from a criminally overlooked band. So many contenders for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/0dLQdY...

#5debutalbums0004 There are far more contenders than I initially thought. Of the post-punk revivalists, I can understand why Franz Ferdinand sold more but for me this definitely wins, just seems edgier. open.spotify.com/album/1iN1V1...

#5debutalbums0004 Incredibly inventive and varied album, probably their best. Some bands just appear already fully formed. Superb live too when I saw them a couple of years ago. open.spotify.com/album/6Z7uvJ...

#5debutalbums0004 Played this a lot at the time but very rarely since. Listening now the former makes a lot more sense. As opening tracks on debut albums go First Wave Intact is right up there. A surprise serious contender for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/2kNoab...

#5debutalbums0004 Another album from 2000 and probably one not well known beyond those who bought it at the time. Incredibly inventive mix of styles and a real pleasure to revisit it again. open.spotify.com/album/2OWRDZ...

#5debutalbums0004 There seems to be two hashtags in use.

#5debutalbums00-04 2000 seems like a natural place to start, and made easier too because my favourite album of the year hapens to be a debut. Superbly original music and a deliberately unoriginal album cover. open.spotify.com/album/3jRQht...

A long overdue listen to Phish with possibly their most approachable album. open.spotify.com/album/4Gesl7...

#5albums50s60sFinal Final album to be auditioned. Not my favourite Coltrane album but I've got to find room for McCoy Tyner so it will still safely make my top 5. It will though be my only pick that isn't my favourite album by that respective artist. open.spotify.com/album/7Eoz7h...

#5albums50s60sFinal Thoughts of going all jazz for my top 5 are now completely put to one side. Loved this for a long time so not sure why I ever thought I could leave it out. Every track is a miniature masterpiece. open.spotify.com/album/6o0u4p...

#5albums50s60sFinal Hard to explain why I like this so much (apart from maybe the drumming on Take 5) but for some reason it's magical. A near certainty for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/0nTTEA...

#5albums50s60sFinal My appreciation for Mingus has definitely grown in the 50s and 60s polls. Not my favourite album by him but still fantastic and if I go all jazz it will definitely make my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/4Z8nWz...

One of only 2 non-jazz contenders for my #5albums50s60sFinal. It's meant a lot to me for a long time but I still find new ways to enjoy it. Lovely Rita, which must be their most underappreciated song, and Good Morning Good Morning have grabbed me this time. open.spotify.com/album/6QaVfG...

I'm finding #5albums50s60sFinal tough. I've got less than 10 serious contenders but of those this is the only one that is guaranteed to make my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/27Rl7A...

#5albums50s60sFinal Another Miles Davis album and, possibly helped by being played on a glorious sunny day, may even rival In A Silent Way as my favourite by him. So many great albums though, I won't be able to find room for both in my top 5. Decisions decisions. open.spotify.com/album/2xyhlt...

Starting #5albums50s60sFinal with this. My favourite Miles Davis album and a very strong contender for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/0Hs3Bo...

Not in contention for my top 5 but both CCR albums in #5albums50s60s5 are excellent so deserve a spin. This is my pick of them and very possibly my favourite album by them. open.spotify.com/album/5hW8vg...

#5albums50s60s5 1955 isn't my jazz sweet spot but there's a leanness to this that makes it sound like a later album. open.spotify.com/album/3158RZ...

#5albums50s60s5 Superb stuff with a stellar line up including Shorter and Hancock. Incredibly, recorded before The Sidewinder but shelved and only released afterwards. The title track alone is worth the price of entry. open.spotify.com/album/6NmykD...

Both Wayne Shorter albums in #5albums50s60s5 are fantastic. Speak No Evil has the tunes but this is edgier. I may well have to pick both for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/46Voob...

#5albums50s60s5 Mingus is the big winner for me in these 50s and 60s polls. Went into them with Mingus x5 as my only certainty but have already voted for him 3 times. Not sure this will quite make it 5 votes but Haitian Fight Club is making a strong case. open.spotify.com/album/2XtydL...

#5albums50s60s5 Another album that won't make my top 5. Any soundtrack to the 60s though would be incomplete without Somebody To Love and White Rabbit. Such epic tracks, hard to believe they're both under 3 minutes long. open.spotify.com/album/6lPb7E...

#5albums50s60s5 Won't make my top 5, may not make anybody's, but I do have a soft spot for this. In a way it prefigures the country-soul that makes From Elvis In Memphis so great. The wasted years in-between really are criminal. open.spotify.com/album/2SBAAt...

#5albums50s60s5 Such a unique album, sounds as edgy as any jazz album from the early 60s but only Mingus could deliver that in a big band setting. Strong contender for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/12DCd8...

