The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Mac McNaughton

28 December 2017 | 9:26 am | Mac McNaughton

Album Of The Year

  1. Bootsy Collins — World Wide Funk
  2. LCD Soundsystem — American Dream
  3. Fever Ray — Plunge
  4. Saint Etienne — Home Counties
  5. Arcade Fire — Everything Now
  6. Elbow — Little Fictions
  7. Gary Numan — (Songs From A Broken World)
  8. Kasabian — For Crying Out Loud
  9. Alison Moyet — Other
  10. Ben Ely — Strange Tales Of Drugs & Lost Love

Song Of The Year

  1. LCD Soundsystem — How Do You Sleep?
  2. Nine Inch Nails — The Background World
  3. Bootsy Collins — Hot Saucer (ft. Musiq Soulchild & Big Daddy Kane)
  4. Young Fathers — Only God Knows
  5. Fever Ray — To The Moon And Back

International Performance Of The Year

  1. DJ Shadow
  2. Peter Hook & The Light
  3. Beth Orton

Australian Performance Of The Year

  1. Tomas Ford
  2. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
  3. Ben Ely

Top TV Show

  1. Australian Survivor
  2. Game Of Thrones
  3. Wentworth

Top Movie

  1. T2: Trainspotting
  2. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring A Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention Of Tony Clifton
  3. Thor: Ragnarok

Highlight Of The Year

Australia said "Yes" to marriage equality. Despite a volcano of negativity, bullying, lies and distasteful comparisons, positivity, kindness and love won out.

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Prediction For 2018

The lows will get lower, the highs will get higher.