Features tagged with individual favourites

Each writer who voted in our tracks of the year list had that one song that they loved, yet no-one else did. Here, we give them a chance to share their enthusiasm and hopefully change some minds.

Before we unleash our tracks of the year list onto the world, here's a selection of under-appreciated gems hand-picked by the No Ripcord roster.

We've all got those records where it seems we're the only ones who truly get them. Before our countdown proper starts, we gave our writers the chance to wax lyrical about their favourite records that didn't make the list.

We're nearly ready to start unveiling our Top 100 list, but what about those albums where one writer campaigned excessively for their inclusion but to no avail? Here, we give time to those records with one high-scoring vote in an attempt to widen their fanbase.