It's been a while since I last visited Heaven. I was in Hell for a couple of months, so it's nice to be back.
Not that I've listened to everything that came out, but... here's a list of my 30 favourite albums of the year. It'd be excellent to know your opinions, what blew your mind this year? Let us know!

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
3. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
4. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
6. Beyoncé - 4
7. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
8. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here
9. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
10. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
11. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
12. The Cars - Move Like This
13. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
14. The Black Keys - El Camino
15. Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter
16. James Blake - Enough Thunder (EP)
17. Juliana Hatfield - There's Always Another Girl
18. Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
19. Feist - Metals
20. The Decemberists - Long Live the King (EP)
21. Blink-182 - Neighbourhoods
22. James Blake - James Blake
23. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
24. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
25. Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours
26. Battles - Glass Drop
27. Lucinda Williams - Blessed
28. The Dears - Degeneration Street
29. Ricky Martin - Música + Alma + Sexo
30. Adele - 21
You might see some strange choices there.
5 worst albums I've heard this year:
Blondie - Panic of Girls (I'm sorry...)
Metallica/Lou Reed - Lulu (obviously!)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (the only song I enjoyed was Paradise, rest is awful)
Christopher Cross - Doctor Faith (I love this guy, but listening to this was a complete waste of time - simple lyrics, simple arrangements, plain boring, never going to play it again.)
Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra (it's just fun. And that's not the only thing I expect from music)