Stuck for a last-minute present for The Ticket reader in your life? Check out blogger Nialler9′s Irish Albums of the Year Top 20 poll and get buying.

While there are problems of accountability with any public poll – Nialler himself points out that 9 of the 20 bands in the final countdown canvassed people to vote for them – it’s a good indicator of those Irish albums worth checking out from the year nearly gone by.

Super Extra Bonus Party topped the poll which also featured high placings for Cathy Davey, Delorentos, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro and Dry County.