News : THE BEST of 2018 – Vote for your favourites! Top rock albums and live acts! Win a £50 Amazon Voucher!

Every year the GRTR! Reviewers choose their favourite albums, live acts and breakthrough artists.

We reduce this selection to a list of ten in each category, reflecting the top choices of each reviewer.

Vote for your own favourite from the reviewers’ list and add your personal choice.

The Best of 2018 Reviewers Choice (opens in a new tab)

The results of our Popular Poll will be announced in a special show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 16 December, 22:00 GMT. This will incloude a selection of the reviewer and popular choices.

We’ll publish the popular vote results on Monday 17 December.

WIN A £50 AMAZON VOUCHER!

Get the new year off to a great start and enter our prize draw to win an Amazon voucher. use it to bolster your CD, vinyl or download collection!

Voucher winner: Congratulations to Derek Gallagher

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This poll is closed! Poll activity:
start_date 03/12/2018 00:01:00
end_date 16/12/2018 11:59:00
Poll Results:

What do you consider to be the best album of the year?

PHIL LANZON - If You Think I'm Crazy - 8%
SAXON - Thunderbolt - 10%
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - Dissolution - 3%
MASSIVE WAGONS - Full Nelson - 24%
BETH HART - Live At The Albert Hall - 7%
AIRRACE - Untold Stories - 18%
JEB BARRY AND THE PAWN SHOP SAINTS - texas etc - 1%
RIVERSIDE - Wasteland - 8%
BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Find A Light - 11%
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT - A Deeper Cut - 8%

This poll is closed! Poll activity:
start_date 03/12/2018 00:01:00
end_date 16/12/2018 11:59:59
Poll Results:

Who do you consider to be the best live act of the year?

CAMEL - 10%
JEFF LYNNE'S ELO - 13%
THE NIMMO BROTHERS - 7%
VOLBEAT - 7%
IRON MAIDEN - 25%
STEVE HACKETT - 3%
PEARL JAM - 17%
LA GUNS - 0%
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT - 13%
SAXON - 5%

This poll is closed! Poll activity:
start_date 03/12/2018 00:01:00
end_date 16/12/2018 11:59:59
Poll Results:

Who do you consider to be the best breakthrough act this year?

RAINBREAKERS - 5%
THOSE DAMN CROWS - 27%
AUSTIN GOLD - 6%
MASON HILL - 12%
CREYE - 2%
THE KENTISH SPIRES - 0%
LAURENCE JONES - 12%
WAKE THE SUN - 9%
FANTASTIC NEGRITO - 2%
HELL'S GAZELLES - 26%

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Power Plays w/c 9 December 2024

In this sequence we play ‘The Best of 2024′ GRTR! reviewer selections

Featured Albums w/c 9 December 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2024 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2024 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2024 (Singer Songwriter)