It's the first of December today, which means that it's slowly getting time for some reflection on the past year. So also this year, I will be working towards a list of the music albums that were released this year, and which I consider to be the best. So here's the first step towards such a list. Listed in alphabetical order, and look out for the top 10 at the end of the month.

1. Adele - 19
2. Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement
3. Alphabeat - This is Alphabeat
4. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer
5. Amy Studt - My Paper Made Men
6. Anna Ternheim - Leaving On a Mayday
7. Beck - Modern Guilt
8. Britta Persson - Kill Hollywood Me
9. Charlotte Sometimes - Waves and the Both of Us
10. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
11. CSS - Donkey
12. Dido - Safe Trip Home
13. Duffy - Rockferry
14. Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
15. Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be Learned
16. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
17. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
18. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
19. Heather Nova - Jasmine Flower
20. Hello Saferide - More Modern Short Stories
21. Jason Mraz - We Sing We Dance We Steal Things
22. Jem - Down To Earth
23. Joan as Police Woman - To Survive
24. Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
25. Keane - Perfect Symmetry
26. Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
27. Lady Ga Ga? - The Fame
28. Laura Marling - Alas I Can Not Swim
29. Lykke Li - Time Flies
30. Mandi Perkins - Alice in No Man’s Land
31. Maria Mena - Cause and Effect
32. Marit Larsen - The Change
33. Mirah - The Old Days Feeling
34. My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark’s Teeth
35. Morcheeba - Dive Deep
36. Novastar - Almost Bangor
37. Pink - Funhouse
38. Portishead - Third
39. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants
40. Sharleen Spiteri - Melody
41. Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin’
42. She & Him - Volume One
43. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
44. Simone White - I Am The Man
45. Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
46. The Hush Sound - Goodbye Blues
47. The Long Blondes - Couples
48. The Killers - Day & Age
49. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
50. The Verve - Forth

What do you think?