Now the days are shortening again ('it'll be Christmas before you know it', 'what happened to the summer' etc, etc), I see various pundits are offering their best of the first 6 months assessments.
When - like them - I stop and think, it's been a pretty vintage year for new records. And I don't like to miss an opportunity for a list.
My top ten, in the order I bought them rather than making any attempt at ranking, look like this:
All available on vinyl and all well worthy of your attention.