There’s been a ludicrous amount of brilliant albums released in 2015, so much so it seems to be an impossible job to do it any sort of justice with a list. However, a list is what we’ve got. We don’t care about sales, style, trends etc. We’re simply talking about the records that had the biggest impact on us all personally. We’ve not bothered with arguing and falling out with each other about which is best, what should be number 15 vs number 25. The actual order is irrelevant, these are all great albums. What you’ve got below is a list in two parts, first of all the albums that were the number 1 favourite of some Overblown writers followed by all the others that would’ve made each writers top 5 or so.

It’s also been the first full calendar year for Overblown and it’s been a lot of fun. We’re an enthusiastic lot, everyone that writes for us does so simply because they love to do so. With that in mind we can only offer a massive thanks to the hundreds of bands, labels, producers, promoters, PRs, bloggers etc. that do what they do out of love for music and make it a joy and pleasure for us to write about all this stuff. We’re also now discovering the huge guilt associated with countless favourite bands who we haven’t included below. Trust us, if you’ve been anywhere near the pages of Overblown this year then we love you. So without further ado: