Favourite albums of the 2010s

1. I am Kloot - Sky at Night (2010)
2. I am Kloot - Let it all in (2013)
3. The Decemberists - The King is Dead (2011)
4. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes (2014)
5. The Decemberists - I’ll be Your Girl (2018)
6. Robyn Hitchcock - The Man Upstairs (2014)
7. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Look out Mama (2012)
8. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator (2017)
9. David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
10. David Bowie - Black Star (2015)
11. Robyn Hitchcock - Tromsø, Kaptein (2011)
12. Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock (2017)
13. Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds (2011)
14. Bob Dylan - Tempest (2011)
15. Belly - Dove (2018)
16. Malcolm Middleton - Bananas (2018)
17. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2010)
18. Jason Isbell - Something More then Free (2015)
19. Madness - Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da (2012)
20. Imelda May - Mayhem (2010)
21. Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016)
22. Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters - Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar (2014)
23. Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters - Carry Fire (2017)
24. David Gilmour - Rattle that Lock (2015)
25. Eels - The Deconstruction (2018)
26. Lucinda Williams - This Sweet Old World (2017)
27. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
28. Karl Blau - Introducing Karl Blau (2016)
29. Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (2015)
30. Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire (2011)

Dylan's phases (ranked)

Bob Dylan's career can be carved up into 'periods' (others will argue with the boundaries no doubt) and so here is how I think it can be shown.

In chronological order:

1. Folk/ blues covers performer (1960-2)  albums: Bob Dylan
2. Folk/ blues song-writing / protest and love songs (1963-4) - albums:  Freewheelin', Times they are-a-changin', Another side of
3. Electric folk/ blues / imagery (1965-6) - albums: Bringing it all Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde
4. Americana / Country (1967-73) - albums:  Basement Tapes, John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait, New Morning, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Dylan
5. Back on the road, reinventing himself (1974-8) - albums: Planet Waves, Blood on the Tracks, Desire, Street Legal
6. Gospel / Christian fundamentalist (1979-81) - albums: Slow Train Coming, Saved, Shot of Love
7. 80s rock (1982-8) - albums: Infidels, Empire Burlesque, Knocked Out Loaded, Down in the Groove
8. The Oh Mercy/ Wilbury's Resurrection (1988-90) - albums: Travelling Wilburys, Oh Mercy,  Under the Red Sky
9. Folk/ blues covers performer part 2 (1991-6)  albums: Good as I Been to You, World Gone Wrong
10. End of millennium resurrection / old bluemans part 1 (1997-2001) - albums: Time Out of Mind, (single Things Have Changed and Oscar win), Love and Theft
11. Old Bluesman part 2 (2002-14) - albums: Modern Times, Together Through Life, Tempest
12. The Sinatra Years (2015-19) - albums: Shadows in the Night, Fallen Angels, Triplicate


In rank order:

1. Electric folk/ blues / imagery (1965-6)
2. Back on the road, reinventing himself (1973-8)
3. End of millennium resurrection / old bluemans part 1 (1997-2001)
4. Americana / Country (1967-73)
5. Gospel / Christian fundamentalist (1979-81)
6. Old Bluesman part 2 (2002-14)
7. The Oh Mercy/ Wilbury's Resurrection (1988-90)
8. Folk/ blues song-writing / protest and love songs (1963-4)
9. 80s rock (1982-8)
10. Folk/ blues covers performer (1960-2)
11. Folk/ blues covers performer part 2 (1991-6)
12. The Sinatra Years (2015-19)

Well known women I have to admit to having a 'thing' for

1. Jennifer Lopez
2. Linda Cardellini
3. Scarlett Johannson
4. Eva Longoria
5. Maggie Gyllenhaul
6. Kate Bush
7. Gal Gadot
8. Kylie Minogue
9. Audrey Tattou
10. Jennifer Love Hewit

Actors appearing in my top 50 favourite films

Carrie Fisher (5)
Robert de Niro (4)
Toni Collette (3)
Christopher Walken (3)
Most of the cast of Star Wars (3)

Drinks

1. Prosecco
2. Gin and Tonic
3. Coffee
4. Guinness
5. Chocolate milk shake
6. Bitter
7. Lager
8. Lime & soda
9. Ginger ale
20. Rootbeer