Albums of the Year

A competition plus DiS chats to two Mercury Prize judges on our podcast.

Compiling this list, we were struck by just how many good collections of songs and exceptional bodies of work 2014 served up.

As we reach the middle of the year, DiS' staff share the 2014 releases they love the most.

And the best record of 2013 is...

On Monday we will reveal our top twenty albums of the year, but first, here is numbers 50 through 21.

Some of the makers of our favourite albums, and bands we love who are due back in 2014 share their top 5s of the year.