OTR 2015 LISTENERS POLL WINNERS!

AUSTRALIAN ALBUMS 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit – Courtney Barnett  

  1. Mother’s Not Feeling Herself Today  – Suzannah Espie
  1. Sunnyholt   – Perry Keyes
  1. Hann – Ross Hannaford
  1. Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions – Various Artists
  1. Diamonds In The Bloodstream – Raised By Eagles
  1.   Endless Sleep  – The Black Sorrows
  1. Low Fidelity  – Rob Snarski
  1. Mayday  – Mark Seymour & The Undertow
  1.  Trans Atlantic Highway   – Lost Ragas

INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Nashville Obsolete –  Dave Rawlings Machine 

  1. Something More Than Free – Jason Isbell

3. Keith Richards – Crosseyed Heart

4.The Monsanto Years  – Neil Young + Promise Of The Real

5.  Star Wars – Wilco

6. Terraplane –  Steve Earle

7. I Love You, Honeybear  – Father John Misty

8.  Plays Well With Others – Buick 6

9. The Other Side Of Desire  Rickie Lee Jones –

10. Sound & Colour – Alabama Shakes –

11. All Your Favorite Bands – Dawes

12. The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim – Gary Clark Jr

= Coming Home – Leon Bridges

13. . Still – Richard Thompson

14. The Traveling Kind – Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

=   Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings – Natalie Merchant

15. Lost Time – Dave & Phil Alvin

 AUSTRALIAN RE-RELEASES / COMPILATIONS ETC.

WINNER: 

Charcoal Lane: 25th Anniversary Edition – Archie Roach

RUNNERS UP: 

Warts Up Your Nose – The Indelible Murtceps

The 100 Greatest Australian Singles of the ’60s

INTERNATIONAL RE-RELEASES / COMPILATIONS 

WINNER: 

The Cutting Edge: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 1965-1966 – Bob Dylan

RUNNERS UP

1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything – The Faces

Blue Note Cafe – Neil Young & Blue Note Cafe

Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST GIGS

WINNER

Paul Kelly & The Merri Soul Sessions – Mossvale/A Day On The Green

RUNNER UP

Ross Hannaford CD Launch – Caravan Music Club, December 16

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST GIGS 

Lucinda Williams @ The Forum, December 7 (Biggest winner ever of the International Artist gig!!)

RUNNER UP

Ron Sexsmith @ The Caravan Music Club, November 21

MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR

WINNER

Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink – Elvis Costello 

RUNNER UP

M Train – Patti Smith

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR

WINNER: Gudinski by Stuart Coupe

RUNNER UP: The 100 Greatest Australian Singles of the ’60s by David Pepperell and Colin Talbot.

MUSIC DOCUMENTARY/DVD

WINNER

Amy

RUNNER UP

Mavis!

 

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