#5albums50s60s5 Possibly my favourite Jackie McLean album and a strong contender for my top 5. The distinctiveness of the opening track makes it the stand out but his playing is truly superb throughout. open.spotify.com/album/7cDdrB...

My natural starting point for #5albums50s60s5. Both Wayne Shorter albums will make my top 5 but ranking them is more difficult. This has beyter tunes but JuJu has McCoy Tyner (not saying he6better than Herbie but he excites me more). open.spotify.com/album/27Rl7A...

Veterans playing standards isn't really what I'm looking for in contemporary jazz (i.e. anything after the 70s) but this so perfectly done I can't deny it. God Bless The Child in particular is fantastic. open.spotify.com/album/6g4tw8...

Some Saturday night jazz (if that is the right term for it) with one of mt favourite albums from the Canterbury scene. open.spotify.com/album/3UDUfP...

Sunday night jazz with one of my favourite Wayne Shorter albums. Fantastic playing by him and Herbie Hancock superb too. open.spotify.com/album/4sxvTo...

Following Nashville Skyline with an album recorded at the same time, in the same studio and with the same backing band. It's country music so it is slightly over sentimental but it's definitely on the cool side of the genre. Fantastic album. open.spotify.com/album/74cKJH...

#5albums50s60s4 Hopefully not because of something too untoward, but some time for extra deliberation. My favourite of the Dylan albums on offer but right on the cut line for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/5WBx64...

Hadn't heard it previously but this has turned out to be my favourite jazz album of #5albums50s60s4. Hard to believe Ysabel's Table Dance was recorded in 1957. All 3 Mingus albums are superb so this might not be the only one in my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/4kaQvq...

Final installment of the 3 avant-garde jazz classics in #5albums50s60s4. Whilst not as atonal as Spiritual Unity the complexity of it makes it just as difficult. Out To Lunch! my favourite of the 3 so I must be a lightweight. open.spotify.com/album/2TtadF...

The second of 3 avant-garde jazz classics on my audition list for #5albums50s60s4. Too willfully difficult for my taste but I can see some artistic merit in it. if I relax it does become listenable and the snippets of melody really shine though. open.spotify.com/album/31dgDY...

Three avant-garde jazz classics in #5albums50s60s4. Maybe it's a masochistic tendency but I feel a need to play them all. I'll break myself in though with the easiest of them. open.spotify.com/album/3PIVqZ...

#5albums50s60s4 Released in 1962 but recorded 5 years earlier. I've not previously been a fan of mid-50s jazz but Mingus might be my gateway into it. Superb stuff and far more incendiary than I associate with jazz from that era. open.spotify.com/album/4kaQvq...

#5albums50s60s4 Following Village Green must have been a daunting task. Fantastic effort to run it so close but unlucky to be drawn in the same semi as I just can't find room for both in my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/5McXJR...

#5albums50s60s4 Earlier than my normal jazz sweet spot but Mingus doesn't follow normal timelines. Features the superb Jackie McClean too so enjoying this a lot. open.spotify.com/album/4kZ55s...

My 10 albums of 21c: Fly or Die x3 - Jamie Branch I'm Wide Awake.. - Bright Eyes Girls Can Tell - Spoon Chutes Too Narrow - Shins Sub-lingual Tablet - The Fall Trials Of VO - Midlake Rubies - Destroyer Thunder, Lightning.. - The Go! Team Let England Shake - PJ Harvey Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes

#5albums50s60s4 Stellar cast and flawless really but, when it comes to fine margins, maybe a bit too unremarkable to make my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/16l5pM...

#5albums50s60s4 Truly the master of the larger ensemble. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting alone is worth the price of entry (although the live Mingus at Antibes version might be even better). Definitely in the mix for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/7EOQgg...

#5albums50s60s4 An album that offers so much, every song has its own identity and is full of little flourishes, yet still achieves perfection. A certainty for my top 5. open.spotify.com/album/6o0u4p...

Starting #5albums50s60s4 with the superb Jackie Mclean. From 1959 it's his first album on Blue Note and also his first steps towards a more adventurous sound. Great line up too with Donald Byrd in particular also shining. open.spotify.com/album/2jutpm...

I don't think contemporary jazz gets any better than this, apart from maybe the album she did next. Sadly taken from us at the absolute peak of her powers. I always think what might have come next. open.spotify.com/album/3ERcgN...

Sticking with the 80s with one of the best compilation albums of all time. If there is a better one then it's also blue. open.spotify.com/album/1j57Q5...

A break from the 60s with one of my favourite albums of the 80s. The genius of madness. open.spotify.com/album/55uLhh...

#5albums50s60s3 Not in contention for my top 5 but (and I know I'm in a minority) one of my favourite Bowie albums. I just live the folky hippy charm of it. open.spotify.com/album/1ay9Z4...