RELEASE OF THE YEAR

2006 saw the first voted for "Release Of The Year" award run by this website. Here are our suggestions from previous years:

1980
Exposure, "Style & Fashion" / "Video Eyes" (7 inch single, Angular Music)
1981
The Liberators, "Scream & Shout" (cassette single, Sharko 2 Records)
1982
The Cocteau Twins, "Garlands" (vinyl album, 4AD)
1983
This Mortal Coil (featuring Liz Fraser & Robin Guthrie), "Song To The Siren" (7 inch vinyl / 12 inch vinyl single, 4AD)
1984
The Cocteau Twins, "Treasure" (vinyl album, 4AD)
1985
Dead Neighbours, "Strangedays, Strangeways" (vinyl album, Sharko 2 Records)
1986
Two Helens, "Reflections In Red" (vinyl album, Sharko 2 Records)
1987
This Scarlet Train, "Fimbrai" (vinyl album, Nightshift Records)
1988
The Cocteau Twins, "Blue Bell Knoll" (vinyl / cassette / dat album, 4AD)
1989
The Godsend, "The Mirror Haze" (cassette single)
1990
The Cocteau Twins, "Heaven Or Las Vegas" (vinyl /cassette / CD album, 4AD, UK charts #7, US charts #99)
1991
The Pearlfishers, "Hurt" (CD / 12 inch ED, My Dark Star)
1992
Nicolette, "Now Is Early" (CD / cassette / vinyl album, Shut Up & Dance Records)
1993
The Pearlfishers, "Za's Za's Garden" (CD / cassette album, Iona Gold)
1994
The Diesel Kings, "Matadors & Scavengers" (CD E.P., Seminal Records)
1995
Bay, "Alison Rae" (CD double album, Noise Annoys)
1996
Arab Strap, "The First Big Weekend" (7 inch single, Chemikal Underground)
1997
Arab Strap, "The Girls Of Summer" (12 inch vinyl e.p. / CD EP, Chemikal Underground)
1998
Massive Attack (featuring Liz Fraser), "Teardrop" (single)
1999
Arab Strap, "Elephant Shoe" (vinyl / CD album, Go Beat)
2000
Shatterhand, "Wreckage" (CD album, Mythical Records)
2001
Arab Strap, "The Red Thread" (vinyl / CD album, Chemikal Underground)
2002
Malcolm Middleton, "5:14 fluoxytine seagull alcohol john nicotine" (CD album, Chemikal Underground Records)
2003
Sons & Daughters, "Love The Cup" (CD mini-album, Ba Da Bing Records)
2004
Karine Polwart, "Faultlines" (CD album, Neon Records)
2005
Malcolm Middleton, "Into The Woods" (CD / vinyl album, Chemikal Underground Records)

Voted for by this site:
2006
Y'All Fantasy Island, "In Faceless Towns Forever" (CD album, Methods For Making Unicorns)
2007
Malcolm Middleton, "A Brighter Beat" (CD album, Full Time Hobby records)