Marie Crichton's Top Country Album Picks for 2015

These are Marie’s Top 48 albums for 2015 that were featured on BBC Radio Shropshire during 2015

Ashley Monroe - THE BLADE  

*** ALBUM OF THE YEAR ***

Some really beautiful tracks on here, I think she’s just what country music needs right now

** = excellent

Highlighted = In Top 21 of 2015

January 2015

Billy Yates - THESE OLD WALLS ** (top 21)

Chris Heers - THE ROAD AHEAD SHINES **

Daryle Singletary – There's Still A Little Country Left **

February 2015

Claire Petrie - THE ONE **

Anita Stapleton - A PLACE IN MY HEART ** (top 21)

Darin & Brooke Aldridge – SNAPSHOTS *

March 2015

The Shires - BRAVE **

James House - SONGWRITERS SERENADE **

Donna Ulisse - THE SONGWRITER IN ME (top 21). **

Antique Persuasion - Don't Forget Me Little Darling - Remembering The Carter Family **

Beccy Cole - Sweet Rebecca ** (top 21)

April 2015

Tia McGraff - CRAZY BEAUTIFUL **

T. Jae Christian - OLD VIOLIN **

Reba McEntire - LOVE SOMEBODY ** (top 21)

Zane Williams - TEXAS LIKE THAT ** (top 21)

May 2015

Eilen Jewell - SUNDOWN OVER GHOST TOWN **

Gold Heart - PLACES I'VE BEEN **

Steve Wariner - HEART TROUBLE / THE BEST OF DOUBLE CD **

Bellamy Brothers - 40 YEARS **

The Malpass Brothers - THE MALPASS BROTHERS **

June 2015

Logan Brill - SHUTEYE **

Jefferson Ross - DOGWOOD CATS* *

Laura Bell Bundy - ANOTHER PIECE OF ME (Big Machine)** (top 21)

Dale Ann Bradley - POCKET FULL OF KEYS ** (top 21)

Lynn Anderson - BRIDGES ** (top 21)

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road - COUNTRY GRASS **

Tiffany Huggins Grant - JONQUIL CHILD **

Kacey Musgraves - PAGEANT MATERIAL (Mercury)** (top 21)

JULY 2015

Alan Jackson - ANGELS AND ALCOHOL ** (top 21)

Ashley Monroe - THE BLADE ** (top 21 – ALBUM OF THE YEAR)

AUGUST 2015

Jason James - JASON JAMES (New West) **

Mary Kaye - RIDE A WIDE CIRCLE **

Maddie & Tae - START HERE **

SEPTEMBER 2015

Jewel - PICKING UP THE PIECES ** (top 21)

George Strait - COLD BEER CONVERSATION **

Don Henley - CASS COUNTY ** (top 21)

Donna Ulisse - HARD CRY MOON **

OCTOBER 2015

Breelan Angel - DIAMOND IN A RHINESTONE WORLD ** (top 21)

Toby Keith - 35MPH TOWN ** (top 21)

Mountain Faith - THAT WHICH MATTERS **

Stephanie Urbina Jones - FIERY ANGEL ** (top 21)

Patty Loveless - HONKY TONK ANGEL (MCA YEARS) **

The Cox Family - GONE LIKE THE COTTON ** (top 21)

T.G. Sheppard - LEGENDARY FRIENDS & COUNTRY DUETS ** (top 21)

NOVEMBER 2015

Tim McGraw - DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC ** (top 21)

Brennen Leigh - SINGS LEFTY FRIZZELL **

DECEMBER 2015
Aleyce Simmonds – Believe **