It Starts With a Birthstone - Albums of the Year 2018

So here we are, fifty days from Christmas Day and this particular countdown begins. This is the third time I've done this particular thing on here, and this time my preparation for it has been more intensive than ever before. I've certainly listened to more new albums than before and this countdown of fifty comes from at least a hundred contenders. It's still quite an arbitrary list though with the final rundown still not completely decided on and liable to change with at least a couple of records still to be released which should make the end list.....